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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III

Financial Services · Asset Management - Income

$13.96

Down-$0.02 (-0.14%)

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 12:49 PM

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Market cap
464.16M
P/E ratio
8.55
Dividend yield
10.24%
52-week range
$13.80 – $15.68
Volume
32.25K
Avg. volume
65.71K

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HPS price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

HPS closed at $13.96 after 21 trading sessions, down 1.90% for the selected period.

Last close
$13.96
Period change
-1.90%
Period low
$13.96
Period high
$14.39
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HPS OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 21, 2026$14.02$14.048$13.96$13.9632.25K
Aug 20, 2026$14.07$14.10$13.96$13.9864.01K
Aug 19, 2026$14.06$14.11$14.06$14.0773.36K
Aug 18, 2026$14.12$14.20$14.08$14.0848.19K
Aug 17, 2026$14.25$14.255$14.1601$14.1932.57K
Aug 14, 2026$14.25$14.258$14.16$14.2146.61K
Aug 13, 2026$14.30$14.36$14.25$14.2769.63K
Aug 12, 2026$14.36$14.41$14.33$14.3938.32K
Aug 11, 2026$14.28$14.44$14.25$14.36136.88K
Aug 10, 2026$14.30$14.3119$14.26$14.2847.98K
Aug 7, 2026$14.29$14.29$14.23$14.2530.25K
Aug 6, 2026$14.25$14.3137$14.23$14.2332.65K
Aug 5, 2026$14.35$14.35$14.24$14.2949K
Aug 4, 2026$14.26$14.3334$14.22$14.2667.93K
Aug 3, 2026$14.21$14.30$14.21$14.2523.18K
Jul 31, 2026$14.25$14.3399$14.18$14.2258.32K
Jul 30, 2026$14.17$14.24$14.10$14.1958.57K
Jul 29, 2026$14.17$14.185$14.1045$14.1222.85K
Jul 28, 2026$14.17$14.24$14.15$14.1954.65K
Jul 27, 2026$14.25$14.28$14.17$14.2056.48K
Jul 24, 2026$14.28$14.2908$14.21$14.2354.52K

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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its 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 the objectives by investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. The portfolio composition of the company consists of the U.S. preferred securities, foreign preferred securities, common stocks, corporate bonds, and the short-term investments.

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prnewswire.com · Dec 1, 2025

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS

BOSTON , Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their monthly distributions today as follows: Declaration Date:         December 1, 2025 Ex Date:                       December 11, 2025 Record Date:                 December 11, 2025 Payment Date:             December 31, 2025 Ticker Fund Name DistributionPer Share  Change FromPrevious Distribution Market Price asof 11/28/2025 Annualized CurrentDistribution Rate atMarket HPF Preferred Income Fund II $0.1235 - $16.43 9.02 % HPS Preferred Income Fund III $0.1100 - $14.98 8.81 % PDT Premium Dividend Fund $0.0825 - $13.12 7.55 % HTD Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund $0.1580 - $24.92 7.61 % John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Premium Dividend Fund (the "Fund") declared its monthly distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "PDT Plan"). Under the PDT Plan, the Fund makes monthly distributions of an amount equal to $0.0825 per share.

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