John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Fund Overview
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) — price $11.82 (-2.67%), as of the Oct 5, 2026 trading session.
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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III · HPS
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is a closed-end fund focusing on fixed-income securities. The fund primarily invests in preferred securities and other fixed-income instruments rated investment grade or higher.
Price as of Oct 5, 2026
Key Statistics
Not scored: this is a debt/preferred or other non-common instrument, or its reported market value does not match its share basis.
Price & valuation
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest provided price | $11.82 |
| Change on the day | -2.67% |
| Price / earnings (trailing) | 10.08 |
| Shares traded on the day | 88K |
Price & events
Other perspectives
Council score for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS): perspectives
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Read on: Oct 5, 2026
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Balance Sheet & Valuation · historical
Read on: Apr 29, 2026 · older than the 27 hours refresh window; not a current reading
How to read these bars and different assessments
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Bars show each model's ordered assessment on its own scale, not a probability or a comparable investment return. The adjacent words give the assessment; more filled segments indicate a stronger model reading.
On Apr 29, 2026, the Munger lens read the price at that time as fairly valued against its own estimate of value.
Readings on this page are from Oct 5, 2026, except a card that shows its own read date.
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What is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS), and what does it report?
Short answer · as of
A current FMP business description is unavailable; the listing and provider classification below are the available identity facts. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) is the company analyzed here. In Q2 FY2026 it reported revenue of $29M and net income of $24M.
What do the latest results show for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)?
Short answer · as of
The most recent reported quarter, Q2 FY2026, carried revenue of $29M.
Quarterly income statement — 4 quarters
| Period | Revenue | Net income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2026 | $29M | $24M | $0.74 (diluted) |
| Q4 FY2025 | $21M | $14M | $0.44 (diluted) |
| Q2 FY2025 | $25M | $25M | $0.78 (diluted) |
| Q4 FY2024 | $26M | $29M | $0.91 (diluted) |
What are the financial strengths and risks for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)?
Short answer · as of
The distress and quality screens read Altman Z 1.27 · Piotroski F 5. Trailing ratios: ROE 8.2% · ROA 5.1% · current ratio 2.82 · earnings yield 9.9% · free-cash-flow yield 8.1%.
The records behind this page
Insider activity
Form 4 records via FMP · Of the newest 100 records, those within the last 180 days, newest dated May 6, 2026
- Transactions
- 3
- Identified insiders
- 1
- Purchases
- 3
- Sales
- 0
- Other transactions
- 0
Purchases and sales use the reported transaction category. Other transactions include awards, exercises, gifts, withholding and unclassified activity; an acquisition or disposition alone is not a purchase or sale. These records do not establish intent.
What has been published about John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)?
What Investors Ask About John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)
These answers are editorial: 1 of these 1 answer is drawn from the HPS research dossier (written Mar 16, 2026 by gemini-2.0-flash). Figures in this section are not part of the source register.
What does John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III do?
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is a closed-end fund that invests primarily in preferred securities and other fixed-income instruments rated investment grade or higher. The fund aims to provide a consistent stream of income to its investors by focusing on high-quality, fixed-income assets in the U.S. market.
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Machine-generated analysis by Stock Expert AI — model gemini-2.0-flash, generated Mar 16, 2026. Editorial oversight is systemic, not page-by-page. Editorially accountable: Sedat ANAK, Founder and Editor-in-Chief.
Sources — records for every figure on this page (11 figures)
The 11 rows below are exactly the facts the evidence-backed sections of this page printed — the 10-second verdict, the MoonshotScore, price and market value, the five questions with their receipts, and the records behind this page. Known dates and sources are recorded on their own rows; an em dash or UNRECORDED tier preserves a stored observation without inventing either. The quarterly income statement is provider-standardized (FMP) under one row, and scale definitions — a 0-100 rating, the band ladder, the Piotroski 0–9 range — are fixed rather than measured. No number in those sections was generated by a model. The register does not cover quoted third-party headlines, the dated council readings, or the Frequently Asked Questions; each of those says where it came from where it stands.
"As of" is the date the value is true for where the source carries one — a quarter end, a filing date, a price close, the day the score was computed. A cached observation with no source date remains undated; the page publication date is not used as a substitute.
FMP — 9 facts from Financial Modeling Prep endpoint families
| Fact ID | Fact | Value as shown | As of | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
px.last | Latest provided price | $11.82 | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · quote — Dated to the US trading session the price belongs to, derived from the quote record's timestamp (weekend and pre-open reads roll back to the previous weekday; exchange holidays are not modelled). The record does not establish an exchange execution time. Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:40:11.000Z. | |
px.change | Change on the day | -2.67% | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · quote | |
px.change_abs | Change on the day, in dollars | −$0.325 | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · quote | |
px.pe | Price / earnings (trailing) | 10.08 | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · quote | |
px.volume | Shares traded on the day | 88K | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · quote | |
fin.q_revenue | Revenue, Q2 FY2026 | $29M | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · income statement (quarterly) | |
fin.q_income | Net income, Q2 FY2026 | $24M | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · income statement (quarterly) | |
fin.q_table | Quarterly income statement | 4 quarters through Q2 FY2026 | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) · income statement (quarterly), as filed | |
own.insiders | Insider transactions via FMP | 3 transactions · 3 purchases, 0 sales, 0 other transactions · 1 identified insiders · of the newest 100 records, those within the last 180 days, newest dated May 6, 2026 | FMP | Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), carrying Form 4 transaction records — Purchases and sales use the reported transaction category. Other transactions include awards, exercises, gifts, withholding and unclassified activity; an acquisition or disposition alone is not a purchase or sale. These records do not establish intent. |
UNRECORDED — 2 facts from stored observations whose source was not recorded
| Fact ID | Fact | Value as shown | As of | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fin.scores | Distress and quality screens | Altman Z 1.27 · Piotroski F 5 | UNRECORDED | Stored financial-scores observation — Captured 2026-10-03 · Expired observation | |
fin.ratios | Return and yield ratios (trailing twelve months) | ROE 8.2% · ROA 5.1% · current ratio 2.82 · earnings yield 9.9% · free-cash-flow yield 8.1% | UNRECORDED | Stored key metrics — Captured 2026-10-01 · Expired observation |
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