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 +35.31% over the past year and +17.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 2005, BME is up +920.08% in nominal total return, or +11.45%/yr, and is currently −0.86% below its total-return high on Aug. 26, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 28, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-08-28 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BME
×
+920.08%
+11.45%/yr
+12.32%/yr
R2=0.954
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-08-28 Start
Value
End
Value
BME
×
$10,000.00
2005-03-29
$102,007.69
2026-08-28

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-28

  YTD YoY
BME
×
+17.36% +35.31%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BME
×
−0.86%
on 2026-08-28
from 2026-08-26 peak
−42.03%
on 2008-11-20
from 2008-01-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-28 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BME
×
+35.31% +27.82%
+13.06%/yr
+43.60%
+12.82%/yr
+33.43%
+5.94%/yr
+154.70%
+9.80%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BME
2026 (YTD) +17.36%
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 +41.92%
2008 −20.69%
2007 +8.08%
2006 +16.66%
2005 +6.10%