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Ticker
BME

Price
40.40
Stock movement up
+0.51 (1.28%)
Company name
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Asset Management
Market cap
522.13M
Ent value
542.62M
Price/Sales
21.48
Price/Book
1.03
Div yield
7.79%
Div growth
-0.48%
Growth years
-
FCF payout
-
Trailing P/E
8.85
Forward P/E
-
PEG
-
EPS growth
-17.14%
1 year return
-1.89%
3 year return
-
5 year return
-
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-11-12

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share3.15
Dividend yield7.79%
Payout frequencyMonthly
Maximum yield9.02%
Average yield7.83%
Minimum yield6.05%
Discount to avg yield-0.54%
Upside potential-0.53%
Yield as % of max yield86.29%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield7.79%
Current yield distribution66.55%
Yield at 100% (Min)6.05%
Yield at 90%6.30%
Yield at 80%6.49%
Yield at 50% (Median)8.27%
Yield at 20%8.68%
Yield at 10%8.78%
Yield at 0% (Max)9.02%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth-
CCC status-
Dividend per share3.15
Payout frequencyMonthly
Ex-div date14 Nov 2025
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)-
EPS growth (5y)-17.14%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
BMES&P500
DGR MR0.04%-13.74%
DGR TTM17.28%6.60%
DGR 3 years-1.33%7.31%
DGR 5 years-0.48%4.69%
DGR 10 years7.21%6.30%
DGR 15 years2.85%8.16%
Time since last change announced104 days
EPS growth (5y)-17.14%
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM--
Average--
Forward--

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E8.85
Price to OCF20.91
Price to FCF32.72
Price to EBITDA-
EV to EBITDA-

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales21.48
Price to Book1.03
EV to Sales22.32

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count12.92M
EPS (TTM)-
FCF per share (TTM)-

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)-
Gross profit (TTM)-
Operating income (TTM)-
Net income (TTM)-
EPS (TTM)-
EPS (1y forward)-

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)-
Operating margin (TTM)-
Profit margin (TTM)-

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash39.40K
Net receivables1.72M
Total current assets1.76M
Goodwill0.00
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets528.63M
Accounts payable14.30M
Short/Current long term debt1.41M
Total current liabilities14.30M
Total liabilities20.53M
Shareholder's equity508.10M
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)-
Capital expenditures (TTM)-
Free cash flow (TTM)-
Dividends paid (TTM)-

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity-
Return on Assets-
Return on Invested Capital-
Cash Return on Invested Capital-

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open40.05
Daily high40.46
Daily low40.05
Daily Volume68K
All-time high50.31
1y analyst estimate-
Beta0.60
EPS (TTM)-
Dividend per share3.15
Ex-div date14 Nov 2025
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
BMES&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-19.70%-0.58%
Highest price drop-30.71%-19.00%
Date of highest drop7 Apr 20258 Apr 2025
Avg drop from high-24.52%-2.71%
Avg time to new high-5 days
Max time to new high275 days89 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
BME (BlackRock Health Sciences Trust) company logo
Marketcap
522.13M
Marketcap category
Small-cap
Description
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the health sciences and related sectors, which include businesses involved in researching, developing, producing, distributing or delivering medical, dental, optical, pharmaceutical or biotechnology products, supplies, equipment, or services. It also invests through equity derivatives, with an emphasis on option writing. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 3000 Healthcare Index. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust was formed on March 31, 2005 and is domiciled in the United States.
Employees
0
Investor relations
-
SEC filings
CEO
Country
USA
City
Stock type
-
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
Monthly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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