BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) — Cash Flow-to-Debt Ratio

Latest as of December 2025: -5.15x

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) has a Cash Flow-to-Debt Ratio of -5.15x as of December 2025, meaning its operating cash flow of $-9.45 Million could theoretically repay -5% of its total liabilities ($1.83 Million) in one year. See BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (BME) financial flexibility to measure the company's free cash flow as a share of total liabilities.

CF-to-Debt Ratio

-5.15x
Operating CF / Total Liabilities

Operating Cash Flow

$-9.45 Million
USD

Total Liabilities

$1.83 Million
USD

Data as of

Dec 2025
Most recent filing

BlackRock Health Sciences Trust Cash Flow-to-Debt Ratio (2006–2025)

Historical debt coverage capacity for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust across 17 annual periods. For the full cash flow conversion analysis, see BlackRock Health Sciences Trust cash conversion from operations.

Annual Cash Flow-to-Debt Ratio for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (2006–2025)

Year-by-year debt coverage analysis for BlackRock Health Sciences Trust. Check BME cash flow quality index to evaluate the quality of earnings relative to operating cash generation.

Year CF-to-Debt Ratio Operating CF (USD) Total Liabilities YoY Change
2025 -2.37x $-4.35 Million $1.83 Million ▼ -121.8%
2024 10.87x $65.52 Million $6.03 Million ▲ +170.5%
2023 4.02x $32.02 Million $7.97 Million ▲ +2827.4%
2022 -0.15x $-874.04K $5.93 Million ▲ +84.3%
2021 -0.94x $-21.56 Million $23.04 Million ▲ +58.3%
2020 -2.25x $-19.35 Million $8.62 Million ▼ -1388.9%
2019 -0.15x $-14.10 Million $93.49 Million ▼ -120.7%
2018 0.73x $2.05 Million $2.81 Million ▲ +271.8%
2017 -0.42x $-1.17 Million $2.75 Million ▼ -160.2%
2016 0.71x $2.01 Million $2.85 Million ▲ +88.9%
2015 0.37x $1.28 Million $3.43 Million ▼ -98.9%
2014 33.67x $115.30 Million $3.42 Million ▲ +630.8%
2013 4.61x $17.57 Million $3.81 Million ▲ +151.8%
2012 1.83x $16.44 Million $8.99 Million ▲ +142.9%
2008 -4.27x $-34.91 Million $8.18 Million ▼ -177.3%
2007 5.53x $36.61 Million $6.63 Million ▲ +77.4%
2006 3.11x $24.58 Million $7.89 Million
Cash Flow-to-Debt Ratio = Operating Cash Flow / Total Liabilities. Higher is better for debt service capacity.