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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund

Financial Services · Asset Management - Income

$15.85

Down-$0.11 (-0.69%)

Updated Aug 28, 2026, 7:17 AM

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Market cap
444.28M
P/E ratio
12.12
Dividend yield
10.17%
52-week range
$15.26 – $17.61
Volume
33.86K
Avg. volume
58.04K

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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to provide a high-level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. It seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in securities that may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The fund's principal investment strategies include investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, and short-term investments.

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prnewswire.com · Dec 1, 2025

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUND PREFERRED INCOME FUND DECLARES MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION

BOSTON , Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock closed-end Preferred Income Fund declared its monthly distribution today as follows: Declaration Date:         December 1, 2025 Ex Date:                       December 11, 2025 Record Date:                 December 11, 2025 Payment Date:             December 18, 2025   Ticker Fund Name DistributionPer Share  Change FromPrevious Distribution Market Price asof 11/28/2025 Annualized CurrentDistribution Rate atMarket HPI Preferred Income Fund I $0.1235 - $16.95 8.74 % A portion of a Fund's current distribution may include sources other than net investment income, including a return of capital. Investors should understand that a return of capital is not a distribution from income or gains of a Fund.

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