# BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (BMEZ) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $16.97, market value $1.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 5.0×**. BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 5.0× trailing earnings. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Earnings yield: 20.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 20.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 7.78%** ($1.32 per share, trailing). BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 7.78%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 15.7%/yr** (1-yr 10.7%). The dividend has compounded at 15.7% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 5 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 28.3%** (YTD 18.8%, 3-mo 20.2%). The shares are up 28.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -1.6%** (23.9% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 65**. An RSI of 65 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.58** (volatility 16%). Beta of 0.58 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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