BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Declares Monthly Dividend of $0.18 (NYSE:BMEZ)

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE:BMEZ) declared a monthly dividend on Monday, February 3rd,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.1773 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $2.13 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 13.33%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust has raised its dividend payment by an average of 1.6% per year over the last three years.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust Stock Performance

Shares of BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust stock opened at $15.96 on Wednesday. BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust has a 1 year low of $14.27 and a 1 year high of $16.75. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $15.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $15.67.

About BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust II’s (BMEZ) (the ‘Trust’) investment objective is to provide total return and income through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies principally engaged in the health sciences group of industries and equity derivatives with exposure to the health sciences group of industries.