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BLACKROCK CORPORATE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.

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BLACKROCK CORPORATE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.

HYT·NYSE·Unknown·CIK 0001222401

BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. is a closed-end fixed income mutual fund. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and invests in fixed income markets globally. It primarily invests in bonds of companies across diversified sectors. The fund focuses on high-yield securities, including high-yield bonds, corporate loans, convertible debt securities, and preferred securities that are below investment grade quality. Specifically, it invests in bonds rated Ba or lower by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or BB or lower by Standard & Poor's Corporation. The fund was formed on May 30, 2003, and is domiciled in the United States. It was formerly known as BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund VI, Inc.

BLACKROCK CORPORATE HIGH YIELD FUND, INC. (NYSE:HYT) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 3 items for HYT at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-02-05, rated 7/10. Across its 3 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 2 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for HYT spans 4, 497AD, 424B5.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Portfolio Manager Delbos David Invests $868K in HYT via Rights Offering
  • BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Completes Over-subscribed $283M Rights Offering
  • BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Announces Rights Offering for 32.6M Shares at a Discount to NAV

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 407,367 shares in HYT as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 53.9% increase from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 49.7% of HYT volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)407,367 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 53.9%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 969,622
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)49.7% of 465,802 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume45.2%

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.

$7.84
52-week range · as of 2026-02-05 $7.84 – $10.02
Market cap
$1.53B
Volume
755.9K (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 1M
Live data · 2026-10-03 05:45 UTC · Market closed

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HYT
Feb 05, 2026, 5:01 PM EST
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.80
Real-time Price: $7.84 info
Change: -$0.960 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $1.526B info
HYT
Jan 27, 2026, 5:21 PM EST
Filing Type: 497AD
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $8.93
Real-time Price: $7.84 info
Change: -$1.09 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $1.526B info
HYT
Jan 05, 2026, 4:54 PM EST
Filing Type: 424B5
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $8.82
Real-time Price: $7.84 info
Change: -$0.980 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $1.526B info
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