profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
$12.79-0.08% today
-24.8% in 1 year
1-year low $12.791-year high $17.01
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2024.
0%20% a year
You pay $5.59 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What John Hancock Preferred Income Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $102 million in 2021 to $61.7 million in 2024, with $61.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund handed back 100% of the cash it generated last year.
$37M
Free cash flow 2024$37M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$37M
Cash vs. debt$389,922 vs. $257M
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund vs. similar companies
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hancock Preferred Income Fund | 5.6× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 6.9× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 6.7× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | 8.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | -35 | -31 | 62 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 101 | -35 | -32 | 61 | |
| – | -1.34 | -1.20 | 2.30 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 99.5% | 101.2% | 101.7% | 99.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 802 | 739 | 664 | 689 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 251 | 257 | 257 | 257 |
| Total liabilities | 255 | 264 | 259 | 259 |
| 547 | 474 | 406 | 430 | |
| – | 26 | 26 | 27 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 18.5% | -7.4% | -7.8% | 14.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 31 | 37 | 37 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 23 | 31 | 37 | 37 | |
| Dividends paid | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 5.6×
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 5.5×
- 9.2×
- –
- 10.8%
- 17.9%
- 9.0%
Profitability
- 94.7%
- 96.0%
- 99.1%
- 55.1%
- 7.0%
- 3.5%
- 8.0%
- 5.0%
- 7.0%
- –
Growth
- −15.4%
- –
- +1.2%
- +0.0%
- +0.5%
Financial health
- 9.2×
- 0.60
- 37.1%
- 7.9×
- –
- –
- 0.07
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 37%of 848
Top 2%of 728
Top 7%of 880
Bottom 9%of 878
Top 23%of 932
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 0.81 | – | – |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 0.48 | – | – |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 0.90 | – | – |
| Oct 4, 2024 | 1.03 | – | – |
| Apr 4, 2024 | 1.27 | – | – |
| Oct 2, 2023 | -0.62 | – | – |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 0.02 | – | – |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -1.07 | – | – |
9.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$90a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.54 in 2015 → $1.48 in 2025
How safe it looks
60.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 99.6%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
68Pass
Philip Fisher
70Pass
Peter Lynch
57No pass
Joel Greenblatt
42No pass
Charlie Munger
57No pass
Terry Smith
54No pass
Questions about John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
Is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the John Hancock Preferred Income Fund AI analysis
What does John Hancock Preferred Income Fund do?
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. It is co-managed by John Hancock Asset Management. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does John Hancock Preferred Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 9.0% a year, about 60% of its yearly profit. In 2024 it paid out $37.0 million in dividends.
Is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund stock halal?
No. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has John Hancock Preferred Income Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 24.8% over the past twelve months, to $12.79. It traded between $12.79 and $17.01 and is 24.8% below its high.
Who are John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.