In plain terms — John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
Shares currently cost about 9.0% less than the value of the assets behind them (a discount).
Over the past year it has averaged a 3.4% discount, so today's level is unusually wide for this fund (Z-score -2.0). That describes the past; it does not predict where the discount goes next.
It pays regular distributions worth about 7.2% a year of the share price (6.6% of the assets). That is a payout rate, not a return: part of it may be capital being handed back.
Because the shares trade below the value of their assets, each dollar of reinvested distributions buys about $1.10 of assets — a ReinvestCapture™ rate of 7.9%, more than the payout rate itself. That is buying power, not a return.
The assets themselves grew 21.6% over the past year including distributions (NAV total return).
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Price and NAV, past year
Snapshot
Valuation vs. history
| Window | Average prem/disc | Std. dev. | Z-score | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | -6.09% | 2.27% | -1.05 | 55 |
| 6 months | -4.85% | 2.12% | -1.70 | 107 |
| 1 year | -3.44% | 2.47% | -2.04 | 205 |
| 3 years | -0.34% | — | — | — |
| 5 years | +2.75% | — | — | — |
Current contemporaneous premium/discount -8.47% (close Oct 14, 2026 vs NAV Oct 13, 2026). 1-year range -10.38% to +3.76%. A negative Z-score means a wider discount than the window average — not that the fund is undervalued.
Performance
| Series | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y (ann.) | 5Y (ann.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market price return | -8.60% | -9.67% | +1.45% | -0.64% | +12.72% | -3.97% |
| Market price total return | -8.60% | -8.16% | +7.00% | +6.69% | +21.78% | +3.63% |
| NAV return | -5.07% | -3.58% | +9.71% | +13.62% | +18.14% | +0.10% |
| NAV total return | -5.07% | -2.08% | +15.41% | +21.61% | +27.62% | +8.24% |
Through Oct 14, 2026. Total return reinvests distributions at the series value on the ex-date. Cumulative ≤ 1 year, annualised beyond.
About the fund
John Hancock Financial Opportunities 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 across the globe. It seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across the financial services sector. The fund invests in companies across all market capitalizations. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P Composite 1500 Banks Index. The fund was formerly known as John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund. John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund was formed on August 23, 1994 and is domiciled in the United States.
CEF Explorer research page for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund. Figures carry their own dates and sources; a discount to NAV does not guarantee convergence or any return. This is not investment advice.