HPI Dividend History & Description — John Hancock Preferred Income Fund
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The Fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. The Fund seeks to attain its investment objectives by investing in securities that, in the opinion of the Fund's Investment Adviser, John Hancock Investment Management LLC, may be undervalued relative to similar securities in the marketplace. When considering the John Hancock Preferred Income Fund stock dividend history, we have taken known splits into account, such that the HPI dividend history is presented on a split-adjusted ("apples to apples") basis. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund dividend history is presented both in graphical/chart form, and as a HPI dividend history data table along the right-hand column.
The HPI dividend history graphic shown above is presented after taking into consideration any known stock split occurrences, in order to present the most directly comparable HPI historical dividend comparison possible. Historical dividends, when charted graphically, can reveal the long-term variability and/or growth within the HPI dividend history record. Also see the HPI stock dividend history data table along the right-hand column below.