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, Q1 2026
Institutional positions in John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 60
- −1 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 4.23M
- −8.78K (−0.2%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $60.2M
- −$848.4K (−1.4%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 7
- 19 more added
- Sold out
- 8
- 15 more reduced
3 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 2025: 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 68 | $63.1M |
| Q1 2026 | 60 | $60.2M |
| Q4 2025 | 64 | $61.2M |
| Q3 2025 | 63 | $65.8M |
| Q2 2025 | 67 | $56.3M |
| Q1 2025 | 61 | $58.2M |
| Q4 2024 | 72 | $60.6M |
| Q3 2024 | 61 | $63.0M |
| Q2 2024 | 61 | $58.2M |
| Q1 2024 | 60 | $52.2M |
| Q4 2023 | 68 | $47.8M |
| Q3 2023 | 66 | $44.5M |
| Q2 2023 | 63 | $47.3M |
| Q1 2023 | 66 | $49.3M |
| Q4 2022 | 61 | $47.3M |
| Q3 2022 | 58 | $47.2M |
| Q2 2022 | 56 | $48.6M |
| Q1 2022 | 60 | $55.4M |
| Q4 2021 | 59 | $61.1M |
| Q3 2021 | 59 | $60.6M |
| Q2 2021 | 60 | $65.6M |
| Q1 2021 | 63 | $66.7M |
Institutions, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 9 | $128 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 71 | $1.01K | 0.00% | −2,000−96.6% | Reduced |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 115 | $1.64K | 0.00% | +115 | New |
| Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc | 150 | $2.14K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP | 180 | $2.56K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Country Trust Bank | 200 | $2.85K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 350 | $4.98K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Caldwell Trust Co | 390 | $5.55K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CoreFirst Bank & Trust | 500 | $7.12K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Highline Wealth Partners LLC | 500 | $7.12K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 531 | $7.57K | 0.00% | +7+1.3% | Added |
| MAI Capital Management | 680 | $9.68K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Olistico Wealth, LLC | 1,019 | $14.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 1,081 | $15.4K | 0.00% | +581+116.2% | Added |
| Barrett & Company, Inc. | 1,217 | $17.3K | 0.01% | +27+2.3% | Added |
| Rothschild Investment LLC | 1,500 | $21.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Larson Financial Group LLC | 1,694 | $24.1K | 0.00% | +1,694 | New |
| Private Trust Co NA | 2,000 | $28.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BankPlus Trust Department | 2,505 | $35.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 6,473 | $92.2K | 0.00% | +6,473 | New |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 7,937 | $113.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cherry Creek Investment Advisors, Inc. | 10,000 | $142.4K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PW Nova Financial Services LLC | 10,613 | $151.1K | 0.04% | +239+2.3% | Added |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 11,160 | $154.4K | 0.01% | +704+6.7% | Added |
| IHT Wealth Management, LLC | 11,512 | $163.9K | 0.00% | +11,512 | New |
| Mariner, LLC | 12,338 | $175.7K | 0.00% | −255−2.0% | Reduced |
| Focus Financial Network, Inc. | 12,516 | $178.2K | 0.01% | −200−1.6% | Reduced |
| OneAscent Financial Services LLC | 12,750 | $181.6K | 0.01% | +12,750 | New |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | 14,295 | $203.6K | 0.00% | +110+0.8% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 14,465 | $206.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Keybank National Association | 17,000 | $242.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 17,177 | $244.6K | 0.00% | −1,036−5.7% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 17,600 | $250.6K | 0.00% | −1,700−8.8% | Reduced |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 18,750 | $267.0K | 0.01% | −2,354−11.2% | Reduced |
| Harbour Investments, Inc. | 19,353 | $275.6K | 0.00% | +18,753+3,125.5% | Added |
| Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC | 20,706 | $294.9K | 0.01% | +20,706 | New |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 22,174 | $316.0K | 0.00% | +1,987+9.8% | Added |
| Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. | 25,809 | $364.7K | 0.29% | +26+0.1% | Added |
| Arkfeld Wealth Strategies, L.L.C. | 25,464 | $368.2K | 0.12% | +844+3.4% | Added |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 26,580 | $383.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Philadelphia Trust Co | 27,820 | $396.0K | 0.03% | −13,880−33.3% | Reduced |
| Western Wealth Management, LLC | 32,208 | $458.6K | 0.02% | +32,208 | New |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC | 38,630 | $550.1K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 40,475 | $576.4K | 0.00% | −264−0.6% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 47,516 | $676.6K | 0.00% | +6,572+16.1% | Added |
| Sowell Financial Services LLC | 48,105 | $685.0K | 0.03% | +3,192+7.1% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 52,131 | $742.4K | 0.00% | +3,794+7.8% | Added |
| Activest Wealth Management | 58,589 | $834.3K | 0.15% | −1,764−2.9% | Reduced |
| Cohen & Steers, Inc. | 61,234 | $872.0K | 0.00% | +31,787+107.9% | Added |
| Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co | 62,232 | $886.2K | 0.04% | −1,366−2.1% | Reduced |
| Fiera Capital Corp | 110,697 | $1.58M | 0.01% | −4,849−4.2% | Reduced |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 112,890 | $1.61M | 0.01% | −53,886−32.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 147,001 | $2.09M | 0.00% | +660.0% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 164,919 | $2.35M | 0.00% | +3,323+2.1% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 166,660 | $2.37M | 0.00% | −2,486−1.5% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 168,263 | $2.40M | 0.00% | +11,632+7.4% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 214,959 | $3.06M | 0.00% | −8,549−3.8% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 315,690 | $4.50M | 0.00% | +19,366+6.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 775,954 | $11.0M | 0.00% | −7,499−1.0% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 1,231,253 | $17.5M | 0.00% | +57,965+4.9% | Added |
| J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −60,647−100.0% | Sold out |
| Readystate Asset Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −29,044−100.0% | Sold out |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,666−100.0% | Sold out |
| Logan Stone Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,084−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,887−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,372−100.0% | Sold out |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,128−100.0% | Sold out |
| Asset Dedication, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −300−100.0% | Sold out |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Comerica Bank | – | – | – | – | Not filed |