# John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $12.46, market value $614 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 4.9×** (5-yr avg 2.8×, 3-yr avg 2.8×). John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund trades at 4.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 2.8×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 8.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 8.7×.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 7.9%** (5-yr avg 10.4%). Free cash flow equals 7.9% of the market value, below its five-year average of 10.4%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 20.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 20.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 97.1%**. 97.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 9.9%**. 9.9% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 6.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.4% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -64.5%**. Revenue fell 64.5% over the last year.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -2.8%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -2.8% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 2/9**. 2 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 8.50%** ($0.99 per share, trailing). John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund yields 8.50%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 71%** (100% of free cash flow). 71% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -3.7%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 8.5%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 8.5% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 0.1%** (YTD 2.6%, 3-mo -1.6%). The shares are up 0.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -8.7%** (0.2% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 34**. An RSI of 34 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.31** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.31 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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