John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (NYSE:HPI) Declares $0.12 Monthly Dividend

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (NYSE:HPIGet Free Report) announced a monthly dividend on Monday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of 0.1235 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of HPI opened at $16.17 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $15.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $16.24. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund has a twelve month low of $15.26 and a twelve month high of $17.61.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund Company Profile

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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (NYSE: HPI) is a closed-end management investment company structured as a statutory trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The fund’s primary objective is to provide high current income with growth of capital as a secondary goal. It pursues this objective principally through investments in preferred securities, debt instruments and, to a lesser extent, equity securities.

The fund focuses on preferred stocks issued by U.S. and foreign issuers across a variety of industries, including financials, utilities and industrials.

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