profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
$11.90+0.59% today
-8.4% in 1 year
1-year low $11.581-year high $13.58
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2024 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $8.55 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 Premium Dividend Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$52.9 million in 2022 to $70.5 million in 2025, with $68.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$49M
Free cash flow 2025$49M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$49M
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund vs. similar companies
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -53 | -43 | 198 | 70 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -55 | -45 | 197 | 68 | |
| -1.11 | -0.91 | 4.00 | 1.39 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 103.2% | 104.0% | 99.1% | 97.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 994 | 898 | 1,044 | 1,064 |
| Cash | 0 | – | – | – |
| Total debt | 374 | 374 | 374 | 374 |
| Total liabilities | 375 | 378 | 376 | 376 |
| 619 | 521 | 668 | 688 | |
| 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -8.8% | -8.6% | 29.4% | 9.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 53 | 49 | 49 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 53 | 53 | 49 | 49 | |
| Dividends paid | 55 | 54 | 49 | 49 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 8.5×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 8.3×
- 12.1×
- –
- 8.3%
- 11.7%
- 7.6%
Profitability
- 78.7%
- 76.4%
- 97.1%
- 76.4%
- 6.4%
- 5.8%
- 10.2%
- 6.4%
- 6.4%
- –
Growth
- −64.5%
- −65.3%
- −8.2%
- −3.7%
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 5.5×
- 0.54
- 35.1%
- 3.6×
- 3.99
- 3.99
- 0.08
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 43%of 754
Top 8%of 605
Top 22%of 883
Bottom 1%of 880
Top 31%of 929
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2025 | 1.13 | – | – |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.91 | – | – |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 2.09 | – | – |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -1.05 | – | – |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.14 | – | – |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -1.17 | – | – |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.06 | – | – |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.67 | – | – |
7.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$76a year at today's yield, before tax
−3.7%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.08 in 2015 → $0.99 in 2025
How safe it looks
71.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 100.3%
News
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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
1/7Passes 1 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
54No pass
Benjamin Graham
81Pass
Philip Fisher
55No pass
Peter Lynch
40No pass
Joel Greenblatt
32No pass
Charlie Munger
53No pass
Terry Smith
47No pass
Questions about John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund
Is John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 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 Premium Dividend Fund AI analysis
What does John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund do?
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund is a closed ended equity 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 markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management.
Does John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.6% a year, about 71% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $48.7 million in dividends.
Is John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock halal?
No. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 64% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 8.4% over the past twelve months, to $11.90. It traded between $11.58 and $13.58 and is 12.4% below its high.
Who are John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.