BLW Stock — BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust

BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust (BLW)

BLW is a Stock. its distribution rate is 11.19%, its trailing-12-month yield is 11.33%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 77/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 290.2% over the past 23.1 years, 780.0 points behind SPY at 1070.2%.

At the current 11.19% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $1,119 per year, or $93.25 per month.

BLW performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-18.

Total return is 290.2% over the past 23.1 years, 780.0 points behind SPY at 1070.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -5.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 11.2%.

BLW key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

77 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

8.62%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/29/2003

Distribution rate

11.19%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

11.33%

5-year average yield

9.14

Last close

$11.97 (as of 2026-09-18)

Market cap

$468,015,796

Average volume

441000.0

Next dividend

$0.1133

Next ex-dividend date

10/15/2026

Beta

0.582

Payout ratio

2.1562

P/E ratio

19.31

Forward P/E

0.0

EPS

$0.62

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (11.19%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (11.33%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. 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.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: 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.

BLW risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 11.2%.

Who may consider BLW — 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.

Frequently asked questions