All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BME real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BME returned +15.21% over the past year and −2.17% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 2005, BME is up +407.00% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.96%/yr, and is currently −11.48% below its real total-return high on Jan. 20, 2021.
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
−2.17%
2026-06-08 |
+15.21%
2026-06-08 |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
+407.00%
+7.96%/yr |
+9.84%/yr
(R2=0.909) |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
$10,000.00
2005-03-29 |
$50,699.53
2026-06-08 |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | BME |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.17% |
| 2025 | +14.79% |
| 2024 | −2.87% |
| 2023 | −4.29% |
| 2022 | −10.42% |
| 2021 | +0.20% |
| 2020 | +17.04% |
| 2019 | +21.27% |
| 2018 | +4.39% |
| 2017 | +20.56% |
| 2016 | −13.84% |
| 2015 | +7.90% |
| 2014 | +33.11% |
| 2013 | +38.51% |
| 2012 | +19.27% |
| 2011 | +2.51% |
| 2010 | +7.31% |
| 2009 | +38.16% |
| 2008 | −20.77% |
| 2007 | +3.83% |
| 2006 | +13.79% |
| 2005 | +4.15% |
| Tue 2005-03-29💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × |
−11.48%
from 2021-01-20 peak |
−42.93%
2008-11-20 from 2008-01-14 peak |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BME × | +15.21% |
+8.50% +4.17%/yr |
+13.29% +4.25%/yr |
−4.46% −0.91%/yr |
+52.48% +4.31%/yr |
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| BlackRock Health Sciences Trust NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
