John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Stock Forecast, Price & News

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John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,400 shares, a decline of 65.7% from the August 15th total of 21,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 53,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.
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John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund's stock was trading at $12.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HEQ stock has increased by 3.4% and is now trading at $12.76.
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John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.29 per share on Thursday, September 30th. This represents a $1.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 10th.
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John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.10%.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund investors own include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Energy Transfer (ET), International Business Machines (IBM), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), International Paper (IP), Iron Mountain (IRM), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Realty Income (O) and Occidental Petroleum (OXY).

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

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (0.00%), Morgan Stanley (0.00%), Invesco Ltd. (0.00%), Advisor Group Holdings Inc. (0.00%), Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.00%) and Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.00%).
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HEQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp DE, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and Invesco Ltd..
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HEQ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtu Financial LLC, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, Advisory Services Network LLC, and CX Institutional.
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Shares of HEQ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HEQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.76.

The official website for John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund is www.jhinvestments.com.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund is headquartered at 601 Congress St, BOSTON, MA 02210-2804, United States.