BTX CEF — BlackRock Technology and Private Equity Term Trust

BlackRock Technology and Private Equity Term Trust (BTX)

Updated November 12, 2026.

BTX is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 7.95%, its trailing-12-month yield is 8.69%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 29/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is -30.8% over the past 5.6 years, 136.6 points behind SPY at 105.8%.

At the current 7.95% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $795 per year, or $66.25 per month.

BTX performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is -30.8% over the past 5.6 years, 136.6 points behind SPY at 105.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 24.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 20.8%.

BTX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

29 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

2.31%

Issuer

BlackRock

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Distribution rate

7.95%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

8.69%

5-year average yield

7.45

Last close

$7.92 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

N/A

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$933,682,368

Average volume

971,517

Dividend

$0.0525

Ex-dividend date

11/13/2026

Payment date

11/30/2026

Beta

1.4093

Expense ratio and AUM unavailable in this published snapshot. Missing values do not mean zero or complete coverage. ?

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (7.95%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.0525) × 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 (8.69%) 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.

BTX risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 20.8%.

Who may consider BTX — 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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