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BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

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BlackRock Health Sciences Trust

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FinancialsClosed End Investments
  • Price (USD)36.47
  • Today's Change-0.31 / -0.84%
  • Shares traded31.84k
  • 1 Year change-12.14%
  • Beta0.6225
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About the company

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end management investment company. The Trust investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies engaged in the health sciences and related industries and equity derivatives with exposure to the health sciences industry. The Trust seeks to pursue this goal primarily by investing in a portfolio of equity securities and by employing a strategy of writing (selling) call and put options. The Trust invests in a portfolio of sectors, which include pharma, biotech and life sciences; healthcare equipment and services; semiconductors & semiconductor equipment; financial services, and others. BlackRock Advisors, LLC acts as the investment adviser of the Trust.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)7.57m
  • Net income in USD23.45m
  • Incorporated2005
  • Employees--
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
(5 yr avg)
Net profit margin (TTM)Net Profit margin
(5 yr avg)
Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
(5 yr avg)
Revenue
(YOY change %)
Revenue
(5 yr growth rate)
Net income
(YOY change %)
Net income
(5 yr growth rate)
Capital expenditure
(5 yr growth rate)
Dividend
(5 yr growth rate)
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III-100.00bn-100.00bn455.16m--------------------------------------------------------------
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund44.20m38.09m455.35m--11.950.9939--10.300.59640.59640.6927.170.06430.85791.57--5.546.055.786.1854.2874.5186.1977.08----0.287105.8586.439.18394.5026.99---6.51
BlackRock MuniYield Fund Inc39.39m7.96m456.88m--57.400.8464--11.600.1740.1740.861217.300.0441--2.84--0.892--0.9122--56.41--20.21----1.580.1028--3.72--530.40------
Duff & Phelps Utlty and Infrstct Fnd Inc17.90m133.76m457.17m--3.400.9227--25.553.663.660.489113.490.0289--5.20--21.593.0721.783.096.4318.75747.42115.52----0.2441232.941.29-7.16470.808.29---8.25
Gores Holdings X Inc-100.00bn-100.00bn459.77m-----------------0.0024----------------------------2.19------100.00------
Cantor Equity Partners Inc0.002.28m460.80m--179.334.49292.92--0.20080.20080.008.010.00------4.40--4.45--------------0.0048------708.15------
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund40.33m23.19m461.20m--19.890.9519--11.430.7890.7891.3716.480.0511--89.16--2.941.724.412.4156.7268.2657.5034.07----0.4248236.662.79-0.5516-27.56-----1.14
EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp-100.00bn-100.00bn466.67m----0.264----------39.67----------------------------0.00--------------
PennantPark Investment Corp.138.37m47.65m467.52m0.009.810.9578--3.380.72990.72992.127.480.1086--907.37--3.742.273.802.3246.3749.3934.4424.47--8.310.6053153.23-1.065.11244.5025.13--4.10
BlackRock Flotng Rt Incm Strtgs Fund Inc54.37m39.21m467.75m--11.811.03--8.601.121.121.5412.890.0879--4.88--6.343.756.483.8675.8576.4472.1359.11--26.180.2394147.86-4.39---37.47------
Agriculture & Naturl Solutns Acqstn Corp0.008.24m467.91m0.0056.751.35----0.19120.19120.008.060.00------2.28--2.32--------------0.0024------540.72------
Nuveen New Jersey Quality Mncpl Inc Fund-100.00bn-100.00bn467.99m--------------------------------------------------------------
Nuveen Variable Rate Pred & Inc Fund45.14m51.25m468.78m--9.150.9658--10.392.122.121.8720.090.0587--8.73--6.66--7.83--46.06--113.53------0.294--13.35--366.36------
Blackrock Health Sciences Trust7.57m23.45m471.34m--24.230.8852--62.291.511.510.570941.200.0132--7.49--4.095.354.105.39100.00--309.96443.09----0.0005105.40-7.658.9017.17-21.74--1.69
BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II38.07m11.48m475.36m0.0041.390.8431--12.490.24060.24060.797811.810.0444--16.91--1.34-0.56571.35-0.573756.4964.2830.16-14.67--2.130.3519---6.898.711,046.23-1.83---4.64
Compass Diversified Holdings2.20bn-73.85m483.77m4.21k--0.5512.920.2201-0.9776-0.872529.1117.240.55871.415.76522,269.701.080.23591.260.278345.5140.601.920.41761.572.140.5326--11.8711.7235.66--10.19-7.03
Data as of Jul 11 2025. Currency figures normalised to BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

14.51%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Investment Management)as of 31 Mar 2025361.23k2.73%
Nova R Wealth, Inc.as of 31 Mar 2025313.85k2.37%
Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLCas of 31 Mar 2025305.14k2.30%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Invt Mgmt)as of 31 Mar 2025172.84k1.30%
Invesco Capital Management LLCas of 31 Mar 2025159.92k1.21%
Cornerstone Advisory LLC /Maryland/as of 31 Mar 2025150.54k1.14%
1607 Capital Partners LLCas of 31 Mar 2025141.11k1.07%
RBC Capital Markets LLC (Investment Management)as of 31 Mar 2025126.28k0.95%
UBS Financial Services, Inc.as of 31 Mar 2025124.83k0.94%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLCas of 31 Mar 202567.44k0.51%
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