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John Hancock Income Securities Trust

Financial Services · Asset Management - Income

$10.08

Up+$0.02 (+0.20%)

Updated Oct 8, 2026, 5:35 PM

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3.8/10

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Market cap
133.59M
P/E ratio
12.6
Dividend yield
7.97%
52-week range
$10.16 – $11.34
Volume
50.44K
Avg. volume
16.6K

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JHS price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 7, 2026

JHS closed at $10.08 after 21 trading sessions, down 7.44% for the selected period.

Last close
$10.08
Period change
-7.44%
Period low
$10.08
Period high
$10.89
Daily close
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JHS OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 7, 2026$10.18$10.22$10.03$10.0850.44K
Oct 6, 2026$10.27$10.30$10.1601$10.2327.51K
Oct 5, 2026$10.30$10.35$10.28$10.308.7K
Oct 2, 2026$10.35$10.39$10.31$10.344.77K
Oct 1, 2026$10.31$10.41$10.29$10.401.69K
Sep 30, 2026$10.43$10.43$10.3511$10.36887.16K
Sep 29, 2026$10.44$10.45$10.385$10.427.96K
Sep 28, 2026$10.36$10.43$10.36$10.4218.86K
Sep 25, 2026$10.46$10.46$10.36$10.4112.28K
Sep 24, 2026$10.42$10.45$10.366$10.4212.74K
Sep 23, 2026$10.45$10.50$10.415$10.4159.36K
Sep 22, 2026$10.47$10.52$10.47$10.523.84K
Sep 21, 2026$10.55$10.55$10.52$10.52688.75
Sep 18, 2026$10.53$10.64$10.51$10.525.07K
Sep 17, 2026$10.53$10.53$10.50$10.513.39K
Sep 16, 2026$10.52$10.52$10.43$10.4412.7K
Sep 15, 2026$10.42$10.46$10.39$10.4345.93K
Sep 14, 2026$10.62$10.63$10.41$10.4110.46K
Sep 11, 2026$10.62$10.635$10.60$10.6022.26K
Sep 10, 2026$10.74$10.815$10.74$10.769.62K
Sep 9, 2026$10.86$10.8942$10.86$10.8919.77K

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John Hancock Income Securities Trust is a United States-based closed-ended diversified management investment company. Its primary objective is to generate a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk. The fund invests its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in income securities, consisting of marketable corporate debt securities, governmental obligations, and cash and commercial paper. A majority of its net assets are invested in debt securities that are rated, at the time of acquisition, investment-grade or in unrated securities determined by the Fund's investment advisor or subadvisor to be of comparable credit quality.

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prnewswire.com · Dec 1, 2025

JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTIONS

BOSTON , Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their quarterly 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 Distribution Per Share Change FromPrevious Distribution Market Price as of11/28/2025 Annualized Current Distribution Rate at Market HEQ Diversified Income  $0.2500 - $10.93 9.15 % JHS Income Securities Trust $0.1831 0.0410 $11.87 6.17 % JHI Investors Trust $0.3649 0.0491 $14.00 10.43 % BTO Financial Opportunities Fund $0.6500 - $34.26 7.59 % John Hancock Diversified Income Fund Diversified Income Fund (the "Fund") declared its quarterly distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "HEQ Plan"). Under the HEQ Plan, the Fund makes quarterly distributions in a fixed amount of $0.2500 per share, which will be paid quarterly until further notice.

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