JGYBX — John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund

JGYBX Fund Overview

JGYBX — John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund is a US mutual fund managed by John Hancock Funds III, categorised as Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value 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: Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value Equity
• Assets under management: $1.44B
• 1-year return: -7.1%
• Ticker: JGYBX
• SEC CIK: 0001329954
• SEC series ID: S000015906
• Share class ID: C000043690

JGYBX Investment Objective and Strategy

John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by John Hancock Funds III.

Investment objective

The primary objective of the fund is to seek to provide a high level of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary investment objective.

Principal investment strategy

The fund will seek to achieve its objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of global equity securities that have a history of attractive dividend yields and positive growth in free cash flow. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of dividend-paying companies located throughout the world. At least 40% of the fund's net assets will be invested in securities of issuers located throughout the world, excluding the United States. The fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in securities issued by companies located in emerging markets when the manager believes they represent attractive investment opportunities. Securities held by the fund may be denominated in both U.S. dollars and foreign currencies.

The manager seeks to produce an efficient portfolio on a risk/return basis with a dividend yield exceeding that of the MSCI World Index. By assembling a diversified portfolio of securities that, in the aggregate, possesses a high cash dividend, positive growth of free cash flow, share buyback programs, and net debt reductions, the fund seeks to provide an attractive prospective return with inherently less volatility than the global equity market as a whole. The stocks the manager finds attractive generally have valuations lower than the manager's perception of their fundamental value, as reflected in price-to-free cash flow, price-to-book ratios, or other stock valuation measures. Although the fund may invest in global equity investments of any market capitalization, the fund will generally invest in companies with a market capitalization of $250 million or greater at the time of purchase.

Additionally, the fund may at any given time invest a significant portion of its assets in companies of one particular market capitalization category when the manager believes such companies offer attractive opportunities. The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in debt securities, including high-yield fixed-income securities rated below investment grade, also known as junk bonds. The fund's investment policies are based on credit ratings at the time of purchase. The fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments. The fund may also make limited use of certain derivative instruments, including futures and options (investments whose value is based on securities, indexes, or currencies) for the purposes of generally reducing risk, and/or obtaining efficient market exposure.

The fund may invest in other types of equity securities and foreign stocks. The fund may trade securities actively.

JGYBX Holdings

Top 10 holdings of John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

View all JGYBX holdings

JGYBX Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

JGYBX Performance

Total returns for JGYBX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

JGYBX Risk Information

Risk metrics for JGYBX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

• 1-year volatility (annualised): 22.2%

JGYBX Costs and Fees

JGYBX costs about $184 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

• Net expense ratio: 1.84%
• Gross expense ratio: 1.99%
• Portfolio turnover: 24%
• Brokerage commissions: 3.44 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

JGYBX Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-06, John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund had net inflows of $10.56M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

JGYBX Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

JGYBX Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield 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

Related Funds

Other Global (incl. US) Large Cap Value Equity funds tracked on ABC INVEST:

• Capital Income Builder (CAIBX)
• Federated Strategic Value Dividend Fund (SVAAX)
• Templeton Growth Fund, Inc. (TEPLX)
• Franklin Mutual Global Discovery Fund (TEDIX)
• Sequoia Fund Inc (SEQUX)

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.