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BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust

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BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust

BBN·NYSE·Unknown·CIK 0001493683

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund that invests primarily in taxable municipal securities within the United States fixed income markets. The fund, launched by BlackRock, Inc. and managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC, focuses on investments such as Build America Bonds. In addition to taxable municipal securities, the fund also allocates capital to tax-exempt securities, U.S. treasury securities, obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and corporate bonds. The trust was formed on August 27, 2010, and is domiciled in the United States. It was previously known as BlackRock Build America Bond Trust.

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust (NYSE:BBN) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 2 items for BBN at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-05-29, rated 8/10. Across its 2 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 2 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BBN spans 424B5, N-2ASR.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust Activates $324M At-The-Market Offering, Potential 34% Dilution
  • BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust Files Shelf Registration for Up to 21 Million Shares

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.18 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 216,294 shares in BBN as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 23.8% decrease from the prior period — about 1.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 35.4% of BBN volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)216,294 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 23.8%
Days to cover1.18 at avg daily volume of 183,975
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)35.4% of 179,541 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume36.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for BBN, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-05-29.

1 recent capital raiseATM program

At-The-Market (ATM) Offering Activated · Significant Potential Dilution

A filing-implied signal, not a realized share count. How Wiseek tracks dilution →

$14.42
52-week range · as of 2026-05-29 $14.42 – $17.45
Market cap
$891.05M
Volume
304K (1.3× avg)
3-mo avg 242.2K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:49 UTC · Market closed

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BBN
May 29, 2026, 4:27 PM EDT
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $16.04
Real-time Price: $14.42 info
Change: -$1.62 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $891.048M info
BBN
May 11, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
Filing Type: N-2ASR
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $16.10
Real-time Price: $14.42 info
Change: -$1.68 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $891.048M info
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