abrdn Healthcare Investors declares $0.51 dividend
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Aug 12 2025
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Source: SeekingAlpha
Dividend Announcement: abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE: HQH) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.51 per share, payable on September 30 to shareholders of record as of August 22, with an ex-dividend date also on August 22.
Investment Insights: The commentary highlights concerns regarding the high risk and low return associated with HQH's focus on biotech investments, while also noting its efficiency in generating income from healthcare.
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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.
About the author
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.
