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John Hancock Closed-End Funds Announce Annual Shareholder Meeting and Record Dates
PRNewswire (Fri, 25-Sep 4:15 PM ET)
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 October 2, 2026, JHS stock price declined to $10.36 with 2,633 million shares trading.
JHS has a market cap of $120.66 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 -6.7% while the SPY ETF gained +16.2%. JHS has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -4.2% and -1.4%, respectively, while the SPY returned +3.4% and +1.4%, respectively.
JHS support price is $10.30 and resistance is $10.50 (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.
