NYSE:HEQ - John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income Stock Price, News, & Analysis

John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HEQ."

John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.376 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $1.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 8th. View John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income's Dividend History.

Headlines about HEQ stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the investment management company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income include 1ST TR SR FR 20/COM (FIV), Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Aberdeen International (AABVF), Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD), Advent Claymore Convertible Secrts &IFII (AGC), Alliance California Municipal IncmFndInc (AKP), AllianceBernstein Natnl Muncpl Incm Fnd. (AFB), ALLIANZGI CNV &/COM (CBH), Allianzgi Convertible & Income Fund (NCV), Allianzgi Convertible & Income Fund II (NCZ), Allianzgi NFJ Dividend int & Prm Stgy Fd (NFJ), Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), Apollo Tactical Income Fund (AIF), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC) and BLACKROCK 2022/COM (BGIO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income investors own include AT&T (T), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Pfizer (PFE), National Grid (NGG), QUALCOMM (QCOM), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Lam Research (LRCX), Autoweb (AUTO), DowDuPont (DWDP) and New Mountain Finance (NMFC).

John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), Shaker Financial Services LLC (0.00%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.00%), Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.00%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.00%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income.

HEQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Raymond James & Associates and Advisor Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income.

HEQ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Geode Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, RMB Capital Management LLC, Shaker Financial Services LLC, Doliver Capital Advisors LP and Suntrust Banks Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income.

Shares of HEQ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HEQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.75.

The official website for John Hancock Hedged Equity and Income is http://www.jhinvestments.com/Fund/Overview.aspx?ProductType=ClosedEnd&FundID=2Y61&ClassCode=CE.