
BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust is a closed-end management investment company, which investment objectives are to provide total return and income through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. The company was founded on August 14, 2019 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.
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CEFs were mixed this week: 10 of 26 sectors rose on price (average -0.02%) and 15 of 26 on NAV (average +0.15%); MLPs led while Senior Loans lagged. Senior Loans had both the widest sector discount (-16.67%) and the highest sector yield (15.87%); the average sector discount is -8.31%. At the fund level, CCD (+6.84%) led on price, and EARN (-15.38%) fell the most, while UTG (+4.61%) led on NAV.

BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust will conduct a tender offer for up to 5% of its shares at 98% of NAV, expected to run from October 16 to November 18, 2026. The tender triggered automatically because BMEZ's average discount over the nine months ended September 30 was -11.05%, wider than the program's -10% threshold. At a -10.42% discount (October 12 close), tendering captures about 9.4% of alpha per accepted share, but only about 10% of tendered shares would be accepted at 50% participation.

CEFs fell this week: 4 of 26 sectors rose on price (average -1.01%) and 1 of 26 on NAV (average -0.95%). IAE and IHD stop trading on October 13 and will reorganize at NAV into an open-end Voya fund. BMEZ's discount management program triggered a tender offer for 5% of its shares at 98% of NAV, expected to run from October 16 to November 18.

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BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE: BMEZ - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 83,940 shares, an increase of 178.9% from the August 31st total of 30,094 shares. Based on an average daily volume of