ECAT CEF — BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust

BlackRock ESG Capital Allocation Term Trust (ECAT)

Updated November 12, 2026.

ECAT is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 24.64%, its trailing-12-month yield is 27.53%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 64/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 36.1% over the past 5.1 years, 50.5 points behind SPY at 86.6%.

At the current 24.64% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $2,464 per year, or $205.33 per month.

ECAT performance versus SPY

As of Nov 12, 2026

Total return is 36.1% over the past 5.1 years, 50.5 points behind SPY at 86.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -2.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 14.1%.

ECAT key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

64 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

15.77%

Issuer

BlackRock

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Distribution rate

24.64%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

27.53%

5-year average yield

6.93

Last close

$12.88 (as of 2026-11-12)

NAV

N/A

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$1,308,008,192

Average volume

1,336,010

Dividend

$0.2644

Ex-dividend date

11/13/2026

Payment date

11/30/2026

Beta

0.7949

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 (24.64%) uses latest regular dividend ($0.26442) × 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 (27.53%) 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.

ECAT risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 14.1%.

Who may consider ECAT — 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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