John Hancock Income Securities Trust Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.13 (NYSE:JHS)

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 4th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Thursday, March 13th will be given a dividend of 0.1318 per share by the financial services provider on Monday, March 31st. This represents a $0.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.61%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 13th.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust has decreased its dividend by an average of 12.6% annually over the last three years.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of JHS stock traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $11.44. 58,101 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,002. The company’s 50 day moving average is $11.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is $11.43. John Hancock Income Securities Trust has a 1 year low of $10.68 and a 1 year high of $11.87.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust Company Profile

John Hancock Income Securities Trust 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 United States. It invests primarily in corporate and government bonds with average maturity of 7.57 years.