BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (BUI)

• Market cap: $563M
• 1 day: -0.76%
• 5 days: 1.18%
• 1 month: 3.33%
• 3 months: 9.59%
• 6 months: 4.60%
• Year to date: 7.55%
• 1 year: 11.42%
• 5 years: 21.88%
• 10 years: 33.35%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Asset Management

About: BlackRock Utility Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities issued by companies that are engaged in the Utilities, Infrastructure and Power Opportunities business segments anywhere in the world and by employing of writing (selling) call and put options.

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

86% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 26 | Existing positions reduced: 14

33% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 6

0.22% less ownership

Funds ownership: 15.74% [Q4 2024] → 15.52% (-0.22%) [Q1 2025]

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $82.9M [Q4 2024] → $79M (-$3.89M) [Q1 2025]

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 65 [Q4 2024] → 64 (-1) [Q1 2025]