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SellFallen FavouriteJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund III · Financial Services · United States · $373M cap · $1.9M/day traded
$11.74 +0.7% · close 27 Oct · scored 28 Oct
Fallen Favourite: A good business, still expensive, and the price is falling.
As of 28 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) is 35/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 60, Value 38, Momentum 26, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT JOHN HANCOCK PREFERRED INCOME FUND III
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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is a closed ended fixed income 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 fixed income markets of the United States.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | -33.5M | -30.2M | 66.1M | — | — | 49.9M |
| EPS | -1.06 | -0.97 | 2.05 | 1.22 | -40.5% | 0.55 |
| Shares | 31.8M | 31.9M | 32.0M | — | +0.6% | 32.1M |
| Debt | 274.3M | 274.3M | 274.3M | — | 0.0% | 274.3M |
| Equity | 507.1M | 435.8M | 460.4M | — | -4.7% | — |
| Op CF | 32.5M | 36.9M | 44.6M | — | 17.1% | 41.0M |
| Inv CF | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -32.4M | -37.1M | -44.3M | — | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Calmer than 98% of stocks we rank over the past year (11% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of HPS are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPS | John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III(you) | $373M | 35 | Sell |
| JRI | Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund | $389M | 34 | Sell |
| VCV | Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust | $434M | 36 | Hold |
| LEO | BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. | $354M | 30 | Sell |
| NBB | Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund | $447M | 31 | Sell |
| KIO | KKR Income Opportunities Fund | $399M | 28 | Sell |
| CYPH | Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. | $304M | 30 | Sell |
| NCA | Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund | $299M | 39 | Hold |
| TSI | TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. | $269M | 32 | Sell |
| JGH | Nuveen Global High Income Fund | $317M | 29 | Sell |
Peer medians: ROE 9.6% · P/E 13.0x · Gross margin 75.2%
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