GONBX — John Hancock International Growth Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
GONBX — John Hancock International Growth Fund. Developed ex-US Mid Cap Growth Materials Equity · $6.38B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
GONBX Fund Overview
GONBX — John Hancock International Growth Fund is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Funds III, categorised as Developed ex-US Mid Cap Growth Materials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: John Hancock Funds III
- Category: Developed ex-US Mid Cap Growth Materials Equity
- Assets under management: $6.38B
- 1-year return: 17.5%
- Ticker: GONBX
- SEC CIK: 0001329954
- SEC series ID: S000001412
- Share class ID: C000003786
GONBX Investment Objective and Strategy
John Hancock International Growth Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by John Hancock Funds III.
Investment objective
To seek high total return primarily through capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
"The manager seeks to achieve the fund's investment objective by investing in equity investments that the manager believes will provide higher returns than the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Growth Index. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity investments. The fund primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of foreign companies in a number of developed and emerging markets outside of the U.S. The fund defines foreign companies as companies: (i) that are organized under the laws of a foreign country; (ii) whose principal trading market is in a foreign country; or (iii) that have a majority of their assets, or that derive a majority of their revenue or profits, from businesses, investments or sales outside of the United States.
Although the fund may invest in companies of any market-capitalization, the fund typically invests in companies with a market capitalization over $3 billion. The fund may focus its investments in a particular sector or sectors of the economy. The manager's investment process generally begins with the broad universe of securities included in international equity indices, including China A-shares available through Stock Connect or other mutual market access programs. To focus its research, the manager reduces the broad investable universe to a sub-universe by eliminating all companies with expected future free cash flow margins, returns on capital employed and revenue growth below a certain minimum threshold, along with stocks trading at an exaggerated valuation. ""Free cash flow"" is defined as the cash that is available to a company after paying out the money needed to maintain or expand its operations.
For all companies remaining in the sub-universe, the manager ranks securities on a relative basis across the following metrics: (i) quality; (ii) growth; (iii) valuation; (iv) capital returns; and (v) earnings revisions. The manager monitors and ranks securities based on their relative attractiveness across this universe. For stocks that compare well in this screening process, further detailed analysis is conducted. Purchase candidates are securities that are attractive on a majority of the metrics noted above, and have a positive catalyst such as accelerating earnings or revenue growth. The fund may trade securities actively."
GONBX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of John Hancock International Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 9.32% |
| SK hynix Inc. | 6.94% |
| ASML Holding N.V. | 5.16% |
| Rolls-Royce Holdings plc | 2.52% |
| UBS Group AG | 2.38% |
| Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.31% |
| Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.28% |
| Keyence Corporation | 2.24% |
| Safran | 2.10% |
| Hitachi Ltd. | 2.02% |
GONBX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of John Hancock International Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.5% |
GONBX Performance
Total returns for GONBX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 17.5% |
GONBX Risk Information
Risk metrics for GONBX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 19.8%
GONBX Costs and Fees
GONBX costs about $199 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.99%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.00%
- Portfolio turnover: 72%
- Brokerage commissions: 7.90 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
GONBX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, John Hancock International Growth Fund had net outflows of $185.34M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$37.71M |
| 2026-05 | −$22.03M |
| 2026-04 | −$60.92M |
| 2026-03 | $6.72M |
| 2026-02 | −$903.91K |
| 2026-01 | −$27.75M |
GONBX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in John Hancock International Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
GONBX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official John Hancock International Growth Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-07-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-07-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-07-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-09
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.