HTD CEF — John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (HTD)

Updated November 6, 2026.

HTD is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 8.16%, its trailing-12-month yield is 8.16%, its expense ratio is 1.8937%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 86/100 (Safe). Total return is 609.1% over the past 22.7 years, 255.9 points behind SPY at 865.0%.

HTD performance versus SPY

As of Nov 5, 2026

Total return is 609.1% over the past 22.7 years, 255.9 points behind SPY at 865.0%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 0.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 14.6%.

HTD key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

86 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.02%

Issuer

John Hancock

Asset type

CEF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/27/2004

Expense ratio

1.8937%

Distribution rate

8.16%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

8.16%

5-year average yield

7.49

Last close

$23.23 (as of 2026-11-06)

NAV

$24.91

Premium / discount

Premium not shown · NAV date unknown

Market cap

$823,435,584

Average volume

80,333

Dividend

$0.158

Ex-dividend date

11/12/2026

Payment date

11/30/2026

Beta

0.773

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How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (8.16%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (8.16%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: John Hancock or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

HTD risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 14.6%.

Who may consider HTD — and who may not

HTD may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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