John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) To Go Ex-Dividend on January 13th

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (NYSE:PDT) declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, January 2nd,Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 13th will be paid a dividend of 0.0825 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.99 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 13th.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has decreased its dividend payment by an average of 2.6% per year over the last three years.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of PDT stock opened at $12.60 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $12.77 and a 200-day moving average of $12.68. John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund has a one year low of $10.41 and a one year high of $13.55.

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Company Profile

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund is a closed ended equity 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 public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors, with an emphasis on the utilities sector.