NYSE:JHS - John Hancock Income Securities Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

John Hancock Income Securities Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JHS."

John Hancock Income Securities Trust declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.2197 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 11th. This is a boost from John Hancock Income Securities Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. View John Hancock Income Securities Trust's Dividend History.

Press coverage about JHS stock has been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. John Hancock Income Securities Trust earned a news impact score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

Some companies that are related to John Hancock Income Securities Trust include Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), John Hancock Financial Opprts Fund (BTO), Invesco California Value Mncpl Incm Trst (VCV), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fnd (MMU), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Blackrock Muniassets Fund (MUA), Dreyfus Strategic Muni. (LEO), The India Fund (IFN), Nuveen Pennsylvania Invsmt Qlty Mncpl Fd (NQP), BlackRock MuniYield New York Insured Fnd (MYN), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), BlackRock MuniHolding Insured Investm (MFL), Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM) and Blackrock Muniyld California Quty Fd (MCA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other John Hancock Income Securities Trust investors own include American Express (AXP), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Methanex (MEOH), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), People's United Financial (PBCT), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and AbbVie (ABBV).

John Hancock Income Securities Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include ProVise Management Group LLC (2.21%), UBS Group AG (1.62%), Guggenheim Capital LLC (0.71%), Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (0.33%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.20%) and Stifel Financial Corp (0.17%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

JHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE. View Insider Buying and Selling for John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

JHS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ProVise Management Group LLC, UBS Group AG, Shaker Financial Services LLC, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for John Hancock Income Securities Trust.

Shares of JHS 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.15.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a market capitalization of $176.45 million. View Additional Information About John Hancock Income Securities Trust.