BUI CEF — BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust

BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (BUI)

Updated November 12, 2026.

BUI is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 6.98%, its trailing-12-month yield is 10.79%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 97/100 (Safe). Total return is 275.6% over the past 15 years, 469.5 points behind SPY at 745.1%.

At the current 6.98% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $698 per year, or $58.17 per month.

BUI performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 275.6% over the past 15 years, 469.5 points behind SPY at 745.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 9.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 17.2%.

BUI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

97 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

6.77%

Issuer

BlackRock

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/25/2011

Distribution rate

6.98%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

10.79%

5-year average yield

6.35

Last close

$26.48 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

N/A

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$700,092,480

Average volume

84,464

Dividend

$0.154

Ex-dividend date

11/13/2026

Payment date

11/30/2026

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 (6.98%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.154) × 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 (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.

BUI risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 17.2%.

Who may consider BUI — and who may not

BUI may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. 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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