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 +28.39% over the past year and +8.23% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 2005, BME is up +840.68% in nominal total return, or +11.10%/yr, and is currently −2.58% below its total-return high on Jul. 7, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BME
×
+840.68%
+11.10%/yr
+12.34%/yr
R2=0.954
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 Start
Value
End
Value
BME
×
$10,000.00
2005-03-29
$94,067.72
2026-07-17

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-17

  YTD YoY
BME
×
+8.23% +28.39%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BME
×
−2.58%
on 2026-07-17
from 2026-07-07 peak
−42.03%
on 2008-11-20
from 2008-01-14 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BME
×
+28.39% +18.74%
+8.97%/yr
+32.53%
+9.84%/yr
+21.24%
+3.93%/yr
+133.15%
+8.83%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BME
2026 (YTD) +8.23%
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 +8.91%
2009 +41.92%
2008 −20.69%
2007 +8.08%
2006 +16.66%
2005 +6.10%