abrdn Healthcare Investors announces $0.57 dividend payout
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Nov 12 2025
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Source: SeekingAlpha
Dividend Declaration: abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH) has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share, payable on January 12, with shareholders of record on November 21.
Ex-Dividend Date: The ex-dividend date for the upcoming dividend is also set for November 21.
Performance Rating: HQH has been rated as severely underperforming compared to its peers, leading to a downgrade in its rating.
Investment Strategy: The commentary suggests an income approach to capitalize on the healthcare recovery, as indicated in abrdn Healthcare Investors' Q2 2025 commentary.
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About HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors (the Fund), formerly Tekla Healthcare Investors, is a non-diversified closed-end healthcare fund. The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in securities of healthcare companies. In addition, it seeks to provide regular distribution of realized capital gains. It may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities of foreign issuers, located primarily in Western Europe, Canada and Japan, and securities of United States issuers that are traded in foreign markets. It invests in healthcare industries and is focused on the smaller, emerging companies, investing a maximum of 40% of the Fund's assets in restricted securities of both public and private companies. It invests in subsectors, such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare equipment, healthcare supplies, life science tools and services, healthcare distributors, managed healthcare and others. abrdn Inc. is the investment adviser of the Fund.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.





