Performance analysis of BST (BlackRock Science and Technology Trust)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, BST has had an average annual return of +24.49%, outperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, BST has had an average annual return of +5.96%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14% annual.
Over the past 10 years, BST has had an average annual return of +20.70%, outperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.53% annual.
Since Oct 29, 2014, BST has had an average annual return of +16.66%, outperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.19% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +26.75% | +23.59% | +17.96% | +30.03% | -38.29% | -0.34% | +69.09% | +34.45% | +8.87% | +57.41% | +11.30% | +5.38% |
| 2014 | |||||||||||
| -11.54% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +1.62% | -1.21% | -8.97% | +16.38% | +18.44% | +0.63% | +26.75% | ||||||
| 2025 | +4.25% | -3.05% | -8.88% | +2.08% | +9.85% | +5.40% | +3% | +2.34% | +4.77% | +7.19% | -6.52% | +2.60% | +23.59% |
| 2024 | +6.48% | +4.09% | +1.04% | -5.32% | +5.65% | +4.09% | -4.85% | -0.39% | +1.38% | +1.31% | +4.51% | -0.56% | +17.96% |
| 2023 | +17.85% | -4.47% | +3.66% | -2.26% | +6.33% | +4.88% | +2.51% | -3.02% | -6.18% | -1.78% | +11.94% | -0.31% | +30.03% |
| 2022 | -7.87% | -4.59% | +0.21% | -12.48% | +0.13% | -12.55% | +15.21% | -4.99% | -15.61% | +7.31% | +4.26% | -11.56% | -38.29% |
| 2021 | +1.95% | +2.60% | -1.92% | +9.29% | -1.56% | +4.84% | -9.54% | +2.61% | -4.54% | +5.31% | -4.01% | -3.85% | -0.34% |
| 2020 | +3.46% | -8.79% | -7.21% | +16.61% | +6.95% | +7.23% | +7.92% | +10.01% | -2.91% | -0.99% | +16.30% | +8.79% | +69.09% |
| 2019 | +14.63% | +3.73% | +1.83% | +4.27% | -9.10% | +5.36% | +5.04% | -1.79% | -2.67% | +0.90% | +7.01% | +2.57% | +34.45% |
| 2018 | +11.55% | +4.18% | -1.74% | +3.05% | +9.92% | -0.08% | -0.26% | +6.12% | +0.96% | -17.87% | +3.94% | -7.66% | +8.87% |
| 2017 | +7.08% | +3.39% | +8.17% | +2.52% | +5.39% | -1.51% | +7.53% | +1.50% | +2.21% | +9.55% | -0.06% | +1.13% | +57.41% |
Drawdown analysis of BST (BlackRock Science and Technology Trust)
The maximum drawdown for the BST was -47.73%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. Recovery took 747 trading sessions.
Since Oct 29, 2014 BST has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 40% or more: 1 time
- 30% or more: 3 times
- 20% or more: 4 times
- 10% or more: 9 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -47.73% | Jun 30, 2021 | 326 | Oct 14, 2022 | 747 | Oct 8, 2025 | 1073 |
| -33.98% | Feb 19, 2020 | 20 | Mar 18, 2020 | 44 | May 20, 2020 | 64 |
| -30.61% | Oct 3, 2018 | 55 | Dec 21, 2018 | 143 | Jul 19, 2019 | 198 |
| -23.95% | Dec 5, 2014 | 298 | Feb 12, 2016 | 126 | Aug 12, 2016 | 424 |
| -16.60% | Feb 12, 2021 | 15 | Mar 8, 2021 | 69 | Jun 15, 2021 | 84 |
| -15.32% | Oct 31, 2025 | 101 | Mar 30, 2026 | 13 | Apr 17, 2026 | 114 |
| -13.41% | Sep 2, 2020 | 3 | Sep 8, 2020 | 23 | Oct 9, 2020 | 26 |
| -12.10% | Mar 12, 2018 | 12 | Mar 28, 2018 | 29 | May 9, 2018 | 41 |
| -11.58% | Jan 26, 2018 | 6 | Feb 5, 2018 | 8 | Feb 15, 2018 | 14 |
| -8.68% | Jul 24, 2019 | 49 | Oct 2, 2019 | 40 | Nov 27, 2019 | 89 |
| -8.46% | Oct 13, 2020 | 11 | Oct 28, 2020 | 6 | Nov 5, 2020 | 17 |
| -7.49% | Jul 25, 2018 | 3 | Jul 30, 2018 | 25 | Sep 4, 2018 | 28 |
| -6.12% | Jun 13, 2018 | 11 | Jun 28, 2018 | 11 | Jul 16, 2018 | 22 |
| -5.78% | Jun 15, 2021 | 4 | Jun 21, 2021 | 7 | Jun 30, 2021 | 11 |
| -5.67% | Nov 6, 2017 | 7 | Nov 15, 2017 | 5 | Nov 22, 2017 | 12 |
| -5.62% | Aug 7, 2017 | 3 | Aug 10, 2017 | 15 | Aug 31, 2017 | 18 |
| -5.49% | Nov 6, 2020 | 2 | Nov 10, 2020 | 11 | Nov 25, 2020 | 13 |
| -5.35% | Jan 16, 2020 | 6 | Jan 27, 2020 | 15 | Feb 18, 2020 | 21 |
| -5.32% | Dec 23, 2020 | 8 | Jan 6, 2021 | 9 | Jan 20, 2021 | 17 |
| -5.31% | Nov 24, 2017 | 6 | Dec 4, 2017 | 19 | Jan 2, 2018 | 25 |
| -5.02% | May 11, 2018 | 4 | May 17, 2018 | 9 | May 31, 2018 | 13 |
| -4.95% | Jun 10, 2020 | 1 | Jun 11, 2020 | 4 | Jun 17, 2020 | 5 |
| -4.88% | Oct 7, 2016 | 26 | Nov 14, 2016 | 6 | Nov 22, 2016 | 32 |
| -4.62% | Feb 26, 2018 | 4 | Mar 2, 2018 | 3 | Mar 7, 2018 | 7 |
| -4.49% | Jul 10, 2020 | 4 | Jul 16, 2020 | 11 | Jul 31, 2020 | 15 |