BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) Competitors $36.48 -0.31 (-0.83%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$36.48 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07/11/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BME vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYTShould you be buying BlackRock Health Sciences Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackRock Health Sciences Trust include 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), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust vs. Its Competitors Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund Abrdn World Healthcare Fund Advent Convertible and Income Fund AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BlackRock Core Bond Trust BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE:BME) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends. Does the media prefer BME or AGD? In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Health Sciences Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Neutral Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Positive Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BME or AGD? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBlackRock Health Sciences Trust$24.07MN/AN/AN/AN/AAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$25.50MN/AN/AN/AN/A Is BME or AGD more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets BlackRock Health Sciences TrustN/A N/A N/A Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A Is BME or AGD a better dividend stock? BlackRock Health Sciences Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. SummaryAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats BlackRock Health Sciences Trust on 4 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks. Get BlackRock Health Sciences Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BME and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BME and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BME vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBlackRock Health Sciences TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket CapN/A$1.25B$6.16B$20.66BDividend Yield0.06%4.39%4.21%3.72%P/E RatioN/A22.1013.2827.82Price / SalesN/A2,368.081,742.0242.48Price / CashN/A60.81128.1022.32Price / BookN/A1.221.914.57Net IncomeN/A$263.98M$1.23B$989.30M7 Day Performance-0.50%14.37%11.20%0.20%1 Month Performance-0.56%2.45%6.88%3.95%1 Year Performance-12.30%5.76%17.52%10.27% BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BMEBlackRock Health Sciences TrustN/A$36.48-0.8%N/A-12.1%$0.00$24.07M0.00N/AAGDAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A$11.14-0.9%N/A+12.4%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementAWPabrdn Global Premier Properties FundN/A$3.88-1.0%N/A-0.4%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/ANews CoverageNegative NewsDividend AnnouncementTHQAbrdn Healthcare Opportunities FundN/A$18.04-2.0%N/A-14.6%$0.00$6.59M0.001,088Dividend AnnouncementTHWAbrdn World Healthcare FundN/A$10.30-1.6%N/A-21.2%$0.00$2.90M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementAVKAdvent Convertible and Income FundN/A$12.15-0.7%N/A+2.0%$0.00$51.89M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsAFBAllianceBernstein National Municipal Income FundN/A$10.25-1.1%N/A-9.2%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/AHigh Trading VolumeARDCAres Dynamic Credit Allocation FundN/A$14.23-0.9%N/A-5.4%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/ANews CoverageBFZBlackRock California Municipal Income TrustN/A$10.81-0.5%N/A-11.3%$0.00$5.38M0.00N/ANews CoverageInsider TradeBHKBlackRock Core Bond TrustN/A$9.65-1.1%N/A-12.0%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/APositive NewsHYTBlackRock Corporate High Yield FundN/A$9.75-0.4%N/A+0.4%$0.00$128.00M0.00N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AGD Competitors AWP Competitors THQ Competitors THW Competitors AVK Competitors AFB Competitors ARDC Competitors BFZ Competitors BHK Competitors HYT Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BME) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just TriggeredThis same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in cryp...Crypto Swap Profits | SponsoredI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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