All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
BME total return snapshot: BME returned +21.05% over the past year and +1.65% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 2005, BME is up +783.51% in nominal total return, or +10.83%/yr, and is currently −3.13% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
+1.65%
2026-06-09 |
+21.05%
2026-06-09 |
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| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
+783.51%
+10.83%/yr |
+12.37%/yr
(R2=0.954) |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
$10,000.00
2005-03-29 |
$88,351.49
2026-06-09 |
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| Year | BME |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +1.65% |
| 2025 | +17.86% |
| 2024 | −0.08% |
| 2023 | −1.08% |
| 2022 | −4.63% |
| 2021 | +7.25% |
| 2020 | +18.64% |
| 2019 | +24.04% |
| 2018 | +6.38% |
| 2017 | +23.10% |
| 2016 | −12.05% |
| 2015 | +8.69% |
| 2014 | +34.12% |
| 2013 | +40.59% |
| 2012 | +21.33% |
| 2011 | +5.55% |
| 2010 | +8.92% |
| 2009 | +41.91% |
| 2008 | −20.70% |
| 2007 | +8.08% |
| 2006 | +16.66% |
| 2005 | +6.10% |
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
−3.13%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−42.03%
2008-11-20 from 2008-01-14 peak |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × | +21.05% |
+16.31% +7.85%/yr |
+24.99% +7.72%/yr |
+18.68% +3.48%/yr |
+116.51% +8.03%/yr |
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