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BKN vs BXSL

Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc. (BKN) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BKN and BXSL operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BXSL is the larger of the two at $4.98B, about 18.1x BKN ($275.5M).
  • Over the past year, BKN is up 5.1% and BXSL is down 15.9% - BKN leads by 20.9 points.
  • BXSL has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while BKN has been quiet.
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for BKN).
PerformanceBKN+5.06%BXSL-21.82%
2025-05-02+0.00%2026-02-20
MetricBKNBXSL
Company
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc.
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Price
$11.53+0.13%
$24.94+0.61%
Market cap
$275.5M
$4.98B
1M return
+2.08%
+6.90%
1Y return
+5.06%
-15.89%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1993
2021
News (4w)
0
2
Recent ratings
0
25
BKN

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc.

BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests primarily in investment grade municipal bonds municipal obligations exempt from federal income taxes. Blackrock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc. was formed on February 28, 1993 and is domiciled in United States.

BXSL

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment company. On October 26, 2018, the Company elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, the Company elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a regulated investment company (“RIC”), as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The Company's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans and other securities, including syndicated loans, of private U.S. companies, specifically small and middle market companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans (including first out/last out loans), and to a lesser extent, second lien, third lien, unsecured and subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities..

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