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$38.20 -0.22 (-0.56%)
Closing price 04/3/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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BME vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should 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.

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE:BME) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, BlackRock Health Sciences Trust and BlackRock Health Sciences Trust both had 2 articles in the media. BlackRock Health Sciences Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.88 indicating that BlackRock Health Sciences Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Positive
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Positive

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust received 49 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave BlackRock Health Sciences Trust an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock Health Sciences TrustOutperform Votes
157
65.15%
Underperform Votes
84
34.85%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust$24.07MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$1.09B$4.13B$18.84B
Dividend Yield0.06%4.36%4.14%3.78%
P/E RatioN/A26.5315.9131.43
Price / SalesN/A2,150.131,611.2825.45
Price / CashN/A60.8148.9717.54
Price / BookN/A1.083.324.36
Net IncomeN/A$259.09M$1.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.24%-2.32%-1.65%-5.42%
1 Month Performance-5.08%-4.24%-2.14%-5.81%
1 Year Performance-5.06%2.01%8.90%-0.44%

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BME
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust
N/A$38.21
-0.6%
N/A-5.1%$0.00$24.07M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$9.94
-0.5%
N/A+2.5%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.87
+1.4%
N/A+1.3%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$20.67
+1.0%
N/A+2.8%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.50
-0.5%
N/A-12.7%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.52
-0.5%
N/A-5.3%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.83
+0.1%
N/A+1.8%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/AEarnings Report
Short Interest ↑
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.08
-0.3%
N/A-1.8%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.99
+0.1%
N/A-4.6%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Negative News
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$10.84
+0.6%
N/A+2.3%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.60
-0.2%
N/A-4.0%$0.00$128.00M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
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