John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.25 (NYSE:HEQ)

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (NYSE:HEQ) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of 0.25 per share by the investment management company on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.0%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Trading Down 1.2%

NYSE:HEQ opened at $11.08 on Tuesday. John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund has a 1 year low of $9.23 and a 1 year high of $11.58. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $11.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.88.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Company Profile

The John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (NYSE: HEQ) is a closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide shareholders with a high level of income coupled with the potential for capital appreciation. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the fund is managed by John Hancock Investment Management, a subsidiary of Manulife Financial. The fund’s investment objective emphasizes total return, balancing dividend and option premium income with equity market participation.

The fund pursues its goal by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of U.S.