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JHDG John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF

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$27.94
+0.6% · 1 day, price
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From its Apr 8, 2026 launch to Nov 4, 2026, JHDG returned 9.3%, against 14.1% for VOO.

Why did JHDG return +5.5% from Apr 2026 to Oct 2026, against VOO’s +7.0%?Is a 0.49% fee low for a fund like JHDG?What does JHDG cost to hold and to trade?
Hedged equity fund: owns stocks and pays for protection against a fall, most often with put optionsJohn Hancock ↗Expense ratio 0.49%Fund assets $90m net assets, latest filing (Jun 30, 2026)First traded Apr 8, 2026Benchmark S&P 500 Index, measured by VOO, which tracks the same indexFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every John Hancock fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

Promise check: Not measuredIts strategy, equity hedged, states no objective ETFIQ can measure.

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JHDG risk and return scorecard

vs VOO · Apr 2026 to Oct 2026 · 28 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted

Short history · 6 months
JHDG +5.5%, VOO +7.0%, Apr 2026 to Oct 2026, distributions reinvested.

28 weekly returns: annualized numbers and ratios need 52.

Return
MeasureJHDGVOOEdge
Total return+5.5%+7.0%VOO
Price return+5.3%+6.4%VOO
Risk
MeasureJHDGVOOEdge
Max drawdown−3.3%−3.3%Tie
Alpha vs VOO
MeasureJHDGVOOEdge
Beta to VOO0.631.00Lower beta

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · Jun 30, 2026
Since Apr 2026
+$84.2m
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What you earned

JHDG −1.6%, VOO −1.1%: total return over one month to Nov 4, 2026.
JHDG−1.6%
VOO−1.1%
JHDG −2.0%, VOO −0.1%: total return over three months to Nov 4, 2026.
JHDG−2.0%
VOO−0.1%
JHDG +3.4%, VOO +5.0%: total return over six months to Nov 4, 2026.
JHDG+3.4%
VOO+5.0%
JHDG +9.3%, VOO +14.1%: total return since launch to Nov 4, 2026.
JHDG+9.3%
VOO+14.1%
askIQ: why did JHDG return +9.3% since launch, against VOO’s +14.1%? ↗

How concentrated, and what does it cost?

+9.3%
Total return since launch
Report
+14.0%
S&P 500 over the same days
Report
−4.8 pts
Against its own benchmark
Report
147
Days it has traded
Report
$0.0216
Last payment, ex-date Sep 28, 2026
Report
Sector mix
Cost against like funds
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Price since launch, Apr 8, 2026

$27.94+0.6%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026

Price only. Total return over the same days, distributions reinvested, was +9.3%. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

JHDG returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnBenchmark (VOO)Gap to VOO
1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026−1.6%−1.1%−0.5 pts
3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026−2.0%−0.1%−1.9 pts
6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026+3.4%+5.0%−1.6 pts
Since launch Apr 8 – Nov 4, 2026+9.3%+14.1%−4.8 pts

Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Apr 2026: no year to date, 1 year and 3 years windows.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Money in and out

Monthly data · as of Jun 30, 2026

JHDG: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $9.6m went out, by its SEC filing.

Since Apr 2026
+$84.2m
Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions JHDG files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for JHDG, back to Apr 2026, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare JHDG with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outApr 2026 to Jun 2026

JHDG, money in and money out each month from Apr 2026 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from JHDG’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 3 months listed, money came in on net in 2 and went out in 1.

Every bar is from JHDG’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 3 months listed, money came in on net in 2 and went out in 1.

MonthInOutNet
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$4.8m−$14.4m−$9.6m
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$35.8m−$2.7m+$33.1m
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT+$60.7m$0+$60.7m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

JHDG key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Nov 4, 2026 (ETFIQ)$28.77 on Aug 13, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Nov 4, 2026 (ETFIQ)$25.62 on Apr 8, 2026
Close on Nov 4, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$27.94, 74% of the way from the low to the high
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Nov 4, 2026
Trading · JHDGas of Nov 4, 2026
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Not scored0 of 6 measured · Nov 4, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
How to tradeSpread not read.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

JHDG for holders outside the US

US tax withheld on dividends, no treaty30%
Treaty rates on dividends (IRS table, read Oct 30, 2026)65 countries, 10% to 30%
JHDG interest-related and short-term gain dividendsnot read by ETFIQ
US estate tax filing threshold, non-resident holders$60,000
Share classDistributing

JHDG is a US fund. Stock of US corporations counts as US property for a non-resident's estate. Facts from the IRS, not tax advice. How withholding and treaties work

About JHDG

IssuerJohn Hancock
Strategy (ETFIQ, from its prospectus)Hedged equity
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jul 28, 2026)0.49%Report
Net assets (SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026)$90mReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)S&P 500 Index, measured by VOO, which tracks the same index
Benchmark named inits prospectus, 485BPOS, Jun 26, 2026
When stocks fellS&P 500 −4.9% in March 2026; JHDG not measured, as it first traded Apr 8, 2026, after March 2026 began
Weekly correlation with the S&P 500not measured, as it has fewer than 52 weeks of closes
First tradedApr 8, 2026
Days traded147
Quotedon an exchange, every trading day
How we measure
Weekly closes from Tiingo with distributions reinvested, 52 weeks to the same date for the fund, SPY and BIL. ETFIQ calculation. Method
IQ Investment Committee on JHDG

12 seats on JHDG, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Supports, 2 Challenges, 8 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianNot enough data
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityDoes not apply
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingSupports
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatNot enough data
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Questions people ask about JHDG

What does JHDG cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.
Why is JHDG listed as hedged equity?
ETFIQ files each fund by what its own prospectus says it does, and JHDG’s, filed Jul 28, 2026, describes a hedged equity fund.
Sources and dates
Prices, JHDG and Benchmark (VOO)Prices, Tiingo end of day ↗
Fee, 0.49%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Net assets, $90mSEC N-PORT, whole fund · Jun 30, 2026
SourceProspectus the strategy was read from (SEC) ↗
IssuerJohn Hancock page for JHDG ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
John Hancock’s own site ↗

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Correlation
How closely the fund’s weekly returns moved with the S&P 500’s over the last year, from −1 to 1. At 1 the two rise and fall together, at 0 there is no pattern, and below 0 the fund tended to move the other way.
Beta
How far the fund moved, on average, for each 1% move in the S&P 500 over the same weeks. At 0.3 it moved about 0.3% the same way; below 0 it moved the other way.
Down week
A week in which the S&P 500 fell, measured through SPY with dividends reinvested. A week that ended exactly level is not a down week.
Down-week capture
The fund’s average return in the S&P 500’s down weeks as a share of the index’s own average in those weeks. At 100% it fell as much, at 50% half as much, and below zero it rose. It is weekly and covers one year, so it is not the same number as Morningstar’s downside capture.
Against T-bills
The fund’s total return minus a short Treasury bill fund’s (BIL) over the same year, in percentage points. A fund can steady a portfolio and still earn less than cash.
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