NYSE:HPS John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III - HPS Stock Forecast, Price & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. $15.82 -0.15 (-0.94%) (As of 02/3/2023 12:00 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range$15.71▼$15.9450-Day Range$14.17▼$15.9752-Week Range$13.71▼$18.11Volume93,782 shsAverage Volume66,773 shsMarket CapitalizationN/AP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield0.08%Price TargetN/A ProfileChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media About John Hancock Preferred Income Fund IIIJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund III operates as a closed-end management investment company. It seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing in securities that, in the opinion of the Advisor, may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. The company was founded on June 19, 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.Read More Receive HPS Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address HPS Stock News HeadlinesAugust 9, 2022 | seekingalpha.comHPS John Hancock Preferred Income Fund IIIJanuary 7, 2022 | seekingalpha.comJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund III declares $0.11 dividendFebruary 5, 2023 | Investor Place Media (Ad)Cash Holders STILL Aren't Taking Steps to PrepareStocks are crashing... inflation is through the roof... multiple industries are getting hit hard... 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May 14, 2020 | www.nasdaq.comHPS John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III Preferred Income Fund IIIOctober 21, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)July 5, 2019 | seekingalpha.comJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund III declares $0.1222 dividendJanuary 3, 2019 | finance.yahoo.com/C O R R E C T I O N -- John Hancock Investments/See More Headlines View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive HPS Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address HPS Company Calendar Ex-Dividend for 1/31 Dividend1/12/2023Dividend Payable1/31/2023Today2/04/2023Ex-Dividend for 2/28 Dividend2/10/2023Dividend Payable2/28/2023Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE Industry Asset Management Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:HPS CUSIPN/A CIK1215913 Webwww.jhinvestments.com Phone(800) 852-0218FaxN/AEmployeesN/AYear FoundedN/AProfitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Pretax MarginN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/A Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current RatioN/A Quick RatioN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$-33,515,741.00 Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueN/A Price / BookN/AMiscellaneous Outstanding SharesN/AFree FloatN/AMarket CapN/A OptionableNot Optionable BetaN/A Key ExecutivesAndy ArnottPresident & TrusteeCharles A. RizzoChief Financial OfficerTrevor SwanbergChief Compliance OfficerLisa GreinerVice President-InvestmentsNathan William ThooftVice President-InvestmentsKey Competitorsabrdn Global Premier Properties FundNYSE:AWPAdvent Convertible and Income FundNYSE:AVKApollo Senior Floating Rate FundNYSE:AFTBarings Global Short Duration High Yield FundNYSE:BGHBlackRock Core Bond TrustNYSE:BHKView All CompetitorsInsiders & InstitutionsJanney Montgomery Scott LLCSold 1,738 shares on 2/1/2023Ownership: 0.000%Wedbush Securities Inc.Bought 911 shares on 1/31/2023Ownership: 0.000%Sowell Financial Services LLCBought 46,633 shares on 11/15/2022Ownership: 0.000%Cohen & Steers Inc.Sold 33,788 shares on 11/15/2022Ownership: 0.000%Royal Bank of CanadaBought 4,557 shares on 11/14/2022Ownership: 0.000%View All Institutional Transactions HPS Stock - Frequently Asked Questions How have HPS shares performed in 2023? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's stock was trading at $14.43 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HPS stock has increased by 9.6% and is now trading at $15.82. View the best growth stocks for 2023 here. Are investors shorting John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 68,800 shares, an increase of 421.2% from the December 31st total of 13,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 61,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. View John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's Short Interest. How often does John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.11 per share on Tuesday, February 28th. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 10th. Read our dividend analysis for HPS. Is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III a good dividend stock? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (NYSE:HPS) pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.08%. Read our dividend analysis for HPS. What other stocks do shareholders of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III investors own include AT&T (T), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Ventas (VTR), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Pfizer (PFE), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) and International Business Machines (IBM). What is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's stock symbol? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HPS." Who are John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's major shareholders? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.00%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.00%). View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III? Shares of HPS stock 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. Compare Top Brokerages Here. What is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's stock price today? One share of HPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.82. How can I contact John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's mailing address is 601 Congress St, BOSTON, MA 02210-2804, United States. The official website for the company is www.jhinvestments.com. The company can be reached via phone at (800) 852-0218. This page (NYSE:HPS) was last updated on 2/5/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas from top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. 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