BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (BSTZ)

FairStock Score: 45/100 — MIXED

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a value investor, I start with what this is: a closed-end fund, not an operating company. It was formed in June 2019, is managed by BlackRock Advisors, and invests in science and technology growth stocks globally. A fund's competitive position is not like a company's; it rests on BlackRock's management role, which cannot be measured from the figures given. The data show a $1.8B market cap, a $29.25 close on 2026-10-13, and a 6.67% dividend yield. FairStock's P/E is 1.93, and its Graham Number is $92.28, leaving a 68.30% margin of safety, which looks optically very cheap. The Altman Z-Score of 30.42 also suggests low measured bankruptcy risk. But I am not convinced. The Piotroski F-Score is only 1/9, the FairStock Score is 45/100, and the Lynch category is none because there are zero years of filed annual results, versus the three needed. No revenue growth, profit growth, ROE, ROCE, or debt-to-equity figures are provided, so I cannot judge durability or compounding. For a closed-end fund, the key valuation test is the discount or premium to net asset value, and that is not in the data. The 52-week range of $20.69 to $31.89 shows volatility. I see an optically cheap but uncertain security: the dividend and Graham math are attractive, but the weak Piotroski and missing history mean I would demand more evidence before calling it a high-quality value opportunity.

In plain English: BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust is a publicly traded fund that invests mostly in science and technology stocks around the world. Based on the numbers provided, it pays a 6.67% income payout and its price looks low compared with some value measures, but other financial signals are mixed and there are very few years of filed results to judge. That makes it look cheap on some measures but not clearly strong as a business.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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