All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

BME: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

BME total return snapshot: BME returned +31.55% over the past year and +14.48% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 2005, BME is up +895.01% in nominal total return, or +11.29%/yr, and is currently −3.30% below its total-return high on Aug. 26, 2026.

Data ending Fri Sep. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BME
×
+895.01%
+11.29%/yr
+12.31%/yr
R2=0.955
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 Start
Value
End
Value
BME
×
$10,000.00
2005-03-29
$99,501.26
2026-09-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-18

  YTD YoY
BME
×
+14.48% +31.55%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BME
×
−3.30%
on 2026-09-18
from 2026-08-26 peak
−42.03%
on 2008-11-20
from 2008-01-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BME
×
+31.55% +24.71%
+11.67%/yr
+41.52%
+12.27%/yr
+29.62%
+5.33%/yr
+149.29%
+9.56%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BME
2026 (YTD) +14.48%
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 −12.06%
2015 +8.69%
2014 +34.12%
2013 +40.59%
2012 +21.33%
2011 +5.55%
2010 +8.92%
2009 +41.92%
2008 −20.69%
2007 +8.08%
2006 +16.66%
2005 +6.10%