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BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME)

Specialty Equity Funds - Healthcare/Biotech

Data as of March 27, 2024
Current
Market Price $41.57 (+ $0.55)
NAV (March 27, 2024) $44.58 (+ $0.47)
Fund Listed NYSE
Premium / Discount -6.75% (+0.25%)
Fund Info
Inception March 28, 2005
Sponsor BlackRock Advisors
Website www.blackrock.com/inve...
Phone 1-800-882-0052
NAV Symbol XBMEX
Location Delaware
Incorporated Delaware
Staggered Board Yes
Term Date N/A
Objective: Current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation; Equity of health sciences and related industries
Related Indexes
US Equity Index
Tax-Advantaged Equity Dividend Index
Capital & Leverage
Outstanding Shares 13,943,973
Total Assets (Reported: Dec. 31, 2023) $596M
Estimated Total Assets $622M
Net Assets $622M
Market Cap $580M
Portfolio Turnover 20.00%
Total Leverage 0.00%
Structural Leverage (out of total) 0.00%
Portfolio Leverage (out of total) 0.00%
Expense Ratio 1.06%
Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.06%
Rel Lev Cost %
Discount Data
Average Discount (3 Yr) -0.86%
Discount Low(3 Yr) -9.55%
Discount High(3 Yr) 6.41%
Discount Rel Range (3 Yr) 17.54%
Comp Discount 3.72
Discount St Dev (1Yr) 1.84
Z-Stat
Z-Stat (6mo) -0.86
Z-Stat (1Yr) -1.11
Z-Stat (3Yr) -1.83
Comp Z-Stat (6mo) -1.62
Comp Z-Stat (3Yr) -0.96
Distribution Data
Market Yield 6.15%
Income Yield 0.00%
Lev Adj NAV Yield 5.73%
Distribution Frequency M
Current Distribution $0.213
Current Income $0.000
Ex-Date 3/14/24
Payable Date 3/28/24
Div Growth (3yr) 6.50%
Dividend Change 6.5% on 10/1/21
Expected Div 4/1/24
RoC (1yr) 38.18%
RoC (3yr) 16.63%
Tax Dividend Data 2023 2021 - 2023
Income 6.3% 3.7%
ST Gains 0% 0%
QDI 6.3% 3.7%
LT Gains 65.0% 85.4%
RoC 28.7% 10.9%
Volume & Liquidity
Average Daily $ (K) $1,402
Avg Volume 30 day 29,848
Avg Volume 90 day 33,716
Volume Trend -11.47%
Comp Volume Trend -0.13%
Correlation & Volatility
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
52.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
66.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's Equity Income Index
67.0%
Most Correlated Peer (Mk Pr): GRX 81.0%
NAV - Price Correlation (30 d) 60.0%
NAV - Price Correlation (90 d) 40.5%
NAV - Price Correlation (1 Yr) 90.0%
Price St Dev (1Yr) 11.7%
NAV St Dev (1Yr) 8.9%
Earnings
Earnings / Share (12/31/23) $0.010
Earn Coverage 4.65%
Earnings Trend Up
UNII / Share (12/31/23) $-0.092
Rel UNII
UNII Trend Down
Performance
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
0.53
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
0.73
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's Equity Income Index
0.56

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