abrdn Healthcare Investors

HQH

Market cap $995M

abrdn Healthcare Investors offers more volatile healthcare exposure, leaning heavily toward biotech, making it riskier than traditional healthcare funds. HQH's 12% managed distribution policy yields high distribution, but sustainability depends on capital gains in a cyclical, boom-bust biotech sub-sector. The fund's discount has narrowed since our last write-up, reducing its relative attractiveness versus historical averages, but it has continued to deliver strong recent performance.

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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The following Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE: ACP, AGD, AOD, ASGI, AWP, HQH, HQL, IFN, THQ, THW and NYSE American: FAX, FCO, IAF, VFL), announced today that the closed end funds in the chart directly below will pay the distributions indicated on a per share basis on February 27, 2026 to all shareholders of record as of February 20, 2026 (ex-dividend date February 20, 2026). These dates apply to the Funds listed below with the exception of the abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), the abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), the abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF) and the India Fund, Inc. (IFN) which will pay on March 31, 2026 to all shareholders of record as of February 20, 2026 (ex-dividend date February 20, 2026).

abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH) offers exposure to a recovering healthcare sector, yet trades at an ~8% discount to NAV. HQH's portfolio emphasizes late-stage and commercial-stage healthcare companies, benefiting from reduced Medicare policy uncertainty and sector stabilization. The fund's high yield (~12%) is fully supported by realized gains, not return of capital or net investment income.

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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aberdeen Investments U.S. Closed-End Funds (NYSE: ASGI, HQH, HQL, IFN, THQ), (NYSE American: IAF), (the "Funds" or individually the "Fund"), today announced that the Funds paid the distributions noted in the table below on January 12, 2026, on a per share basis to all shareholders of record as of December 31, 2025 (ex-dividend date December 31, 2025). These dates apply to the Funds listed below with the exception of abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), abrdn Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF) and the India Fund Inc. (IFN) which paid on January 12, 2026, to all shareholders of record as of November 21, 2025 (ex-dividend date November 21, 2025).

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