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JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTIONS
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JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS RELEASE EARNINGS DATA
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The Fund’s primary objective is to generate a high level of current income consistent with prudent risk. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in income securities, which include a diversified portfolio of corporate and government bonds. In choosing bonds for the portfolio, the Fund’s managers evaluate the full spectrum of bonds in the marketplace and diversifies across a number of industries. It is contemplated that the Fund may invest up to 25% of the value of its total assets in debt securities that have a rating of below-investment grade by Moody's and Standard & Poor's at the time of purchase.
John Hancock Income Securities Trust trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol JHS.
As of April 6, 2026, JHS stock price declined to $10.98 with 7,513 million shares trading.
JHS has a beta of 0.08, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. JHS has a correlation of 0.03 to the broad based SPY ETF.
JHS has a market cap of $127.88 million. This is considered a Micro Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, JHS traded as high as $12.09 and as low as $9.76.
JHS has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +1.7% while the SPY ETF gained +18.0%. JHS has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -4.7% and -0.4%, respectively, while the SPY returned -3.3% and +0.4%, respectively.
JHS support price is $10.89 and resistance is $11.09 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that JHS shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
