HPS (John Hancock Preferredome Fund III) Shiller PE Ratio: (As of Sep. 21, 2026)

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HPS John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III HPS
46 GF Score
Price $12.72
GF Value $21.28
Valuation Significantly Undervalued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


John Hancock Preferredome Fund III  (NYSE:HPS) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Shiller PE Ratio Related Terms


John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Shiller PE Ratio 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.

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Shiller PE Ratio Chart

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Annual Data
Trend Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24 Jul25
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.62 12.61 11.62 13.70 13.06

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Semi-Annual Data
Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24 Jul24 Jan25 Jul25 Jan26
Shiller PE Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.03 13.51 13.62 12.90 13.32

HPS vs GLAD, KIO, VVR: Shiller PE Ratio Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio 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 Shiller PE Ratio vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.


HPS
46GF Score
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III HPS
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John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's E10 for the fiscal year that ended in Jul25 is calculated as:

For example, John Hancock Preferredome Fund III's adjusted earnings per share data for the fiscal year that ended in Jul25 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Jul25 (Change)*Current CPI (Jul25)
=1.2124/323.0480*323.0480
=1.212

Current CPI (Jul25) = 323.0480.

John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Annual Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201607 2.484 240.628 3.335
201707 0.933 244.786 1.232
201807 0.775 252.006 0.994
201907 1.379 256.571 1.737
202007 -1.197 259.101 -1.493
202107 3.444 273.003 4.075
202207 -1.068 296.276 -1.165
202307 -0.964 305.691 -1.018
202407 2.048 314.540 2.104
202507 1.212 323.048 1.212

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Is John Hancock Preferredome Fund III (HPS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, John Hancock Preferredome Fund III stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $12.72 is trading 40.2% below its estimated GF Value™ of $21.28. GuruFocus considers John Hancock Preferredome Fund III to be Significantly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for HPS:

  • Shiller PE Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $21.28 vs. price of $12.72 (40.2% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 46/100 with 4 warning signs

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John Hancock Preferredome Fund III Business Description

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.
46GF Score

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$12.72
Price
$21.28
GF Value