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BMEZ vs JOF
Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (BMEZ) and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc (JOF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BMEZ and JOF operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- JOF is the larger of the two at $212.2M, about 1.1x BMEZ ($187.9M).
- Over the past year, BMEZ is down 1.2% and JOF is up 23.5% - JOF leads by 24.7 points.
- JOF has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while BMEZ has been quiet.
- Company
- BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- Price
- $14.09-0.91%
- $10.98-0.45%
- Market cap
- $187.9M
- $212.2M
- 1M return
- +0.57%
- +0.83%
- 1Y return
- -1.19%
- +23.51%
- Industry
- Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
- Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2020
- 1990
- News (4w)
- 0
- 2
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 0
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. It is managed by Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Japan. It invests in stocks traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges, JASDAQ, Mothers, Hercules, Centrex, and other indices. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in stocks of small cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the The Russell/Nomura Small Cap Index. It was formerly known as Japan OTC Equity Fund, Inc. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. was formed on March 22, 1990 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest BMEZ
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust
- Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Portfolio Manager Liu Xiang returned $11,832 worth of shares to the company (778 units at $15.21) and converted options into 778 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Portfolio Manager Xie H Erin returned $390,536 worth of shares to the company (25,676 units at $15.21) and converted options into 25,676 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
- Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds
- Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
Latest JOF
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Board Determination to Proceed with Conditional Tender Offer
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Ohkoshi Shoichi
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for April, May and June 2026 Under Its Level Distribution Plan
- Amendment: SEC Form 40-APP/A filed by Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for January, February and March 2026 Under Its Level Distribution Plan
- Director Jones Tina bought $10,260 worth of shares (950 units at $10.80) (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: SEC Form 40-APP/A filed by Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- SEC Form 40-APP filed by Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Jones Tina
- Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc. Announces Monthly Distributions for January, February and March 2026 Under Its Level Distribution Plan