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BSTZ vs JOF
Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (BSTZ) and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc (JOF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BSTZ and JOF operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BSTZ is the larger of the two at $592.1M, about 2.8x JOF ($212.2M).
- Over the past year, BSTZ is up 50.9% and JOF is up 23.5% - BSTZ leads by 27.4 points.
- JOF has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while BSTZ has been quiet.
- Company
- BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- Price
- $26.75+3.56%
- $10.98-0.45%
- Market cap
- $592.1M
- $212.2M
- 1M return
- +18.49%
- +0.83%
- 1Y return
- +50.87%
- +23.51%
- Industry
- Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
- Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2019
- 1990
- News (4w)
- 0
- 2
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 0
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. It is managed by Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Japan. It invests in stocks traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges, JASDAQ, Mothers, Hercules, Centrex, and other indices. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in stocks of small cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the The Russell/Nomura Small Cap Index. It was formerly known as Japan OTC Equity Fund, Inc. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. was formed on March 22, 1990 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest BSTZ
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust
- Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Vice President Minar Stephen Thomas bought $20,325 worth of shares (878 units at $23.15), decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 8,074 units (SEC Form 4)
- Portfolio Manager Kim Tony bought $920,138 worth of shares (41,825 units at $22.00) (SEC Form 4)
- Portfolio Manager Kim Tony converted options into 15,580 shares and returned $348,684 worth of shares to the company (15,580 units at $22.38) (SEC Form 4)
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
Latest JOF
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Board Determination to Proceed with Conditional Tender Offer
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Ohkoshi Shoichi
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for April, May and June 2026 Under Its Level Distribution Plan
- Amendment: SEC Form 40-APP/A filed by Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for January, February and March 2026 Under Its Level Distribution Plan
- Director Jones Tina bought $10,260 worth of shares (950 units at $10.80) (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: SEC Form 40-APP/A filed by Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- SEC Form 40-APP filed by Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Jones Tina
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for January, February and March 2026 Under Its Level Distribution Plan