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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) stock price history

Every NYSE trading session of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III from Jun 17, 2003 to Sep 28, 2026: 5,858 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.

HPS adjusted close, 2003 to 2026

HPSJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund III
$12.10-14.7% over one year
20052010201520202025
$14.65
All time high, 2024
$14.61
52 week high, $12.04 low
5,858
Daily sessions since 2003

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2003 to 2026 series and minute bars.

HPS key facts

  • John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) closed at $12.10 on Sep 28, 2026 on NYSE.
  • HPS's all time high close is $14.65, set on Sep 30, 2024; its all time low close is $1.33 on Mar 9, 2009.
  • HPS's 52 week range is $12.04 to $14.61.
  • HPS returned -14.7% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and -0.5% over five years.
  • Over ten years HPS returned +40%, +3.4% a year compounded.
  • HPS's deepest drawdown was -70.0% from Apr 10, 2007 to Mar 9, 2009.
  • DataCedar holds 5,858 daily sessions of HPS history from Jun 17, 2003 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

HPS price chart, 2003 to 2026

HPS adjusted close, Jun 17, 2003 to Sep 28, 2026$1.90$6.14$10.38$14.6120052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

HPS returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-13.2%
3 months-14.7%
6 months-10.4%
Year to date-12.1%
1 year-14.7%
3 years+17.3%
5 years-0.5%
10 years+39.6%
Since Jun 17, 2003+243.0%
Compound annual growth, 23.3 years+5.4%

HPS records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
$14.65 on Sep 30, 2024
All time low close
$1.33 on Mar 9, 2009
52 week high
$14.61 on May 11, 2026
52 week low
$12.04 on Sep 24, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-70.0% from Apr 10, 2007 to Mar 9, 2009, recovered Jul 26, 2010
Best single session
+43.2% on Oct 13, 2008
Worst single session
-25.4% on Mar 18, 2020
Volatility, 1 year annualised
10.6%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
46%
Growth of 1 since 2003
3.4×
Best calendar year
2009, +55%
Worst calendar year
2008, -32%

HPS price history by year

Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2003 starts on Jun 17, 2003; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026$13.74$14.61$12.04$12.10-11.5%11.9M185
2025$13.08$14.55$11.59$13.67+4.9%16.6M250
2024$11.25$14.66$11.23$13.03+15.7%13.4M252
2023$10.50$11.69$9.24$11.27+7.7%16.6M250
2022$12.58$12.61$9.79$10.47-16.6%13.5M251
2021$10.74$13.16$10.22$12.54+16.4%14.1M252
2020$11.11$11.59$4.72$10.77-3.0%24.1M253
2019$8.45$11.41$8.43$11.11+31.4%16.1M252
2018$9.25$10.00$7.75$8.45-8.4%17.1M251
2017$8.12$9.28$8.10$9.23+14.3%16.5M251
2016$7.46$9.00$7.05$8.07+7.4%21.2M252
2015$6.99$7.55$5.84$7.52+7.9%16.4M252
2014$5.59$7.12$5.57$6.96+24.6%18.4M252
2013$6.28$6.92$5.30$5.59-9.6%25M252
2012$5.26$6.54$5.22$6.18+18.4%21.8M250
2011$4.48$5.35$4.18$5.22+16.5%17.9M252
2010$3.89$4.90$3.45$4.48+15.2%24.7M252
2009$2.47$3.94$1.30$3.89+55.0%21M252
2008$3.68$4.34$1.22$2.51-32.0%21.6M253
2007$4.21$4.60$3.38$3.69-12.4%16.6M251
2006$3.47$4.25$3.43$4.21+21.2%16.2M251
2005$3.64$3.85$3.32$3.47-4.2%17.7M252
2004$3.65$3.90$3.03$3.63-0.6%22.3M252
2003$3.51$3.65$3.21$3.65n/a9.5M138

HPS monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026$12.10-12.8%
August 2026$13.88-2.4%
July 2026$14.22-1.5%
June 2026$14.43-0.1%
May 2026$14.44-0.4%
April 2026$14.50+4.9%
March 2026$13.81-2.9%
February 2026$14.23+1.4%
January 2026$14.03+2.6%
December 2025$13.67-3.1%
November 2025$14.10-2.3%
October 2025$14.43+0.7%

About the HPS data

Daily bars. 5,858 sessions from Jun 17, 2003 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per NYSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.

Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.

Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.

Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jun 17, 2003, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.

curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/HPS/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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