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BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) Stock Analysis

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) is a Asset Management stock listed on NYSE and quoted in US Dollar.

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

BMEZ

$16.93

+$0.07 (+0.42%)

Oct 21, 2026 · Market close

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BMEZ Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026

Trading

Open: $16.88
Previous Close: $16.86
Day's Range: 16.78–16.99
52-Week Range: 13.70–17.25
Volume: 244.75K

Valuation

Market Cap: $1.03B
P/E Ratio: 4.82
EPS (ttm): 3.42

Financials (FY)

Shares Outstanding: 62.50M
1-Year Return: +20.78%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: 8.16%
Ex-Dividend Date: October 15, 2026
Avg Volume: 138.10K

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

Key facts

As of October 21, 2026, BMEZ closed at $16.93, +20.78% over 1 year.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) has a market capitalization of $1.03B.

BMEZ Stock Return by Calendar Year

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) return since Jan 2020: what $10,000 became

1 year: $10,000 $12,078; +20.78%
5 years: $10,000 $10,405; +4.05%
Since Jan 2020: $10,000 $15,292; +52.92%

If you had invested $10,000 in BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) at the close on January 29, 2020, the earliest close on record here, it would have been worth $15,292 at the close on October 21, 2026: +52.92% in total, +6.52% a year, with dividends reinvested, over a partial period shorter than 10 years. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

+48.77%−5.76%−32.65%+5.07%+9.54%+18.69%+18.55%

2020202120222023202420252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	+18.55%
2025	+18.69%
2024	+9.54%
2023	+5.07%
2022	−32.65%
2021	−5.76%
2020	+48.77%

As of October 21, 2026.

BMEZ Dividend History

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26*

$1.87+10.7% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 12 payments

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026*	$0.99	9	—
2025	$1.87	12	+10.7%
2024	$1.69	12	+6.8%
2023	$1.58	12	−9.0%

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026 (partial year)	$0.99	9	—
2025	$1.87	12	+10.7%
2024	$1.69	12	+6.8%
2023	$1.58	12	−9.0%
2022	$1.74	12	+1.6%
2021	$1.71	12	+90.2%
2020	$0.90	9	—

Most recent payment: $0.11 per share, ex-dividend September 15, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

BMEZ Valuation vs Asset Management Median

Median of 512 stocks

Metric	BMEZ	Asset Management median	vs median
P/E	4.82	9.44	49% below

Medians across 512 Asset Management stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

The market values BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) at $1.03B. The company sits in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry.

The 52-week range on file runs from $13.70 to $17.25. The most recent close on file for BMEZ is $16.93, dated October 21, 2026. That is +$0.07 (+0.42%) against the previous close. The latest close sits 23.58% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 3.42.

Valuation Assessment

BMEZ trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 4.82. That is 48.94% below the Asset Management median of 9.44. The medians here are taken across 512 Asset Management companies that report the metric.

Annualized volatility over the trailing 6 years is 20.57%. The trailing one-year total return is +20.78%. Measured over 5 years, that is +0.80% a year compounded.

Growth & Income

Shareholders receive a dividend, yielding 8.16% on the latest price. That is 0.8 percentage points below the Asset Management median yield of 8.91%. The ex-dividend date on file is October 15, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 7 calendar years; 2026 shows 9 payments totalling $0.99 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $1.87 a share.

Across the complete calendar years on file, 2020 returned +48.77% and 2022 returned −32.65%. Of the 6 complete calendar years on file, 4 finished higher. So far in 2026 the total return is +18.55%.

Peer Comparison

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) operates in the Asset Management industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust	BMEZ	$1.03B	4.8
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	$184.31B	25.8
Blackstone Inc.	BX	$127.43B	23.9
Brookfield Corporation	BN	$83.74B	69.5

The Asset Management industry average P/E ratio is 9.4x. BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust trades at a P/E of 4.8.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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