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BME

NYSEHealthcare
BlackRock Health Sciences Trust
Sponsor: BlackRock · Inception Mar 29, 2005 · Pays monthly
Market priceShare price
$44.72
+1.53% (+$0.67)
NAVAsset value per share
$46.02
as of Oct 14, 2026 · Nasdaq NAV symbol
Premium / discountPrice vs. assets
2.82% discount *
Indicative: latest price vs latest reported NAV
Distribution rate (price)Payout rate
7.03%
regular, annualised · on NAV 6.83%
Expense ratioAnnual cost
Not reported
no tagged fee table
LeverageBorrowing
Not reported
senior securities not tagged
Quote status: Market closed — last regular-session price · last trade Oct 15, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT (exchange time, ET) · retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 10:43 PM EDTRegular-session prices; extended-hours quotes are not displayed.
Full portfolio as filed on SEC Form N-PORT for the month ending Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 25, 2026. 152 positions; weights are percent of net assets as reported. Weights sum to 100.0% — leverage, cash, derivatives and short positions mean totals need not equal 100%. This is a historical report, not a live portfolio.

Top 10 holdings

#SecurityTypeCountryWeightValue (USD)
1Johnson & JohnsonEquityUnited States7.79%$44.6M
2UnitedHealth Group IncEquityUnited States6.11%$35M
3Merck & Co IncEquityUnited States5.22%$29.9M
4AbbVie IncEquityUnited States5.06%$29M
5Gilead Sciences IncEquityUnited States3.68%$21.1M
6Amgen IncEquityUnited States3.37%$19.3M
7BlackRock Liquidity FundsShort-term inv.United States3.33%$19M
8Thermo Fisher Scientific IncEquityUnited States2.96%$17M
9Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncEquityUnited States2.77%$15.9M
10Edwards Lifesciences CorpEquityUnited States2.37%$13.6M

Asset class

Asset class% net assetsValue
Equity (common)96.27%$551M
Short-term investment vehicle3.66%$20.9M
Equity (preferred)0.07%$389K
OTHER0.01%$50.4K
Derivative (equity)0.00%$0

Country (top 12)

Country (top 12)% net assetsValue
United States94.03%$538M
Switzerland1.32%$7.6M
Netherlands1.31%$7.5M
Israel1.16%$6.6M
United Kingdom0.86%$4.9M
Bermuda0.34%$1.9M
Belgium0.25%$1.4M
Japan0.17%$978K
Canada0.16%$932K
Jersey0.13%$757K
British Virgin Islands0.08%$453K
Germany0.06%$344K

Region

Region% net assetsValue
United States94.03%$538M
Developed Europe3.99%$22.8M
Middle East1.16%$6.6M
Offshore domiciles0.47%$2.7M
Japan0.17%$978K
Canada0.16%$932K
Asia ex-Japan0.03%$175K

Issuer type

Issuer type% net assetsValue
Corporate96.56%$553M
Registered fund3.44%$19.7M
Other0.00%$0

Fair-value level

Fair-value level% net assetsValue
Level 197.32%$557M
Level 22.03%$11.6M
Level 30.65%$3.7M
Level 3 = valued with unobservable inputs (typically private or illiquid).

Long / short

Long / short% net assetsValue
Long100.00%$573M
N/A0.00%$0

All allocation percentages use net assets as the denominator (N-PORT convention). A position's share of invested assets may differ from its share of the whole fund including cash and leverage.

All 152 positions

SecurityIdentifierTypeIssuerCountryBalanceUnitsValue (USD)WeightFV level
Johnson & Johnson478160104EquityCORPUnited States175,604shares$44.6M7.79%1
UnitedHealth Group Inc91324P102EquityCORPUnited States84,166shares$35M6.11%1
Merck & Co Inc58933Y105EquityCORPUnited States232,628shares$29.9M5.22%1
AbbVie Inc00287Y109EquityCORPUnited States115,083shares$29M5.06%1
Gilead Sciences Inc375558103EquityCORPUnited States166,662shares$21.1M3.68%1
Amgen Inc031162100EquityCORPUnited States53,219shares$19.3M3.37%1
BlackRock Liquidity Funds09248U718Short-term inv.RFUnited States19,047,042shares$19M3.33%1
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc883556102EquityCORPUnited States33,830shares$17M2.96%1
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc92532F100EquityCORPUnited States31,983shares$15.9M2.77%1
Edwards Lifesciences Corp28176E108EquityCORPUnited States149,905shares$13.6M2.37%1
Eli Lilly & Co532457108EquityCORPUnited States59,379shares$71.2M12.44%1
Danaher Corp235851102EquityCORPUnited States57,611shares$11M1.92%1
Abbott Laboratories002824100EquityCORPUnited States119,561shares$10.8M1.89%1
Elevance Health Inc036752103EquityCORPUnited States27,515shares$10.6M1.86%1
Pfizer Inc717081103EquityCORPUnited States354,263shares$8.5M1.49%1
Argenx SE04016X101EquityCORPNetherlands8,058shares$7.5M1.31%1
Boston Scientific Corp101137107EquityCORPUnited States173,789shares$7.4M1.30%1
Biogen Inc09062X103EquityCORPUnited States31,869shares$6.9M1.20%1
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd881624209EquityCORPIsrael195,347shares$6.6M1.16%1
Intuitive Surgical Inc46120E602EquityCORPUnited States16,457shares$6.5M1.14%1
Stryker Corp863667101EquityCORPUnited States19,938shares$6.3M1.10%1
Revolution Medicines Inc76155X100EquityCORPUnited States32,101shares$6M1.05%1
Moderna Inc60770K107EquityCORPUnited States81,325shares$5.7M0.99%1
Waters Corp941848103EquityCORPUnited States15,073shares$5.7M0.99%1
Cytokinetics Inc23282W605EquityCORPUnited States59,440shares$5.1M0.88%1
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc75886F107EquityCORPUnited States7,712shares$4.8M0.84%1
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co110122108EquityCORPUnited States81,467shares$4.7M0.82%1
CVS Health Corp126650100EquityCORPUnited States41,701shares$4.3M0.75%1
Humana Inc444859102EquityCORPUnited States10,819shares$4.3M0.75%1
AstraZeneca PLCGB0009895292EquityCORPUnited Kingdom22,678shares$4.2M0.74%2
Cogent Biosciences Inc19240Q201EquityCORPUnited States103,620shares$4M0.70%1
HCA Healthcare Inc40412C101EquityCORPUnited States10,127shares$3.9M0.69%1
Incyte Corp45337C102EquityCORPUnited States34,568shares$3.9M0.68%1
Dexcom Inc252131107EquityCORPUnited States57,910shares$3.9M0.68%1
Galderma Group AGCH1335392721EquityCORPSwitzerland16,599shares$3.8M0.66%2
Penumbra Inc70975L107EquityCORPUnited States11,606shares$3.7M0.64%1
Protagonist Therapeutics Inc74366E102EquityCORPUnited States29,705shares$3.6M0.64%1
Nuvalent Inc670703107EquityCORPUnited States28,618shares$3.5M0.62%1
Novartis AG66987V109EquityCORPSwitzerland21,810shares$3.4M0.60%1
Insmed Inc457669307EquityCORPUnited States30,918shares$3.3M0.58%1
Agilent Technologies Inc00846U101EquityCORPUnited States23,884shares$3.2M0.55%1
Apogee Therapeutics Inc03770N101EquityCORPUnited States23,470shares$3.1M0.54%1
IDEXX Laboratories Inc45168D104EquityCORPUnited States5,896shares$3.1M0.54%1
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc76243J105EquityCORPUnited States27,009shares$3M0.52%1
United Therapeutics Corp91307C102EquityCORPUnited States4,903shares$2.7M0.46%1
Illumina Inc452327109EquityCORPUnited States14,875shares$2.6M0.46%1
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc02043Q107EquityCORPUnited States8,378shares$2.5M0.44%1
IQVIA Holdings Inc46266C105EquityCORPUnited States12,502shares$2.4M0.42%1
Oruka Therapeutics Inc687604108EquityCORPUnited States23,783shares$2.3M0.40%1
Bruker Corp116794108EquityCORPUnited States36,061shares$2.2M0.38%1
Axsome Therapeutics Inc05464T104EquityCORPUnited States8,010shares$2M0.34%1
Roivant Sciences LtdBMG762791017EquityCORPBermuda55,068shares$1.9M0.34%1
Medline Inc58507V107EquityCORPUnited States47,171shares$1.9M0.32%1
McKesson Corp58155Q103EquityCORPUnited States2,451shares$1.9M0.32%1
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc64125C109EquityCORPUnited States10,232shares$1.7M0.30%1
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc09061G101EquityCORPUnited States29,577shares$1.7M0.30%1
Dianthus Therapeutics Inc252828108EquityCORPUnited States16,460shares$1.6M0.28%1
Arcus Biosciences Inc03969F109EquityCORPUnited States51,616shares$1.6M0.28%1
Quest Diagnostics Inc74834L100EquityCORPUnited States7,463shares$1.6M0.28%1
MBX Biosciences Inc55287L101EquityCORPUnited States28,457shares$1.6M0.27%1
LB Pharmaceuticals Inc50180M108EquityCORPUnited States48,308shares$1.6M0.27%1
UCB SABE0003739530EquityCORPBelgium4,719shares$1.4M0.25%2
Stoke Therapeutics Inc86150R107EquityCORPUnited States41,095shares$1.3M0.23%1
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc558868105EquityCORPUnited States2,494shares$1.3M0.23%1
Bio-Techne Corp09073M104EquityCORPUnited States17,090shares$1.2M0.21%1
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc462222100EquityCORPUnited States14,983shares$1.2M0.21%1
Cencora Inc03073E105EquityCORPUnited States4,124shares$1.2M0.20%1
Erasca Inc29479A108EquityCORPUnited States62,282shares$1.1M0.20%1
Charles River Laboratories International Inc159864107EquityCORPUnited States4,936shares$1.1M0.20%1
Natera Inc632307104EquityCORPUnited States4,111shares$1.1M0.19%1
Scholar Rock Holding Corp80706P103EquityCORPUnited States19,764shares$1.1M0.19%1
Exelixis Inc30161Q104EquityCORPUnited States19,863shares$1.1M0.19%1
Glaukos Corp377322102EquityCORPUnited States7,625shares$1.1M0.19%1
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc955306105EquityCORPUnited States2,911shares$1M0.18%1
Elanco Animal Health Inc28414H103EquityCORPUnited States41,073shares$1M0.18%1
Intellia Therapeutics Inc45826J105EquityCORPUnited States59,711shares$1M0.18%1
Daiichi Sankyo Co LtdJP3475350009EquityCORPJapan60,800shares$978K0.17%2
Kailera Therapeutics Inc482931102EquityCORPUnited States41,127shares$906K0.16%1
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc00847X104EquityCORPUnited States24,400shares$905K0.16%1
Viridian Therapeutics Inc92790C104EquityCORPUnited States45,005shares$827K0.14%1
Eikon Therapeutics Inc282564103EquityCORPUnited States63,218shares$825K0.14%1
KAILERA THERAPEUTICS INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States36,000shares$793K0.14%2
Vaxcyte Inc92243G108EquityCORPUnited States13,092shares$761K0.13%1
Novocure LtdJE00BYSS4X48EquityCORPJersey49,947shares$757K0.13%1
ADARX PHARMACEUTICALS INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States52,885shares$749K0.13%3
Aktis Oncology Inc01021M104EquityCORPUnited States23,229shares$749K0.13%1
Alumis Inc022307102EquityCORPUnited States25,795shares$726K0.13%1
Mettler-Toledo International Inc592688105EquityCORPUnited States548shares$700K0.12%1
Palvella Therapeutics Inc697947109EquityCORPUnited States4,480shares$685K0.12%1
Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc61225M102EquityCORPUnited States27,954shares$676K0.12%1
KARTOS THERAPEUTICS INCrestricted—Short-term inv.CORPUnited States152,163shares$664K0.12%3
BlackRock Funds III066922519Short-term inv.RFUnited States653,766shares$654K0.11%1
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc29251M106EquityCORPUnited States42,512shares$620K0.11%1
Tango Therapeutics Inc87583X109EquityCORPUnited States19,426shares$607K0.11%1
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc10919W405EquityCORPCanada8,368shares$587K0.10%1
Bridgebio Pharma Inc10806X102EquityCORPUnited States7,857shares$585K0.10%1
RadNet Inc750491102EquityCORPUnited States9,485shares$585K0.10%1
Denali Therapeutics Inc24823R105EquityCORPUnited States22,218shares$571K0.10%1
Relay Therapeutics Inc75943R102EquityCORPUnited States30,472shares$570K0.10%1
Angitia Biopharmaceuticals Limitedrestricted—Short-term inv.CORPUnited States57,448shares$568K0.10%3
Kymera Therapeutics Inc501575104EquityCORPUnited States4,712shares$540K0.09%1
Immunome Inc45257U108EquityCORPUnited States25,340shares$537K0.09%1
Dyne Therapeutics Inc26818M108EquityCORPUnited States23,908shares$531K0.09%1
Immunocore Holdings PLC45258D105EquityCORPUnited Kingdom16,565shares$526K0.09%1
Beam Therapeutics Inc07373V105EquityCORPUnited States14,611shares$501K0.09%1
Avalo Therapeutics Inc05338F306EquityCORPUnited States27,026shares$499K0.09%1
Maze Therapeutics Inc578784100EquityCORPUnited States15,965shares$476K0.08%1
BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics Inc107924102EquityCORPUnited States60,030shares$457K0.08%1
Biohaven LtdVGG1110E1079EquityCORPBritish Virgin Islands30,469shares$453K0.08%1
Kodiak Sciences Inc50015M109EquityCORPUnited States11,389shares$444K0.08%1
GENESIS THERAPEUTICS INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States57,170shares$422K0.07%3
Bicara Therapeutics Inc055477103EquityCORPUnited States14,144shares$420K0.07%1
Sagimet Biosciences Inc786700104EquityCORPUnited States52,449shares$405K0.07%1
NUCLEIX LTDrestricted—PreferredCORPUnited States367,595shares$389K0.07%3
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc90400D108EquityCORPUnited States11,623shares$388K0.07%1
Alcon AGCH0432492467EquityCORPSwitzerland5,751shares$386K0.07%1
Summit Therapeutics Inc86627T108EquityCORPUnited States25,126shares$366K0.06%1
PTC Therapeutics Inc69366J200EquityCORPUnited States4,329shares$353K0.06%1
LARONDE INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States21,100shares$352K0.06%3
Definium Therapeutics Inc24477V105EquityCORPCanada7,322shares$344K0.06%1
BioNTech SE09075V102EquityCORPGermany3,695shares$344K0.06%1
Zealand Pharma A/SDK0060257814EquityCORPDenmark7,187shares$319K0.06%2
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics61559X104EquityCORPCayman Islands14,299shares$278K0.05%1
EyePoint Inc30233G209EquityCORPUnited States16,320shares$233K0.04%1
Ocular Therapeutix Inc67576A100EquityCORPUnited States22,645shares$222K0.04%1
REGENXBIO Inc75901B107EquityCORPUnited States18,415shares$221K0.04%1
Allogene Therapeutics Inc019770106EquityCORPUnited States104,283shares$217K0.04%1
Upstream Bio Inc91678A107EquityCORPUnited States30,052shares$208K0.04%1
INSITRO INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States30,616shares$205K0.04%3
Vor BioPharma Inc929033207EquityCORPUnited States10,020shares$184K0.03%1
WaVe Life Sciences LtdSG9999014716EquityCORPSingapore30,090shares$175K0.03%1
Quanta Dialysis Technologies Ltdrestricted—EquityCORPUnited Kingdom4,243,029shares$174K0.03%3
MapLight Therapeutics Inc56565P103EquityCORPUnited States4,464shares$160K0.03%1
4D Molecular Therapeutics Inc35104E100EquityCORPUnited States11,491shares$153K0.03%1
Corvus Pharmaceuticals Inc221015100EquityCORPUnited States9,689shares$145K0.03%1
BRIDGEBIO ONCOLOGY THERAPEUTICS INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States15,582shares$119K0.02%2
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc87164F105EquityCORPUnited States5,165shares$113K0.02%1
Annexon Inc03589W102EquityCORPUnited States16,787shares$95.9K0.02%1
Orchestra BioMed Holdings Inc68572M106EquityCORPUnited States17,635shares$76.1K0.01%1
GOLDFINCH BIO INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States168,216shares$50.5K0.01%3
EXO IMAGING INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States48,514shares$35.5K0.01%3
CELLARITY INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States44,167shares$25.6K0.00%3
AFFINIVAX INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States6,331shares$23.2K0.00%3
CONTRA ABIOMED INC003CVR016OTHERCORPUnited States14,359shares$21.8K0.00%3
CONTRA BLUEPRINT MEDIC096CVR048OTHERCORPUnited States15,552shares$15.4K0.00%3
CONTRA MIRATI THERAPEU604CVR027OTHERCORPUnited States15,747shares$12.4K0.00%3
Gossamer Bio Inc38341P102EquityCORPUnited States31,955shares$5.3K0.00%1
CONTRA ARCELLX INC039CVR014OTHERCORPUnited States8,208shares$5750.00%2
SWIFT HEALTH SYSTEMS INCrestricted—EquityCORPUnited States93shares$2060.00%3
CONTRA HOLOGIC INCORPO436CVR021OTHERCORPUnited States12,193shares$1220.00%2
CONTRA FREQUENCY THERA358CVR025OTHERCORPUnited States28,060shares$00.00%3
GOLDFINCH EQUITY WARRANTS—Equity deriv.OTHERUnited States21,784shares$00.00%3

Equities show share counts; bonds and loans show principal amount. Coupon, maturity and ratings are shown where the filing discloses them. Source: SEC N-PORT via market-data vendor re-serve, position-level.

Holdings reports on file

Report dateFiledPositionsΣ weightNet assets (calc.)Coverage
Jun 30, 2026Aug 25, 2026152100.0%$573Mfull
Mar 31, 2026May 28, 2026155100.0%$535Mfull
Dec 31, 2025Feb 24, 2026155100.0%$570Mfull

Net assets here are calculated from position values ÷ reported weights (median across positions), not a reported figure.

CEF Explorer research page for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust. Figures carry their own dates and sources; a discount to NAV does not guarantee convergence or any return. This is not investment advice.