Is BUI a Friend, Question Mark or Foe?

BUI is classified a Friend under the Income Quality Score framework, based on long-duration distribution and total-return history. This is a research classification, not investment advice.

How safe is the BUI distribution?

A Friend is an income asset whose long-term economic total return has historically covered its distributions and whose distribution has been stable over the available history. It describes a track record of durable, well-covered income.

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BUI Income Quality Score

Name: BUI Income Quality Score
Creator: Income Quality Score
Keywords: BUI income quality, BUI dividend quality, BUI dividend safety, BUI distribution history, BUI dividend score, BUI analysis, BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust dividend

BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (BUI) has an Income Quality Score of 90/100, classified as a Friend with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust (BUI) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 10-year

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Long-term focused10-year income and total-return analysis

Data-drivenObjective scoring across 5 quality, distribution and risk signals

Clear classificationFriends to own. Foes to avoid.

IQ Score

90/100

FriendHigh confidence

Asset Type

CEF

Exchange

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Trailing Yield (TTM)

Not published

No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.

Rank in CEF Universe

7 of 358

Lookback

10-year

Data as of

June 30, 2026

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About this snapshot
This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.

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BUIBlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure & Power Opportunities Trust

90FriendHigh confidence

Snapshot: 2026-06
Data as of: 2026-06-30
Lookback: 10-year
Asset type: Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage

80/100

Working Capital Preservation

81/100

Distribution Cut Score

100/100

Distribution Trend

100/100

NAV CAGR

100/100

What is working

Economic return covers long-term payout
Working capital preserved over time
No material annual distribution decline across 10 full years of data
Distributions growing year-over-year
Stable NAV over available history

Distribution Safety

3Years raised

0Years cut

15Years of data

RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

20121.45Held
20131.45Held
20141.33Lower total
20151.452Raised
20161.452Held
20171.452Held
20181.452Held
20191.452Held
20201.452Held
20211.452Held
20221.452Held
20231.452Held
20241.467Raised
20252.6703Raised
20260.816Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

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IQ Score is a long-duration quality and distribution-safety classification for income assets. It is research based on historical data, not personal investment advice, and it does not tell you what to buy or sell. Figures reflect a delayed public snapshot and may differ from current data.