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BMEZ vs FLC

Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) and Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc (FLC): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BMEZ and FLC operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • FLC is the larger of the two at $217.3M, about 1.2x BMEZ ($187.9M).
  • Over the past year, BMEZ is down 1.2% and FLC is up 4.5% - FLC leads by 5.7 points.
  • FLC has hit the wire 1 time in the past 4 weeks while BMEZ has been quiet.
PerformanceBMEZ-1.19%FLC+4.46%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricBMEZFLC
Company
BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc
Price
$14.09-0.91%
$17.09-0.75%
Market cap
$187.9M
$217.3M
1M return
+0.57%
+2.27%
1Y return
-1.19%
+4.46%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2020
2003
News (4w)
0
1
Recent ratings
0
0
FLC

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc

Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across utilities and banking sectors. The fund primarily invests in investment-grade securities consisting of preferred securities and other income-producing securities comprising of various debt securities. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and the S&P 500 Index. The fund was formerly known as Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund, Inc. Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Inc. was formed on August 26, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

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