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John Hancock Preferredome Fund III (John Hancock Preferredome Fund III) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.61 (As of Jan. 2024)
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John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $274.30 Mil. John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $451.50 Mil. John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.61.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

HPS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.46   Med: 0.52   Max: 0.63
Current: 0.61

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of John Hancock Preferredome Fund III was 0.63. The lowest was 0.46. And the median was 0.52.

HPS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
78.31% of 1019 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.19 vs HPS: 0.61

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Annual Data
Trend Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.52 0.49 0.46 0.54 0.63

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Semi-Annual Data
Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.49 0.54 0.56 0.63 0.61

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


John Hancock Preferredome Fund III  (NYSE:HPS) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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John Hancock Preferredome Fund III (John Hancock Preferredome Fund III) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
200 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its 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. It seeks to achieve the objectives by investing a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. The portfolio composition of the company consists of the U.S. preferred securities, foreign preferred securities, common stocks, corporate bonds, and the short-term investments.
Executives
Dean Garfield director C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Noni L Ellison director TRACTOR SUPPLY, 5401 VIRGINIA WAY, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
Andy Mcfetridge officer: Director of the Adviser 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Kristie Feinberg officer: President & CEO of the Adviser C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
York Lo officer: Vice President, Investments C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Kathryn Hayes other: Filer and Employee of the Fund C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Patricia Lizarraga director C/O JOHN, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Paul Lorentz director C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Arthur Pigott officer: VP of the Adviser C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Glen J Gibbons officer: VP of the Adviser C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Frances G Rathke other: Trustee of the Fund C/O GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, INC., 33 COFFEE LANE, WATERBURY VT 05676
Brian Macphee officer: Vice President of the Adviser C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 164 CORPORATE DRIVE, PORTSMOUTH NH 03801
Steven R Pruchansky director C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 601 CONGRESS STREET, BOSTON MA 02210
Sean Speer officer: Vice President of the Adviser C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 197 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael Tassinari officer: Vice President of the Adviser C/O JOHN HANCOCK, 200 BERKELEY STREET, BOSTON MA 02116

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