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JHS Income Quality Score

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS) has an Income Quality Score of 42/100, classified as a Question Mark with high confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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IQ Score
42/100
Question MarkHigh confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
263 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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JHSJohn Hancock Income Securities Trust
42Question MarkHigh confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 47.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 47.4 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 48.0 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 47.9 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 47.7 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 47.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 47.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 47.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 47.1 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 47.2 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 41.5 · Question Mark · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
31/100
Working Capital Preservation
58/100
Distribution Cut Score
40/100
Distribution Trend
54/100

What to watch

  • Distributions exceed long-term total return
  • 1–2 years with a material annual distribution decline

Distribution Safety

9Years raised
2Years cut
32Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

High confidence (10-year history)

  1. 19881.47Held
  2. 19891.47Held
  3. 19901.47Held
  4. 19911.46Held
  5. 19920.35Lower total
  6. 20000.535Raised
  7. 20011.0225Raised
  8. 20020.915Lower total
  9. 20031.2185Raised
  10. 20041.185Lower total
  11. 20051.0275Lower total
  12. 20060.9263Lower total
  13. 20070.92Held
  14. 20081.1083Raised
  15. 20091.1508Raised
  16. 20101.1516Held
  17. 20111.1568Held
  18. 20121.0991Lower total
  19. 20130.9999Lower total
  20. 20140.9121Lower total
  21. 20150.875Lower total
  22. 20160.8501Lower total
  23. 20170.8096Lower total
  24. 20180.7298Lower total
  25. 20190.6773Lower total
  26. 20200.8311Raised
  27. 20211.035Raised
  28. 20220.7295Cut
  29. 20230.4044Cut
  30. 20240.5403Raised
  31. 20250.6005Raised
  32. 20260.2912Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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