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PDT

JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND

Sell
$12.94
▲ +0.78%
$12.94▲ +6.25%
over 1Y
L $12.08H $13.24
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+0.8%
1W+1.4%
1M+1.5%
3M-0.2%
YTD+5.5%
1Y+6.2%
OverviewValuationQualityFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
B
Valuation
Fair value
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Mixed signals in the latest filings.

JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND shows limited reported revenue.

On these fundamentals, PDT screens as SELL on the SEC figures.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$779M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield—
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow—
Total debt—
Net cash—

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
N-CSRSPeriod ending 2026-04-302026-07-01open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2026-04-302026-06-25open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-062026-05-07open ↗40-17GFiling2026-05-01open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2026-01-312026-03-30open ↗4Period ending 2026-01-262026-01-27open ↗N-CENPeriod ending 2025-10-312026-01-09open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2025-10-312025-12-29open ↗N-CSRPeriod ending 2025-10-312025-12-22open ↗424B3Filing2025-12-11open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-02-172025-12-11open ↗3Period ending 2025-11-122025-11-17open ↗

Quality score

B
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
Growth—
Profitability—
Financial health—
MomentumB
12.0852-week13.24
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals

Frequently asked

Is JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND (PDT) a buy?
PDT currently carries a Sell rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Mixed signals in the latest filings.
What is JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND's quality score?
PDT scores 72.65974803716811/100 (grade B) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0000855886, latest N-CSRS filed 2026-07-01) · EODHD · as of 7/4/2026, 8:34:27 AM.

Research and education only — not financial advice. EDGAR is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities EDGAR rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC

Last 90 days: 3 open-market buys · 0 sales

2026-05-06
Hurtsellers Christine
Director
Buy472.00 @ $13.14$6.20K
2026-05-06
Hurtsellers Christine
Director
Buy440.00 @ $13.14$5.78K
2026-05-06
Hurtsellers Christine
Director
Buy0.91 @ $13.15$11.94
2026-01-26
Phelan Kenneth J
Director
Buy774.07 @ $12.92$10.0K
2025-04-08
Wright Thomas Rowe
Director
Buy929.00 @ $11.85$11.0K
2025-01-14
Bacic William K
Insider
Buy800.00 @ $12.55$10.0K
2024-12-23
Ellison Noni L
Insider
Buy890.00 @ $12.64$11.2K
2024-01-02
Garfield Dean
Director
Buy1.34K @ $12.03$16.1K
2023-10-12
Ellison Noni L
Director
Buy1.19K @ $9.35$11.1K
2022-08-05
PRUCHANSKY STEVEN R
Insider
Sell2.61K @ $15.66$40.9K

Dividends

Monthly
Yield (TTM)
8.4%
Annual / share
$1.08
Last ex-date
2026-07-13
Last amount
$0.09
ex 2026-07-13paid 2026-07-31$0.09
ex 2026-06-11paid 2026-06-30$0.08
ex 2026-05-11paid 2026-05-29$0.08
ex 2026-04-13paid 2026-04-30$0.08
ex 2026-03-12paid 2026-03-31$0.08
ex 2026-02-12paid 2026-02-27$0.08

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Recent news

market news →
The PDT Rule Is On Its Way Out: 5 Stocks That Stand to Benefit the MostBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-04-20
John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund declares $0.0825 dividendBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2025-08-04
JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONSBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2024-01-02
JOHN HANCOCK PREMIUM DIVIDEND FUND - NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS - SOURCES OF DISTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 19(a)Bullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2023-12-29
JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS ANNOUNCE RENEWAL OF SHARE REPURCHASE PLANSBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2023-12-14
JOHN HANCOCK CLOSED-END FUNDS DECLARE MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONSBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2023-12-01

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1195 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score73 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2