Portfolio Update

BLACKROCK SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN INCOME TRUST PLC (LEI:549300WWOCXSC241W468)
All information is at 30 November 2023 and unaudited.
Performance at month end with net income reinvested
 

	One Month	Three Months	Six Months	One Year	Three Years	Five Years
Net asset value	3.6	1.7	5.5	-5.3	28.4	39.6
Share price	5.1	0.4	1.9	-8.3	26.0	26.8
Russell 1000 Value Index	3.1	-0.2	4.9	-4.7	33.8	44.8

At month end

Net asset value - capital only:	198.18p
Net asset value - cum income:	198.52p
Share price:	181.00p
Discount to cum income NAV:	8.8%
Net yield1:	4.4%
Total assets including current year revenue:	£158.3m
Net gearing:	0.8%
Ordinary shares in issue2:	79,718,091
Ongoing charges3:	1.01%

1 Based on four quarterly dividends of 2.00p per share declared on 22 March 2023, 11 May 2023, 3 August 2023 and 2 November 2023 for the year ended 31 October 2023 and based on the share price as at close of business on 30 November 2023.

² Excluding 20,643,214 ordinary shares held in treasury.

³ The Company’s ongoing charges calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets and using the management fee and all other operating expenses excluding finance costs, direct transaction costs, custody transaction charges, VAT recovered, taxation and certain non-recurring items for the year ended 31 October 2022.

Sector Analysis	Total Assets (%)
Financials	20.1
Health Care	18.7
Information Technology	13.5
Consumer Discretionary	10.3
Industrials	8.9
Energy	8.7
Consumer Staples	7.0
Communication Services	4.4
Materials	3.8
Utilities	3.7
Real Estate	1.7
Net Current Liabilities	-0.8
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Country Analysis	Total Assets (%)
United States	87.5
United Kingdom	4.4
Japan	3.0
France	1.9
Canada	1.7
Australia	1.7
Denmark	0.6
Net Current Liabilities	-0.8
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Top 10 Holdings	Country	% Total Assets
Citigroup	United States	2.9
Shell	United Kingdom	2.9
Willis Towers Watson	United States	2.8
American International	United States	2.8
Verizon Communications	United States	2.8
L3Harris Technologies	United States	2.7
Kraft Heinz	United States	2.7
Cardinal Health	United States	2.6
Cheniere Energy	United States	2.5
Cisco Systems	United States	2.5

Tony DeSpirito, David Zhao and Lisa Yang, representing the Investment Manager, noted:

For the one-month period ended 30 November 2023, the Company’s NAV increased by 3.6% and the share price by 5.1% (all in sterling). The Company’s reference index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, returned +3.1% for the period.

The largest contributor to relative performance, stemmed from stock selection in consumer staples, particularly in consumer staples distribution and retail. Selection decisions in consumer discretionary also boosted relative performance, with stock selection in textiles and apparel proving beneficial. Other modest contributors during the period at the sector level included selection decisions in health care and energy.

The largest detractor from relative performance stemmed from stock selection in information technology; notably at the industry level the decision to not invest in semiconductors and semiconductor equipment weighed on the relative performance. An underweight allocation to industrials, with selection decisions in machinery, proved costly. Other modest detractors during the period included stock selection in utilities and communication services.

Transactions

During the month, the Company purchased Aptiv. The Company exited its position in Lear Corp.

Positioning

As of the period end, the Company’s largest overweight positions relative to the reference index were in the health care, consumer discretionary and financials sectors. The Company’s largest underweight positions relative to the reference index were in the industrials, real estate and utilities sectors.

Source: BlackRock.

20 December 2023

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