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BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) Competitors

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$37.07 -0.24 (-0.64%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$37.06 -0.01 (-0.01%)
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BME vs. AOD, AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, and BHK

Should you be buying BlackRock Health Sciences Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Health Sciences Trust include Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), and BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust vs. Its Competitors

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) and BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE:BME) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust N/A N/A N/A

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%.

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Health Sciences Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund Positive
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Negative

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund$94.38MN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust-$25.27MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats BlackRock Health Sciences Trust on 4 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BME vs. The Competition

MetricBlackRock Health Sciences TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.43B$6.38B$21.68B
Dividend Yield0.06%4.58%4.31%3.48%
P/E RatioN/A4,757.801,776.4729.69
Price / SalesN/A1,965.181,353.5870.24
Price / CashN/A60.62127.4725.00
Price / BookN/A1.362.064.58
Net IncomeN/A$265.04M$1.23B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.15%13.29%7.04%0.65%
1 Month Performance2.89%13.30%7.48%3.07%
1 Year Performance-12.28%8.45%30.85%14.34%

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BME
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust
N/A$37.07
-0.6%
N/A-12.3%$0.00-$25.27M0.00N/ANegative News
Short Interest ↑
AOD
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$9.20
+0.1%
N/A+4.8%$0.00$94.38M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$12.26
+0.2%
N/A+24.9%$0.00$25.50M0.00N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.00
-0.1%
N/A-11.7%$0.00$45.21M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$17.22
+0.3%
N/A-21.3%$0.00$6.59M0.001,088News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$12.08
0.0%
N/A-10.2%$0.00$2.90M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.54
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%$0.00$51.89M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.59
+0.1%
N/A-7.7%$0.00$602.34K0.00N/ANegative News
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.83
-0.3%
N/A-2.8%$0.00$32.45M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Negative News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.75
+0.4%
N/A-9.8%$0.00$5.38M0.00N/AInsider Trade
Short Interest ↓
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$9.82
-0.5%
N/A-17.3%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:BME) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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