BGX CEF — Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund

Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund (BGX)

Updated November 12, 2026.

BGX is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 9.03%, its trailing-12-month yield is 9.15%, its expense ratio is 2.2528%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 67/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 102.0% over the past 15.8 years, 565.3 points behind SPY at 667.3%.

At the current 9.03% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $903 per year, or $75.25 per month.

Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund is a closed-end fund that seeks current income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective, by taking long positions primarily in senior secured loans and high-yield corporate debt and short positions in credits the adviser expects to underperform. Managed by Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies, it began operations in January 2011 and traded as Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund until it dropped "GSO" from its name in late 2020. The fund declares monthly distributions tied to its recent net investment income. It appeals to income investors seeking actively managed corporate credit exposure.

BGX performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 102.0% over the past 15.8 years, 565.3 points behind SPY at 667.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -2.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 9.6%.

BGX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

67 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

6.05%

Issuer

Blackstone

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

01/27/2011

Expense ratio

2.2528%

Distribution rate

9.03%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

9.15%

5-year average yield

9.18

Last close

$10.63 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

$12.44; NAV date unknown

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$135,088,960

Average volume

19,074

Dividend

$0.08

Ex-dividend date

11/20/2026

Payment date

11/30/2026

Beta

0.3028

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (9.03%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.08) × 12 ÷ market price dated 2026-11-12; one-off specials excluded; identified recurring supplementals included. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (9.15%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Blackstone; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BGX risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 9.6%.

Who may consider BGX — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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