BHK CEF — BlackRock Core Bond Trust

BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BHK is a CEF. its distribution rate is 10.73%, its trailing-12-month yield is 10.79%, its expense ratio is 0.9222%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 79/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 231.5% over the past 24.9 years, 718.3 points behind SPY at 949.8%.

BlackRock Core Bond Trust is an actively managed closed-end fund. Seek income and capital growth through a diversified bond portfolio, with at least 75% of assets in investment-grade bonds at purchase. It pays distributions monthly.

BHK performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 231.5% over the past 24.9 years, 718.3 points behind SPY at 949.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -7.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 11.7%.

BHK key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

79 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

8.48%

Issuer

BlackRock

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

11/30/2001

Expense ratio

0.9222%

Distribution rate

10.73%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

10.79%

5-year average yield

8.26

Last close

$8.34 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$8.81 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-16, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

Market cap

$600,905,536

Average volume

595058.0

Dividend

$0.075

Ex-dividend date

10/15/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.695

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (10.73%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (10.79%) 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: BlackRock or company page; 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.

BHK risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 11.7%.

Who may consider BHK — 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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