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PRNewswire (Thu, 25-Jun 4:21 PM ET)
JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS
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JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS RELEASE EARNINGS DATA
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The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with modest growth of capital for holders of its common shares. The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying preferred stocks and common equity securities. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in dividend-paying securities and invests more than 25% of total assets in the utilities industry. Preferred stocks and debt obligations in which the Fund invests are rated investment grade by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s at the time of investment, or will be preferred stock of issuers of investment-grade senior debt.
JH Premium Dividend trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol PDT.
As of July 16, 2026, PDT stock price declined to $12.98 with 26,467 million shares trading.
PDT has a beta of 0.31, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. PDT has a correlation of 0.15 to the broad based SPY ETF.
PDT has a market cap of $638.42 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, PDT traded as high as $13.65 and as low as $8.77.
PDT has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +6.4%, while the SPY ETF gained +22.0%. In the last 3 month period, PDT fell short of the market, returning +0.3%, while SPY returned +7.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks PDT has outperformed the stock market by returning +1.1%, while SPY returned +0.8%.
PDT support price is $12.91 and resistance is $13.09 (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 PDT shares will trade within this expected range on the day.