BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust · BMEZ · NYSE
Distribution report · updated Nov 10, 2026
$17.52 -0.74% on the day, -$0.13
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.32·7.53%
$0.11 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
$0.11/mo
pays Nov 30 ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 13
ex in 3 days ⓘ
Paying since
2020
81 payments on file
Pays
Monthly
12 payments a year
Yield vs history ⓘ
39
Below its usual yield
BMEZ share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
BMEZ Dividend Growth (CAGR) ⓘ
1Y 0.0%3Y +6.3%5Y -11.9%
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 81 payments since 2020.
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.

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

At $1.32 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 4,546 BMEZ shares, about $79,646 at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $17.52. $1,000 a month takes about 9,091 shares, about $159,274. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) pays $0.11 a share monthly, $1.32 a year, a 7.53% run-rate yield at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $17.52. It has made 81 distribution payments since 2020.

At today’s rate of $0.11 monthly and the last close of $17.52, this is what BMEZ pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.11$0.11$1.32
100 shares$11.00$11.00$132.00
$10,000 invested (570.8 shares)$62.79$62.79$753.42
4,546 shares ($500/mo)$500.06$500.06$6,000.72
9,091 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.01$1,000.01$12,000.12

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 BMEZ shares reinvest into 0.63 new shares each payment, about 7.8 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 160 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 BMEZ’s own history in the BMEZ DRIP calculator.

The payout is not the return. In the 12 months to Nov 10, 2026, BMEZ paid $1.32 a share and its share price went from $14.68 to $17.52, 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

BMEZ Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

39/100Below its usual yieldvs its 6-yr history
  • BMEZ yields 7.53% today, at the Nov 10, 2026 close of $17.52.
  • Its own 6-year median is 8.78%, so today’s yield is below its usual level.
  • No steady norm: its payout changed too much in 3 years to read a steady norm. So this reads today’s yield against its own 6-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
6.59% low14.84% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 6-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 6 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 BMEZ’s Next Distribution? November 2026 Ex-Date and Pay Date

BMEZ’s next distribution is $0.11 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 13, 2026. Own BMEZ 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, $0.11 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 BMEZ Pay?

BMEZ 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
$1.32 a share, in 12 payments.
-34.2% against the 12 months before ($2.01 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.

BMEZ vs Similar Dividend Funds (PSF, EPDIX...)

Against the 10 dividend funds in Asset Management closest to BMEZ in fund size, BMEZ’s 7.53% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 8.93%. 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
BMEZ $17.52BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust $0.11/mo$1.32/yr fwd 7.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
PSF $19.19Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund $0.126/mo$1.51/yr fwd 7.88% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
EPDIX $14.97EuroPac International Dividend Income Fund $0.078/qtr$0.31/yr fwd 2.08% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
GLO $5.59Clough Global Opportunities Fund $0.054/mo$0.65/yr fwd 11.59% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
RCS $5.06PIMCO Strategic Income Fund $0.04/mo$0.48/yr fwd 9.49% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
MMT $17.60Aberdeen Multi-Market Income Fund $0.04/mo$0.48/yr fwd 2.73% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
ACV $23.34Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund $0.215/mo$2.58/yr fwd 11.05% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FTF $5.53Franklin Limited Duration Income Trust $0.062/mo$0.74/yr fwd 13.45% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
IIF $23.71Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund $1.985/yr 8.37% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
SRV $35.42NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Fund $0.50/mo$6.00/yr fwd 16.94% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only
FIFNX $26.74Fidelity Founders Fund $0.668/yr 2.50% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only

BMEZ Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2020

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Dec 11, 2026Dec 22, 2026$0.11MonthlyDeclared
Nov 13, 2026Nov 30, 2026$0.11MonthlyDeclared
Oct 15, 2026Oct 19, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
Sep 15, 2026Sep 17, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
Aug 14, 2026Aug 17, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
Jul 15, 2026Jul 17, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
Jun 15, 2026Jun 17, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
May 15, 2026May 18, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
Apr 15, 2026Apr 17, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
Mar 13, 2026Mar 16, 2026$0.11MonthlyRegular
The other 71 BMEZ 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 BMEZ

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BMEZ Dividend Questions

How often does BMEZ pay distributions?

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

Does BMEZ pay distributions monthly?

Yes. BMEZ pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next BMEZ distribution?

BMEZ’s next distribution is $0.11 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 13, 2026. Own BMEZ 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, $0.11 a share, went ex on Oct 15, 2026 and paid around October 2026. The current rate is $0.11 per share, $1.32 a year.

Does BMEZ pay a distribution in November 2026?

Yes. BMEZ declared $0.11 a share with the ex-date on Nov 13, 2026, paying on Nov 30, 2026. Own BMEZ 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 BMEZ pay per share?

BMEZ pays $0.11 a share monthly, $1.32 a year. At the Nov 10, 2026 close of $17.52 that is a 7.53% run-rate yield, below its usual level: its own 6-year median is 8.78%.

Does BMEZ’s payout grow?

Its last 12 payments (about a year) averaged $0.11, -29.4% against $0.1559 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 BMEZ’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 $1.32 a share while its share price went from $14.68 to $17.52. This is data, not investment advice. The full 6-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my BMEZ distributions?

Add BMEZ 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 BMEZ 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.