BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $36.60 +0.09 (+0.24%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$36.58 -0.01 (-0.03%) As of 05:41 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 Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Short Interest DataBlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) has a short interest of 20,200 shares. This marks a -15.13% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.4, indicating that it would take 0.4 days of the average trading volume of 48,177 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest20,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest23,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-15.13%Dollar Volume Sold Short$717.08 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Today's Trading Volume69,974 sharesAverage Trading Volume48,177 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average145% Short Selling BlackRock Health Sciences Trust? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBME Short Interest Over TimeBME Days to Cover Over TimeBME Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/202520,200 shares $717.08 thousand -15.1%N/A0.4 $35.50 7/15/202523,800 shares $852.04 thousand +8.2%N/A0.5 $35.80 6/30/202522,000 shares $802.12 thousand +67.9%N/A0.5 $36.46 6/15/202513,100 shares $474.81 thousand -18.6%N/A0.3 $36.25 5/31/202516,100 shares $577.51 thousand -13.4%N/A0.4 $35.87 5/15/202518,600 shares $658.63 thousand +447.1%N/A0.4 $35.41 4/30/20253,400 shares $127.98 thousand -59.5%N/A0.1 $37.64 4/15/20258,400 shares $303.45 thousand +71.4%N/A0.2 $36.13 3/31/20254,900 shares $189.65 thousand -61.4%N/A0.1 $38.71 3/15/202512,700 shares $487.36 thousand -15.9%N/A0.2 $38.38 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BME and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/202515,100 shares $607.32 thousand +1.3%N/A0.3 $40.22 2/15/202514,900 shares $598.59 thousand -11.3%N/A0.3 $40.17 1/31/202516,800 shares $687.12 thousand -42.1%N/A0.3 $40.90 1/15/202529,000 shares $1.13 million +93.3%N/A0.5 $39.08 12/31/202415,000 shares $568.95 thousand +102.7%N/A0.3 $37.93 12/15/20247,400 shares $286.23 thousand +19.4%N/A0.2 $38.68 11/30/20246,200 shares $247.44 thousand -56.0%N/A0.2 $39.91 11/15/202414,100 shares $544.82 thousand +76.3%N/A0.4 $38.64 10/31/20248,000 shares $319.44 thousand +33.3%N/A0.3 $39.93 10/15/20246,000 shares $250.32 thousand +22.5%N/A0.2 $41.72 9/30/20244,900 shares $205.46 thousand +122.7%N/A0.2 $41.93 9/15/20242,200 shares $92.97 thousand -12.0%N/A0.1 $42.26 8/31/20242,500 shares $106.02 thousand -58.3%N/A0.1 $42.41 8/15/20246,000 shares $247.62 thousand -40.0%N/A0.2 $41.27 7/31/202410,000 shares $411.20 thousand -44.4%N/A0.3 $41.12 7/15/202418,000 shares $748.64 thousand +157.1%N/A0.5 $41.59 6/30/20247,000 shares $285.95 thousand +536.4%N/A0.2 $40.85 6/15/20241,100 shares $43.69 thousand -81.7%N/A0 $39.72 5/31/20246,000 shares $239.22 thousand +20.0%N/A0.2 $39.87 5/15/20245,000 shares $201.30 thousand -5.7%N/A0.2 $40.26 4/30/20245,300 shares $207.71 thousand +17.8%N/A0.2 $39.19 4/15/20244,500 shares $173.30 thousand -48.9%N/A0.1 $38.51 3/31/20248,800 shares $364.67 thousand -35.3%N/A0.3 $41.44 3/15/202413,600 shares $559.91 thousand -2.9%N/A0.4 $41.17 2/29/202414,000 shares $589.40 thousand -45.5%N/A0.4 $42.10 2/15/202425,700 shares $1.08 million -14.1%N/A0.6 $42.14 1/31/202429,900 shares $1.24 million -49.2%N/A0.7 $41.56 1/15/202458,900 shares $2.51 million +165.3%N/A1.3 $42.60 12/31/202322,200 shares $898.21 thousand +3.3%N/A0.5 $40.46 12/15/202321,500 shares $838.93 thousand +168.8%N/A0.5 $39.02Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 11/30/20238,000 shares $307.60 thousand -71.3%N/A0.2 $38.45 11/15/202327,900 shares $1.04 million +267.1%N/A0.8 $37.34 10/31/20237,600 shares $274.97 thousand +4.1%N/A0.2 $36.18 10/15/20237,300 shares $280.76 thousand -73.7%N/A0.2 $38.46 9/30/202327,700 shares $1.08 million +81.1%N/A0.9 $39.15 9/15/202315,300 shares $597.62 thousand +135.4%N/A0.5 $39.06 8/31/20236,500 shares $259.74 thousand +10.2%N/A0.2 $39.96 8/15/20235,900 shares $236.89 thousand +90.3%N/A0.2 $40.15 7/31/20233,100 shares $124.06 thousand -8.8%N/A0.1 $40.02 7/15/20233,400 shares $136.41 thousand -29.2%N/A0.1 $40.12 6/30/20234,800 shares $194.78 thousand -4.0%N/A0.2 $40.58 6/15/20235,000 shares $202.15 thousand -32.4%N/A0.2 $40.43 5/31/20237,400 shares $294.89 thousand -38.3%N/A0.3 $39.85 5/15/202312,000 shares $495.48 thousand -50.2%N/A0.4 $41.29 4/30/202324,100 shares $1.03 million +193.9%N/A0.9 $42.93 4/15/20238,200 shares $343.42 thousand -59.0%N/A0.3 $41.88 3/31/202320,000 shares $837.20 thousand +61.3%N/A0.7 $41.86 3/15/202312,400 shares $492.65 thousand -41.8%N/A0.4 $39.73 2/28/202321,300 shares $894.39 thousand -16.1%N/A0.7 $41.99 2/15/202325,400 shares $1.10 million -20.9%N/A0.9 $43.41 1/31/202332,100 shares $1.40 million -3.9%N/A1 $43.56 1/15/202333,400 shares $1.44 million -11.6%N/A1 $43.18 12/30/202237,800 shares $1.65 million -9.1%N/A1.1 $43.58 12/15/202241,600 shares $1.79 million -9.6%N/A1.1 $43.00 11/30/202246,000 shares $2.05 million -1.9%N/A1.3 $44.52 11/15/202246,900 shares $2.10 million +45.7%N/A1.3 $44.84 10/31/202232,200 shares $1.37 million -2.1%N/A0.9 $42.44 10/15/202232,900 shares $1.28 million No ChangeN/A1 $39.05 9/30/202220,000 shares $776.40 thousand -39.9%N/A0.6 $38.82 9/15/202233,300 shares $1.41 million -1.8%N/A1.1 $42.48 8/31/202233,900 shares $1.40 million -13.1%N/A1 $41.29 8/15/202239,000 shares $1.75 million -11.0%N/A1.1 $44.96 7/31/202243,800 shares $1.92 million -54.1%N/A1.1 $43.82 7/15/202295,400 shares $4.21 million +36.3%N/A2.3 $44.14 6/30/202270,000 shares $2.97 million +17.7%N/A1.7 $42.40 6/15/202259,500 shares $2.42 million -1.5%N/A1.4 $40.64 5/31/202260,400 shares $2.64 million +9.6%N/A1.5 $43.78 5/15/202255,100 shares $2.33 million +23.8%N/A1.4 $42.36 4/30/202244,500 shares $1.93 million +4.7%N/A1.2 $43.37 4/15/202242,500 shares $1.97 million +286.4%N/A1.1 $46.45 3/31/202211,000 shares $500.72 thousand -36.4%N/A0.3 $45.52 3/15/202217,300 shares $729.20 thousand -34.2%N/A0.5 $42.15 2/28/202226,300 shares $1.14 million +38.4%N/A0.7 $43.19 2/15/202219,000 shares $844.17 thousand -44.6%N/A0.5 $44.43 1/31/202234,300 shares $1.55 million +78.7%N/A1.1 $45.10 1/15/202219,200 shares $881.66 thousand +214.8%N/A0.6 $45.92 12/31/20216,100 shares $295.85 thousand -33.7%N/A0.2 $48.50 12/15/20219,200 shares $437.18 thousand +18.0%N/A0.3 $47.52 11/30/20217,800 shares $361.06 thousand +44.4%N/A0.3 $46.29 11/15/20215,400 shares $259.52 thousand -8.5%N/A0.2 $48.06Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 10/29/20215,900 shares $283.14 thousand -63.8%N/A0.2 $47.99 10/15/202116,300 shares $766.26 thousand +14.8%N/A0.6 $47.01 9/30/202114,200 shares $676.63 thousand +189.8%N/A0.5 $47.65 9/15/20214,900 shares $237.70 thousand +14.0%N/A0.2 $48.51 8/31/20214,300 shares $208.59 thousand -45.6%N/A0.2 $48.51 8/13/20217,900 shares $384.41 thousand +79.6%N/A0.3 $48.66 7/30/20214,400 shares $214.54 thousand -56.0%N/A0.2 $48.76 7/15/202110,000 shares $493.70 thousand +96.1%N/A0.4 $49.37 6/30/20215,100 shares $247.35 thousand +37.8%N/A0.2 $48.50 6/15/20213,700 shares $177.53 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $47.98 5/28/20213,700 shares $177.08 thousand -33.9%N/A0.1 $47.86 5/14/20215,600 shares $261.18 thousand -32.5%N/A0.2 $46.64 4/30/20218,300 shares $397.16 thousand -25.2%N/A0.2 $47.85 4/15/202111,100 shares $542.01 thousand +113.5%N/A0.3 $48.83 3/31/20215,200 shares $237.80 thousand -38.1%N/A0.1 $45.73 3/15/20218,400 shares $385.64 thousand +127.0%N/A0.2 $45.91 2/26/20213,700 shares $170.64 thousand -88.9%N/A0.1 $46.12 2/12/202133,400 shares $1.64 million -3.8%N/A1 $49.00 1/29/202134,700 shares $1.66 million -21.5%N/A1 $47.98 1/15/202144,200 shares $2.20 million -7.5%N/A1.2 $49.80 12/31/202047,800 shares $2.30 million +9.9%N/A1.4 $48.03 12/15/202043,500 shares $2.05 million -30.4%N/A1.2 $47.09 11/30/202062,500 shares $2.89 million +117.0%N/A1.7 $46.23 11/15/202028,800 shares $1.34 million +55.7%N/A0.8 $46.49 10/30/202018,500 shares $771.64 thousand +3.4%N/A0.5 $41.71 10/15/202017,900 shares $796.73 thousand +24.3%N/A0 $44.51 9/30/202014,400 shares $617.18 thousand +193.9%N/A0.4 $42.86 9/15/20203,000 shares $126.69 thousand -38.8%N/A0.1 $42.23 8/31/20204,900 shares $212.66 thousand -58.1%N/A0.1 $43.40 BME Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BlackRock Health Sciences Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, traders have sold 20,200 shares of BME short. Learn More on BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's current short interest. Is BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's short interest increasing or decreasing? BlackRock Health Sciences Trust saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 20,200 shares, a decrease of 15.1% from the previous total of 23,800 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to BlackRock Health Sciences Trust: Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BlackRock Health Sciences Trust stock? Short selling BME is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock Health Sciences Trust as its price is falling. BME shares are trading up $0.09 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against BlackRock Health Sciences Trust? A short squeeze for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BME, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BME, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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