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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) Dividend History

Complete ex-dividend dates, payment schedules, dividend yields, CAGR growth rates, and payout ratios.

Annual Dividend (TTM)
$3.0000
Monthly
Dividend Yield
8.03%
Last ex-date: Apr 15, 2026
Payout Ratio (TTM)
38.17%
Percentage of earnings paid as dividends
Dividend Growth
-
Year-over-year change

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) Dividend Statistics & Metrics

Comprehensive dividend yields, CAGR growth rates, payout ratios, and payment frequency analysis

Payment Details

Dividend payment schedule and frequency details

FrequencyMonthly
Last Payment$0.2500
Last Ex-DateApr 15, 2026
Last Payment DateApr 30, 2026

Growth Metrics

Dividend CAGR and consecutive years of growth

TTM Growth (YoY)0.00%
3-Year CAGR-37.00%
5-Year CAGR-22.63%
10-Year CAGR-4.59%

Historical Averages

Multi-year dividend averages and payout ratio

Payout Ratio (TTM)38.17%
5-Year Average$2.5500
10-Year Average$2.3732
First PaymentDec 26, 2007

BST Historical Dividend Distribution Trend Chart

Visualize dividend payout amounts, distribution growth trends, income yield patterns, and stock splits over time

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BlackRock Science and Technology Trust (BST) Dividend Payment History

Complete ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment dates, amounts, and frequency

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Complete dividend payment history including ex-dividend dates, record dates, payment dates, declaration dates, amounts, frequency, and type
Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayment DateDeclaration DateAmountFrequency
Apr 15, 2026Apr 15, 2026Apr 30, 2026Feb 27, 2026$0.2500Monthly
Mar 13, 2026Mar 13, 2026Mar 31, 2026Jan 2, 2026$0.2500Monthly
Feb 13, 2026Feb 13, 2026Feb 27, 2026Jan 2, 2026$0.2500Monthly
Jan 20, 2026Jan 20, 2026Jan 30, 2026Jan 2, 2026$0.2500Monthly
Dec 22, 2025Dec 22, 2025Dec 31, 2025Dec 12, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Nov 14, 2025Nov 14, 2025Nov 28, 2025Nov 3, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Oct 15, 2025Oct 15, 2025Oct 31, 2025Oct 1, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Sep 15, 2025Sep 15, 2025Sep 30, 2025Sep 2, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Aug 15, 2025Aug 15, 2025Aug 29, 2025Aug 1, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Jul 15, 2025Jul 15, 2025Jul 31, 2025Jul 1, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Jun 13, 2025Jun 13, 2025Jun 30, 2025Jun 2, 2025$0.2500Monthly
May 15, 2025May 15, 2025May 30, 2025May 1, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025Apr 30, 2025Apr 1, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Mar 14, 2025Mar 14, 2025Mar 31, 2025Mar 3, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Feb 14, 2025Feb 14, 2025Feb 28, 2025Feb 3, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Jan 15, 2025Jan 15, 2025Jan 31, 2025Jan 2, 2025$0.2500Monthly
Dec 16, 2024Dec 16, 2024Dec 23, 2024Nov 22, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Nov 15, 2024Nov 15, 2024Nov 29, 2024Nov 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Oct 15, 2024Oct 15, 2024Oct 31, 2024Sep 12, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Sep 16, 2024Sep 16, 2024Sep 30, 2024Sep 3, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Aug 15, 2024Aug 15, 2024Aug 30, 2024Aug 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Jul 15, 2024Jul 15, 2024Jul 31, 2024Jul 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024Jun 28, 2024Jun 3, 2024$0.2500Monthly
May 14, 2024May 15, 2024May 31, 2024May 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Apr 12, 2024Apr 15, 2024Apr 30, 2024Apr 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Mar 14, 2024Mar 15, 2024Mar 28, 2024Mar 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Feb 14, 2024Feb 15, 2024Feb 29, 2024Feb 1, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Jan 11, 2024Jan 12, 2024Jan 31, 2024Jan 2, 2024$0.2500Monthly
Dec 14, 2023Dec 15, 2023Dec 20, 2023Dec 5, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Nov 14, 2023Nov 15, 2023Nov 30, 2023Nov 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Oct 13, 2023Oct 16, 2023Oct 31, 2023Oct 2, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Sep 14, 2023Sep 15, 2023Sep 29, 2023Sep 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Aug 14, 2023Aug 15, 2023Aug 31, 2023Aug 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Jul 13, 2023Jul 14, 2023Jul 31, 2023Jul 3, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Jun 14, 2023Jun 15, 2023Jun 30, 2023Jun 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
May 12, 2023May 15, 2023May 31, 2023May 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Apr 13, 2023Apr 14, 2023Apr 28, 2023Apr 3, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Mar 14, 2023Mar 15, 2023Mar 31, 2023Mar 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Feb 14, 2023Feb 15, 2023Feb 28, 2023Feb 1, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Jan 12, 2023Jan 13, 2023Jan 31, 2023Jan 3, 2023$0.2500Monthly
Dec 15, 2022Dec 16, 2022Dec 30, 2022Dec 6, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Nov 14, 2022Nov 15, 2022Nov 30, 2022Nov 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Oct 13, 2022Oct 14, 2022Oct 31, 2022Oct 3, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Sep 14, 2022Sep 15, 2022Sep 30, 2022Sep 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Aug 12, 2022Aug 15, 2022Aug 31, 2022Aug 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Jul 14, 2022Jul 15, 2022Jul 29, 2022Jul 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Jun 14, 2022Jun 15, 2022Jun 30, 2022Jun 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
May 13, 2022May 16, 2022May 31, 2022May 2, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Apr 13, 2022Apr 14, 2022Apr 29, 2022Apr 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Mar 14, 2022Mar 15, 2022Mar 31, 2022Mar 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Feb 14, 2022Feb 15, 2022Feb 28, 2022Feb 1, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Jan 13, 2022Jan 14, 2022Jan 31, 2022Jan 3, 2022$0.2500Monthly
Dec 16, 2021Dec 17, 2021Dec 31, 2021Dec 6, 2021$0.2500Monthly
Nov 12, 2021Nov 15, 2021Nov 30, 2021Nov 1, 2021$0.2500Monthly
Oct 14, 2021Oct 15, 2021Oct 29, 2021Oct 1, 2021$0.2500Monthly
Sep 14, 2021Sep 15, 2021Sep 30, 2021Sep 1, 2021$0.2260Monthly
Aug 13, 2021Aug 16, 2021Aug 31, 2021Aug 2, 2021$0.2260Monthly
Jul 2, 2021Jul 6, 2021Jul 30, 2021Jun 9, 2021$0.2260Monthly
Jun 14, 2021Jun 15, 2021Jun 30, 2021Jun 1, 2021$0.2260Monthly
May 13, 2021May 14, 2021May 28, 2021May 3, 2021$0.2260Monthly
Apr 14, 2021Apr 15, 2021Apr 30, 2021Apr 1, 2021$0.2260Monthly
Mar 12, 2021Mar 15, 2021Mar 31, 2021Mar 1, 2021$0.2260Monthly
Feb 12, 2021Feb 16, 2021Feb 26, 2021Feb 1, 2021$0.1870Monthly
Jan 14, 2021Jan 15, 2021Jan 29, 2021Jan 5, 2021$0.1870Monthly
Dec 14, 2020-Dec 31, 2020Dec 4, 2020$0.1870Monthly
Nov 13, 2020-Nov 30, 2020Nov 2, 2020$0.1870Monthly
Oct 14, 2020-Oct 30, 2020Oct 1, 2020$0.1870Monthly
Sep 14, 2020-Sep 30, 2020Sep 1, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Aug 13, 2020-Aug 31, 2020Aug 3, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Jul 14, 2020-Jul 31, 2020Jul 1, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Jun 12, 2020-Jun 30, 2020Jun 1, 2020$0.1655Monthly
May 14, 2020-May 29, 2020May 1, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Apr 14, 2020-Apr 30, 2020Apr 1, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Mar 13, 2020-Mar 31, 2020Mar 2, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Feb 13, 2020-Feb 28, 2020Feb 3, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Jan 14, 2020-Jan 31, 2020Jan 2, 2020$0.1655Monthly
Dec 13, 2019-Dec 31, 2019Dec 6, 2019$1.6852Monthly
Nov 14, 2019-Nov 29, 2019Nov 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Oct 11, 2019-Oct 31, 2019Oct 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Sep 13, 2019-Sep 30, 2019Sep 3, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Aug 14, 2019-Aug 30, 2019Aug 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Jul 12, 2019-Jul 31, 2019Jul 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Jun 13, 2019-Jun 28, 2019Jun 3, 2019$0.1500Monthly
May 14, 2019-May 31, 2019May 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Apr 12, 2019-Apr 30, 2019Apr 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Mar 14, 2019-Mar 29, 2019Mar 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Feb 14, 2019-Feb 28, 2019Feb 1, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Jan 14, 2019-Jan 31, 2019Jan 2, 2019$0.1500Monthly
Dec 14, 2018-Dec 31, 2018Dec 7, 2018$0.0803Monthly
Nov 14, 2018-Nov 30, 2018Nov 1, 2018$0.1500Monthly
Oct 12, 2018-Oct 31, 2018Oct 1, 2018$0.1500Monthly
Sep 13, 2018-Sep 28, 2018Sep 4, 2018$0.1500Monthly
Aug 14, 2018-Aug 31, 2018Aug 1, 2018$0.1500Monthly
Jul 13, 2018-Jul 31, 2018Jul 2, 2018$0.1500Monthly
Jun 14, 2018-Jun 29, 2018Jun 1, 2018$0.1300Monthly
May 14, 2018-May 31, 2018May 1, 2018$0.1300Monthly
Apr 13, 2018-Apr 30, 2018Apr 2, 2018$0.1300Monthly
Mar 14, 2018-Mar 29, 2018Mar 1, 2018$0.1300Monthly
Feb 14, 2018-Feb 28, 2018Feb 1, 2018$0.1300Monthly
Jan 12, 2018-Jan 31, 2018Jan 2, 2018$0.1300Monthly
Dec 15, 2017-Dec 29, 2017Dec 8, 2017$0.1300Monthly
Nov 14, 2017-Nov 30, 2017Nov 1, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Oct 13, 2017-Oct 31, 2017Oct 2, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Sep 14, 2017-Sep 29, 2017Sep 1, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Aug 11, 2017-Aug 31, 2017Aug 1, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Jul 12, 2017-Jul 31, 2017Jul 3, 2017$0.1100Monthly
Jun 13, 2017-Jun 30, 2017Jun 1, 2017$0.1000Monthly
May 11, 2017-May 31, 2017May 1, 2017$0.1000Monthly
Apr 11, 2017-Apr 28, 2017Apr 3, 2017$0.1000Monthly
Mar 13, 2017-Mar 31, 2017Mar 1, 2017$0.1000Monthly
Feb 13, 2017-Feb 28, 2017Feb 1, 2017$0.1000Monthly
Jan 11, 2017-Jan 31, 2017Jan 3, 2017$0.1000Monthly
Dec 15, 2016-Dec 30, 2016Dec 7, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Nov 10, 2016-Nov 30, 2016Nov 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Oct 12, 2016-Oct 31, 2016Oct 3, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Sep 13, 2016-Sep 30, 2016Sep 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Aug 11, 2016-Aug 31, 2016Aug 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Jul 13, 2016-Jul 29, 2016Jul 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Jun 13, 2016-Jun 30, 2016Jun 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
May 12, 2016-May 31, 2016May 2, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Apr 13, 2016-Apr 29, 2016Apr 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Mar 11, 2016-Mar 31, 2016Mar 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Feb 11, 2016-Feb 29, 2016Feb 1, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Jan 13, 2016-Jan 29, 2016Jan 4, 2016$0.1000Monthly
Dec 16, 2015-Dec 31, 2015Dec 7, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Nov 12, 2015-Nov 30, 2015Nov 2, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Oct 13, 2015-Oct 30, 2015Oct 1, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Sep 11, 2015-Sep 30, 2015Sep 1, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Aug 12, 2015-Aug 31, 2015Aug 3, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Jul 13, 2015-Jul 31, 2015Jul 1, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Jun 11, 2015-Jun 30, 2015Jun 1, 2015$0.1000Monthly
May 13, 2015-May 29, 2015May 1, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Apr 13, 2015-Apr 30, 2015Apr 1, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Mar 11, 2015-Mar 31, 2015Mar 2, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Feb 11, 2015-Feb 27, 2015Feb 2, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Jan 13, 2015-Jan 30, 2015Jan 2, 2015$0.1000Monthly
Dec 18, 2014-Dec 31, 2014Dec 8, 2014$0.1000Monthly
Feb 29, 2008-Feb 29, 2008Mar 31, 2008$22.5085-
Dec 26, 2007-Dec 31, 2007Dec 13, 2007$0.2900Annual

Frequently Asked Questions About BlackRock Science and Technology Trust Dividends

What is BST's current dividend yield?

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's current dividend yield is 8.03%, calculated by dividing the annual dividend by the current stock price.

When is BST's ex-dividend date?

The most recent ex-dividend date for BST was April 15, 2026. Check the Dividend Payment History table for upcoming dates.

How often does BST pay dividends?

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust pays dividends monthly. View the complete payment history in the table above.

What is BST's dividend payout ratio?

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's payout ratio is 38.17%, indicating the percentage of earnings paid to shareholders as dividends.

What is BST's dividend growth rate?

BlackRock Science and Technology Trust's year-over-year dividend growth is 0.00%.