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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III

HPS
Exchange
NYSE
SEC CIK
0001215913

No open-market purchases or sales by John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 68 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $63.1M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q4 2023

Institutional positions in John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III as of Dec 31, 2023. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
68
+3 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
3.38M
+84.5K (+2.6%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$47.8M
+$3.91M (+8.9%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
11
16 more added
Sold out
8
17 more reduced

1 institution that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting HPS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 68 institutions
Q1 2021: 63 institutionsQ2 2021: 60 institutionsQ3 2021: 59 institutionsQ4 2021: 59 institutionsQ1 2022: 60 institutionsQ2 2022: 56 institutionsQ3 2022: 58 institutionsQ4 2022: 61 institutionsQ1 2023: 66 institutionsQ2 2023: 63 institutionsQ3 2023: 66 institutionsQ4 2023: 68 institutionsQ1 2024: 60 institutionsQ2 2024: 61 institutionsQ3 2024: 61 institutionsQ4 2024: 72 institutionsQ1 2025: 61 institutionsQ2 2025: 67 institutionsQ3 2025: 63 institutionsQ4 2025: 64 institutionsQ1 2026: 60 institutionsQ2 2026: 68 institutions
Value heldQ4 2023: $47.8M
Q1 2021: $66.7MQ2 2021: $65.6MQ3 2021: $60.6MQ4 2021: $61.1MQ1 2022: $55.4MQ2 2022: $48.6MQ3 2022: $47.2MQ4 2022: $47.3MQ1 2023: $49.3MQ2 2023: $47.3MQ3 2023: $44.5MQ4 2023: $47.8MQ1 2024: $52.2MQ2 2024: $58.2MQ3 2024: $63.0MQ4 2024: $60.6MQ1 2025: $58.2MQ2 2025: $56.3MQ3 2025: $65.8MQ4 2025: $61.2MQ1 2026: $60.2MQ2 2026: $63.1M
Institutions holding HPS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 202668$63.1M
Q1 202660$60.2M
Q4 202564$61.2M
Q3 202563$65.8M
Q2 202567$56.3M
Q1 202561$58.2M
Q4 202472$60.6M
Q3 202461$63.0M
Q2 202461$58.2M
Q1 202460$52.2M
Q4 202368$47.8M
Q3 202366$44.5M
Q2 202363$47.3M
Q1 202366$49.3M
Q4 202261$47.3M
Q3 202258$47.2M
Q2 202256$48.6M
Q1 202260$55.4M
Q4 202159$61.1M
Q3 202159$60.6M
Q2 202160$65.6M
Q1 202163$66.7M

Institutions, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding HPS in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC7$1030.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cape Investment Advisory, Inc.8$1130.00%+8New
North Star Investment Management Corp.70$9900.00%−1,000−93.5%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.71$1.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc150$2.12K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co175$2.48K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.200$2.86K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec300$4.24K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
National Bank of Canada300$4.28K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Baystate Wealth Management LLC304$4.31K0.00%+304New
US Bancorp496$7.01K0.00%+496New
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co500$7.07K0.00%−1,000−66.7%Reduced
Estabrook Capital Management509$7.20K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC524$7.41K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Provenance Wealth Advisors, LLC613$8.67K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.850$12.0K0.00%+200+30.8%Added
Barrett & Company, Inc.1,000$14.1K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
CoreFirst Bank & Trust1,000$14.1K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Harbour Investments, Inc.1,200$17.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Key Financial Inc1,342$19.0K0.01%−375−21.8%Reduced
Sanctuary Wealth Management, L.L.C.1,400$19.8K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Truvestments Capital LLC1,900$26.9K0.01%+1,900New
Activest Wealth Management2,217$31.4K0.02%+2,217New
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC2,513$35.5K0.00%−4−0.2%Reduced
Global Retirement Partners, LLC2,713$39.0K0.00%+1,949+255.1%Added
Private Trust Co NA3,500$49.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Ramirez Asset Management, Inc.3,500$49.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Comerica Bank4,729$66.9K0.00%−2,500−34.6%Reduced
Elequin Capital LP7,191$101.7K0.03%+7,191New
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC10,161$143.7K0.01%−5,000−33.0%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company10,538$149.0K0.00%−65−0.6%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp10,586$149.7K0.00%+10,586New
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.10,724$151.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cambridge Trust Co11,500$162.6K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
OneAscent Financial Services LLC12,750$180.0K0.02%+12,750New
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc.16,072$227.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Raymond James & Associates16,797$237.5K0.00%+231+1.4%Added
Keybank National Association17,000$240.4K0.00%−1,000−5.6%Reduced
Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co17,141$242.4K0.02%+5,400+46.0%Added
Guggenheim Capital LLC17,517$247.7K0.00%−7,128−28.9%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.18,402$260.2K0.00%−750−3.9%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc22,458$318.0K0.01%+780+3.6%Added
Arkfeld Wealth Strategies, L.L.C.22,250$326.0K0.21%+141+0.6%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC23,925$338.0K0.00%−41−0.2%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co26,615$376.3K0.00%+26,599+166,243.8%Added
GWM Advisors LLC28,465$410.2K0.00%+11,465+67.4%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC29,510$417.0K0.00%+11,911+67.7%Added
Burney Co30,625$433.0K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Cohen & Steers, Inc.36,388$515.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Western Wealth Management, LLC36,459$515.5K0.04%−2,429−6.2%Reduced
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC38,630$546.2K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Selway Asset Management38,760$548.1K0.23%−2,800−6.7%Reduced
Philadelphia Trust Co42,300$598.0K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of America Corp44,852$634.2K0.00%−893−2.0%Reduced
Shaker Financial Services, LLC47,653$673.8K0.28%+47,653New
Royal Bank of Canada50,774$718.0K0.00%−10,588−17.3%Reduced
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.55,357$782.7K0.07%+55,357New
Sowell Financial Services LLC55,338$797.0K0.04%+157+0.3%Added
LPL Financial LLC70,951$1.00M0.00%−2,088−2.9%Reduced
Fiera Capital Corp84,365$1.19M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC106,328$1.50M0.00%+35,308+49.7%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc108,912$1.54M0.00%+18,513+20.5%Added
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC111,826$1.58M0.01%−4,398−3.8%Reduced
Rothschild Investment LLC162,400$2.30M0.19%+162,400New
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.182,029$2.57M0.00%+1,508+0.8%Added
Invesco Ltd.236,993$3.35M0.00%+41,209+21.0%Added
Morgan Stanley724,066$10.2M0.00%+31,565+4.6%Added
UBS Group AG750,210$10.6M0.00%+319,246+74.1%Added
Spectrum Asset Management, Inc.0$00.00%−646,421−100.0%Sold out
Jmac Enterprises LLC0$00.00%−11,531−100.0%Sold out
Jane Street Group, LLC0$00.00%−10,779−100.0%Sold out
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−10,214−100.0%Sold out
LWM Advisory Services, LLC0$00.00%−938−100.0%Sold out
Bartlett & Co. LLC0$00.00%−300−100.0%Sold out
Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC0$00.00%−300−100.0%Sold out
FMR LLC0$00.00%−1−100.0%Sold out
Golden Green, Inc.––––Not filed