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Data last updated: Sep 28, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 28, 2026): John Hancock Funds Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund Class A (JVMAX) pays a $2.47 annual dividend, yielding 8.67% at $28.47/share. Next ex-dividend date 2025-12-19. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 8.67%
Annual Dividend: $2.47 per share
Payout Ratio: 558.5% (based on depressed trailing earnings — see safety analysis below)
Ex-Dividend Date: 2025-12-19
Dividend Frequency: annually
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 25
John Hancock Funds Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund Class A dividend comes from a fund that invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of medium market capitalization companies identified as having value characteristics. The current yield stands at 8.56%, well above what most equity funds pay. JVMAX pays annually, with $2.4683 per share in trailing dividends and an ex-dividend date of December 19, 2025. That yield level, paired with a beta of 0.906, makes this fund a candidate for income-focused investors who want mid-cap value equity exposure with below-market price volatility.
John Hancock Funds Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund Class A pays out 558.5% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as high (above 75%). For a fund structure, distributions often reflect realized capital gains and income from underlying equity holdings rather than a single earnings figure, but a payout ratio this far above 100% signals that distributions are not fully covered by conventional earnings metrics. John Hancock Funds Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund Class A dividend safety is directly tied to the performance of its mid-cap value equity portfolio, and any sustained downturn in that portfolio's realized gains would put significant pressure on the current distribution level.
John Hancock Funds Disciplined Value Mid Cap Fund Class A dividend history shows a CAGR of 20.7% per year from 2000 to 2024. Per-share payments grew from $0.0350 in 2000 to $3.1747 in 2024 (2025 data is partial and not used in this calculation). The largest annual increase in the window was 5,308.6% in 2001, and the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, which reflects the variable nature of distributions tied to realized portfolio gains rather than a fixed payout policy.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +26.4% | $1.22 (2022) | $2.47 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +7.6% | $1.19 (2015) | $2.47 (2025) |
JVMAX fits dividend investors who prioritize a high current yield from a mid-cap value equity fund and can accept year-to-year distribution variability. The yield classification is high (above 4%), currently at 8.56%, which sits above the fund's own 5-year average yield of 6.71%. That gap is meaningful: the current yield is elevated relative to its own recent history, but the 558.5% payout ratio makes the distribution level dependent on portfolio performance rather than a predictable earnings base. An investor in this fund gets above-average income from a diversified mid-cap value equity portfolio, and accepts that annual payouts can swing materially depending on realized gains.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | $2.4683 |
| 2024-12-20 | $3.1747 |
| 2023-12-19 | $1.0359 |
| 2022-12-19 | $1.2222 |
| 2021-12-17 | $1.7780 |
| 2020-12-18 | $0.2150 |
| 2019-12-13 | $0.4830 |
| 2018-12-14 | $2.3760 |
| 2017-12-15 | $1.4480 |
| 2016-12-16 | $0.5520 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.4683 |
| 2024 | $3.1747 |
| 2023 | $1.0359 |
| 2022 | $1.2222 |
| 2021 | $1.7780 |
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