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Ticker
BME

Price
35.60
Stock movement down
-0.50 (-1.39%)
Company name
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Asset Management
Market cap
484.00M
Ent value
493.01M
Price/Sales
19.91
Price/Book
0.79
Div yield
8.83%
Div growth
1.27%
Growth years
-
FCF payout
279.66%
Trailing P/E
8.20
Forward P/E
-
PEG
-
EPS growth
-
1 year return
-11.44%
3 year return
-5.00%
5 year return
-2.61%
10 year return
-1.42%
Last updated: 2025-05-15

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share3.15
Dividend yield8.83%
Payout frequencyMonthly
Maximum yield9.02%
Average yield6.00%
Minimum yield4.77%
Discount to avg yield32.13%
Upside potential47.33%
Yield as % of max yield97.92%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield8.83%
Current yield distribution0.32%
Yield at 100% (Min)4.77%
Yield at 90%5.03%
Yield at 80%5.37%
Yield at 50% (Median)6.00%
Yield at 20%6.41%
Yield at 10%6.60%
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 date15 May 2025
EPS (TTM)4.23
EPS (1y forward)-
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
BMES&P500
DGR MR23.05%-13.74%
DGR TTM5.76%6.60%
DGR 3 years2.12%5.24%
DGR 5 years1.27%5.40%
DGR 10 years8.30%7.07%
DGR 15 years5.46%6.12%
Time since last change announced115 days
EPS growth (5y)-
EPS growth (5y forward)-

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM75.64%279.66%
Average--
Forward--

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E8.20
Price to OCF19.38
Price to FCF30.33
Price to EBITDA-
EV to EBITDA-

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales19.91
Price to Book0.79
EV to Sales20.28

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count13.60M
EPS (TTM)4.23
FCF per share (TTM)1.14

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)24.31M
Gross profit (TTM)21.30M
Operating income (TTM)9.98M
Net income (TTM)59.01M
EPS (TTM)4.23
EPS (1y forward)-

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)87.59%
Operating margin (TTM)41.07%
Profit margin (TTM)242.69%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash1.14K
Net receivables3.16M
Total current assets3.45M
Goodwill0.00
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets625.28M
Accounts payable0.00
Short/Current long term debt1.03M
Total current liabilities9.02M
Total liabilities9.02M
Shareholder's equity616.26M
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)24.97M
Capital expenditures (TTM)3.00
Free cash flow (TTM)15.96M
Dividends paid (TTM)44.63M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity9.57%
Return on Assets9.44%
Return on Invested Capital9.56%
Cash Return on Invested Capital2.59%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open36.00
Daily high36.25
Daily low35.55
Daily Volume59K
All-time high50.31
1y analyst estimate-
Beta0.67
EPS (TTM)4.23
Dividend per share3.15
Ex-div date15 May 2025
Next earnings date-

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
BMES&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-29.24%-4.13%
Highest price drop-44.61%-56.47%
Date of highest drop6 Mar 20099 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-13.23%-11.07%
Avg time to new high62 days12 days
Max time to new high1343 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
BME (BlackRock Health Sciences Trust) company logo
Marketcap
484.00M
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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