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BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.

DSU
Exchange
NYSE
SEC CIK
0001051003

No open-market purchases or sales by BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 101 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $148.4M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q4 2024

Institutional positions in BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. as of Dec 31, 2024. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
90
+9 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
11.9M
+1.27M (+12.0%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$128.1M
+$10.8M (+9.2%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
17
38 more added
Sold out
8
14 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2024: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting DSU on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2024: 90 institutions
Q1 2021: 87 institutionsQ2 2021: 88 institutionsQ3 2021: 87 institutionsQ4 2021: 88 institutionsQ1 2022: 91 institutionsQ2 2022: 97 institutionsQ3 2022: 100 institutionsQ4 2022: 102 institutionsQ1 2023: 99 institutionsQ2 2023: 88 institutionsQ3 2023: 85 institutionsQ4 2023: 81 institutionsQ1 2024: 82 institutionsQ2 2024: 75 institutionsQ3 2024: 85 institutionsQ4 2024: 90 institutionsQ1 2025: 86 institutionsQ2 2025: 90 institutionsQ3 2025: 92 institutionsQ4 2025: 101 institutionsQ1 2026: 90 institutionsQ2 2026: 101 institutions
Value heldQ4 2024: $128.1M
Q1 2021: $149.0MQ2 2021: $145.2MQ3 2021: $135.9MQ4 2021: $139.7MQ1 2022: $123.4MQ2 2022: $123.0MQ3 2022: $131.2MQ4 2022: $123.2MQ1 2023: $131.0MQ2 2023: $128.1MQ3 2023: $128.0MQ4 2023: $123.7MQ1 2024: $118.3MQ2 2024: $111.2MQ3 2024: $119.6MQ4 2024: $128.1MQ1 2025: $121.4MQ2 2025: $128.2MQ3 2025: $144.4MQ4 2025: $146.7MQ1 2026: $144.3MQ2 2026: $148.4M
Institutions holding DSU and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026101$148.4M
Q1 202690$144.3M
Q4 2025101$146.7M
Q3 202592$144.4M
Q2 202590$128.2M
Q1 202586$121.4M
Q4 202490$128.1M
Q3 202485$119.6M
Q2 202475$111.2M
Q1 202482$118.3M
Q4 202381$123.7M
Q3 202385$128.0M
Q2 202388$128.1M
Q1 202399$131.0M
Q4 2022102$123.2M
Q3 2022100$131.2M
Q2 202297$123.0M
Q1 202291$123.4M
Q4 202188$139.7M
Q3 202187$135.9M
Q2 202188$145.2M
Q1 202187$149.0M

Institutions, Q4 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding DSU in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
FMR LLC1$110.00%+1New
Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, LLC2$220.00%00.0%Unchanged
Creekmur Asset Management LLC13$1370.00%+1+8.3%Added
Larson Financial Group LLC50$5390.00%+1+2.0%Added
Global Retirement Partners, LLC160$1.72K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Caldwell Trust Co275$2.96K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
AdvisorNet Financial, Inc330$3.55K0.00%−226−40.6%Reduced
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec333$3.58K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
WPG Advisers, LLC348$3.74K0.00%+348New
IFP Advisors, Inc469$5.05K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC786$8.46K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sugarloaf Wealth Management, LLC955$10.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Harbour Investments, Inc.965$10.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Fourth Dimension Wealth, LLC970$10.4K0.01%+970New
CWM, LLC1,462$16.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
CoreCap Advisors, LLC2,900$31.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cape Investment Advisory, Inc.3,300$35.5K0.01%−2,000−37.7%Reduced
Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group4,000$43.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC4,857$52.3K0.00%+50+1.0%Added
Green Square Capital Advisors LLC5,752$61.9K0.01%+5,752New
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC7,116$76.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
CKW Financial Group7,711$83.0K0.01%+53+0.7%Added
Darwin Advisors, LLC9,776$105.2K0.04%+434+4.6%Added
Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC10,127$109.0K0.00%+10,127New
Private Advisor Group, LLC10,239$110.2K0.00%+202+2.0%Added
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC10,358$112.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc d/b/a Bay Colony Advisors10,783$116.0K0.02%+10,783New
Colony Group, LLC11,051$118.9K0.00%+172+1.6%Added
Allworth Financial LP11,820$126.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Focused Wealth Management, Inc12,477$134.3K0.02%+100+0.8%Added
StoneX Group Inc.12,929$139.1K0.01%+12,929New
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.13,487$145.1K0.02%+13,487New
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.14,461$155.6K0.00%−1,387−8.8%Reduced
Comerica Bank14,500$156.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Monterey Private Wealth, Inc.14,918$160.5K0.05%+14,918New
Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC15,300$164.6K0.01%+15,300New
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC15,399$165.7K0.02%+3,599+30.5%Added
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.16,042$173.0K0.00%−581−3.5%Reduced
XTX Topco Ltd16,258$174.9K0.01%+16,258New
Thurston, Springer, Miller, Herd & Titak, Inc.17,999$193.7K0.04%+17,999New
Citigroup Inc19,140$206.0K0.00%+1,018+5.6%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans19,933$214.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
BCJ Capital Management, LLC20,754$223.3K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
KFA Private Wealth Group, LLC20,810$223.9K0.09%−2,093−9.1%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc24,432$263.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Stifel Financial Corp24,559$264.2K0.00%−485−1.9%Reduced
Advisory Services Network, LLC25,500$274.4K0.01%+5,000+24.4%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.26,030$280.1K0.00%+5,405+26.2%Added
Register Financial Advisors LLC26,340$283.4K0.14%+913+3.6%Added
Sowell Financial Services LLC27,378$294.6K0.02%−13,533−33.1%Reduced
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC28,265$304.1K0.00%−63−0.2%Reduced
Readystate Asset Management LP31,050$334.1K0.01%+31,050New
Jackson Hole Capital Partners, LLC31,105$334.7K0.07%+16,525+113.3%Added
Avantax Advisory Services, Inc.34,008$365.9K0.00%+1,513+4.7%Added
Everstar Asset Management, LLC35,974$387.1K0.27%−1,026−2.8%Reduced
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co39,972$430.1K0.00%+77+0.2%Added
Atomi Financial Group, Inc.41,585$447.5K0.02%+3,549+9.3%Added
Cetera Investment Advisers48,472$521.6K0.00%−3,670−7.0%Reduced
Melfa Wealth Management, LLC49,527$532.9K0.36%00.0%Unchanged
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC52,254$562.0K0.00%+1,802+3.6%Added
Creative Planning54,353$584.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Capital Investment Advisors, LLC55,471$596.9K0.01%−2,819−4.8%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc58,451$628.9K0.00%+14,941+34.3%Added
Armis Advisers, LLC63,469$682.9K0.08%+63,469New
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC66,069$711.0K0.00%−12,447−15.9%Reduced
Virtus ETF Advisers LLC70,013$753.3K0.31%+10,341+17.3%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.70,722$761.0K0.00%+30,763+77.0%Added
Truist Financial Corp73,692$792.9K0.00%+4,797+7.0%Added
GWM Advisors LLC78,849$848.4K0.01%+1,981+2.6%Added
Matrix Private Capital Group LLC96,894$1.04M0.59%+180.0%Added
Modern Wealth Management, LLC97,195$1.05M0.04%+34,709+55.5%Added
Royal Bank of Canada115,720$1.25M0.00%+6,045+5.5%Added
UBS Group AG122,216$1.32M0.00%−135−0.1%Reduced
Moloney Securities Asset Management, LLC124,886$1.34M0.18%+37,956+43.7%Added
Whipplewood Advisors, LLC159,225$1.71M0.97%+159,225New
Strategic Wealth Partners, Ltd.161,011$1.74M0.14%+1,400+0.9%Added
Smith Asset Management Co., LLC172,065$1.85M1.80%+172,065New
GraniteShares Advisors LLC229,305$2.47M1.56%+16,811+7.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc244,891$2.64M0.00%+244,891New
Ameriprise Financial Inc248,135$2.67M0.00%+36,960+17.5%Added
Wells Fargo & Company276,362$2.97M0.00%+19,737+7.7%Added
Bank of America Corp331,786$3.57M0.00%+14,679+4.6%Added
Elevated Capital Advisors, LLC444,027$4.78M1.30%+3,439+0.8%Added
Penserra Capital Management LLC493,927$5.31M0.10%+33,271+7.2%Added
LPL Financial LLC520,058$5.60M0.00%+33,639+6.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.561,751$6.04M0.00%+7,480+1.3%Added
Oak Hill Advisors LP597,004$6.42M1.19%00.0%Unchanged
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.609,756$6.56M0.12%−114,341−15.8%Reduced
Guggenheim Capital LLC1,053,384$11.3M0.09%+319,554+43.5%Added
Morgan Stanley3,746,752$40.3M0.00%+23,868+0.6%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC0$00.00%−15,401−100.0%Sold out
Worth Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−13,690−100.0%Sold out
HRT Financial LP0$00.00%−11,031−100.0%Sold out
Cohen & Steers, Inc.0$00.00%−10,664−100.0%Sold out
Spire Wealth Management0$00.00%−1,758−100.0%Sold out
Uncommon Cents Investing LLC0$00.00%−1,740−100.0%Sold out
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)0$00.00%−583−100.0%Sold out
Washington Trust Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−500−100.0%Sold out
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.––––Not filed
Raymond James & Associates––––Not filed