BlackRock Health Sciences Trust · BME · NYSE
Distribution report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$47.34 -0.73% on the day, -$0.35
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Yearly payout / yield
$3.14·6.64%
$0.262 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
$0.2621/mo
pays Nov 30 ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 13
ex in 3 days ⓘ
Paying since
2005
185 payments on file
Pays
Monthly
12 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
63
Above its usual yield
BME share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
BME Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +0.0%3Y +7.0%5Y +4.2%10Y +2.7%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Light bar = declared, not yet paid. The enlarge button shows all 185 payments since 2005.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (2 declared and not yet paid), not a promise. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment. Totals include specials; the growth line leaves them out.

How Many BME Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $3.14 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 1,909 BME shares, about $90,372 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $47.34. $1,000 a month takes about 3,817 shares, about $180,697. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) pays $0.262 a share monthly, $3.14 a year, a 6.64% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $47.34. It has made 185 distribution payments since 2005.

At today’s rate of $0.262 monthly and the last close of $47.34, this is what BME pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.262$0.26$3.14
100 shares$26.20$26.20$314.40
$10,000 invested (211.2 shares)$55.34$55.34$664.13
1,909 shares ($500/mo)$500.16$500.16$6,001.90
3,817 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.05$1,000.05$12,000.65

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 BME shares reinvest into 0.55 new shares each payment, about 6.8 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 181 shares. A rising payout speeds that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with BME’s own history in the BME DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026, BME paid $3.14 a share and its share price went from $39.12 to $47.34, so total return covered every dollar paid.

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  • NAV trend: is the fund’s share price holding up report
  • Distribution funded by NAV: is it paying you with your own money report
  • Distribution stability: how much the payout jumps around history
  • Distribution trend: is the payout growing or shrinking history
  • Crash test: how the fund held up in market drops history
  • Yield sanity: is the yield too high to be believable rating

BME Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

63/100Above its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • BME yields 6.64% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $47.34.
  • Its own 10-year median is 6.29%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
5.27% low8.85% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is BME’s Next Distribution? November 2026 Ex-Date and Pay Date

BME’s next distribution is $0.2621 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 13, 2026. Own BME by the close on Nov 12, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Nov 30, 2026. The latest one, $0.262 a share, went ex on Oct 15, 2026 and paid around October 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 30 days (monthly)
  • Payment: usually about 16 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does BME Pay?

BME pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 30 days, and the cash usually lands about 16 days later.

Paid in the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026
$3.14 a share, in 12 payments.
+1.6% against the 12 months before ($3.10 in 12 payments).
By ex-date, the same 12 months the NAV check on this page reads. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays every month.

BME vs Similar Dividend Funds (VMO, FTIEX...)

Against the 10 dividend funds in Asset Management closest to BME in fund size, BME’s 6.64% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 2.20%. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: in income funds it often comes with a faster-falling share price, so read it next to the NAV trend and the rating.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating
BME $47.34BlackRock Health Sciences Trust $0.262/mo$3.14/yr fwd 6.64% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
VMO $9.10Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust $0.063/mo$0.76/yr fwd 8.31% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FTIEX $15.77Fidelity Total International Equity Fund $0.003/yr 0.02% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
MUJ $11.71BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund $0.054/mo$0.65/yr fwd 5.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
BUFHX $10.12Buffalo High Yield Fund $0.062/mo$0.74/yr fwd 7.35% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FOSCX $33.06Tributary Small Company Fd Instl $0.057/yr 0.17% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
TRREX $12.08T. Rowe Price Real Estate $0.074/qtr$0.30/yr fwd 2.45% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PAREX $12.66T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund Advisor Class $0.062/qtr$0.25/yr fwd 1.96% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FSPCX $101.02Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio $0.067/yr 0.07% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PDT $12.22John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund $0.088/mo$1.06/yr fwd 8.64% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SWLSX $42.49Schwab Large-Cap Growth $0.008/yr 0.02% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

BME Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2005

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Dec 11, 2026Dec 22, 2026$0.2621MonthlyDeclared
Nov 13, 2026Nov 30, 2026$0.2621MonthlyDeclared
Oct 15, 2026Oct 19, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
Sep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
Aug 14, 2026Aug 17, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
Jul 15, 2026Jul 17, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
Jun 15, 2026Jun 17, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
May 15, 2026May 18, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
Apr 15, 2026Apr 17, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
Mar 13, 2026Mar 16, 2026$0.262MonthlyRegular
The other 175 BME payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for BME

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BME Dividend Questions

How often does BME pay distributions?

BME pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 30 days, and the cash usually lands about 16 days later.

Does BME pay distributions monthly?

Yes. BME pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next BME distribution?

BME’s next distribution is $0.2621 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 13, 2026. Own BME by the close on Nov 12, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Nov 30, 2026. The latest one, $0.262 a share, went ex on Oct 15, 2026 and paid around October 2026. The current rate is $0.262 per share, $3.14 a year.

Does BME pay a distribution in November 2026?

Yes. BME declared $0.2621 a share with the ex-date on Nov 13, 2026, paying on Nov 30, 2026. Own BME by the close on Nov 12, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it.

How much does BME pay per share?

BME pays $0.262 a share monthly, $3.14 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $47.34 that is a 6.64% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 10-year median is 6.29%.

Does BME’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about a year) averaged $0.262, 0.0% against $0.262 for the 12 before. Its payout floats with the income the fund earns each period, so there is no fixed rate to raise. Measured over a full year, the payout rate changed +0.0%.

Is BME’s distribution safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026 it paid $3.14 a share while its share price went from $39.12 to $47.34. This is data, not investment advice. The full 6-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my BME distributions?

Add BME to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run BME in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular distribution per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 10, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 6 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.