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JHNBX

Bond Fund

Actively managedBondsOpen-end fund
John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund: JHNBX · JHCBX · JHBIX · JHBSX · JHRBX · JBFRXHoldings as of May 31, 2026Filed Jul 27, 2026

Actively managed U.S. bond fund

As of its 2026 Q2 report, Bond Fund held 1,174 positions with $26.50B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 11.0% of the fund. The JHNBX share class costs 0.76% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, JHNBX returned 5.5%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 108 new positions and exited 76.

2026 Q2 holdings and allocationChanges are against the previous quarter, 2026 Q1Headline fees and returns use the JHNBX share class
Expense ratio · JHNBX
0.76%
$76 a year for every $10,000 invested
0.35% – 1.46% across the 7 classes
$26.50B
The whole fund, all share classes
1,174 holdings
11.0%in the top 10
Weight held in the ten largest holdings
Top 25 hold 17.0%
Return, 1 year · JHNBX
+5.5%
With dividends, to May 2026
3 yr total +13.7% · 5 yr total +0.9%
What this fund is
Objective, as filed

To seek a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk.

Strategy, summarised

The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in a diversified portfolio of bonds selected through top-down sector and industry analysis combined with bottom-up security selection to identify undervalued opportunities. The portfolio is expected to be at least 75% investment-grade debt, though the fund may hold up to 25% in below-investment-grade securities rated as low as CC or Ca. Because security selection drives returns, performance will depend on the manager's ability to identify undervalued bonds across sectors and industries.

What you own

per cent of the fund
CompanyWeightValue
United States Treasury Note/Bond
4.75% · due 2056-02-15
2.16%
$573.40M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
4.88% · due 2045-08-15
1.49%
$395.10M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
4.75% · due 2055-08-15
1.26%
$335.02M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
4.75% · due 2043-11-15
1.06%
$280.39M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.38% · due 2050-08-15
1.04%
$275.02M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.00% · due 2050-02-15
0.97%
$256.26M
JH COLLATERAL
0.94%
$248.88M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.63% · due 2050-11-15
0.81%
$215.19M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
3.88% · due 2029-05-15
0.71%
$187.04M
United States Treasury Note/Bond
4.63% · due 2044-11-15
0.58%
$153.30M
Showing 1–10 of 1,174 · the top 10 are 11.02% of the fund, the top 25 are 16.98%

The 200 largest of 1,174 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.

What the fund is made of

Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.

100.30%
of net assets
Bonds54.10%
Securitized44.74%
Cash & short-term0.94%
Loans0.37%
2 smaller0.14%

Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.

By sector

Securitized
44.6%
Other
17.3%
Government
12.6%
Financials
8.0%
12 other sectors
17.5%

How it has done

Total return, dividends reinvested · to May 2026

JHNBX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested

1 year
+5.51%
3 years
+13.73%
Cumulative, not per year
5 years
+0.88%
Cumulative, not per year
Largest decline in 3 years
-5.37%
From a previous high to a later low
Cumulative return, last three years· Jun 2023 – May 2026

Volatility over the last 12 months: 3.63%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.

The 7 share classes hold the same portfolio

Share classExpense ratio1 year3 years5 yearsWorst fall
0.76%+5.51%+13.73%+0.88%-5.37%
1.46%+4.78%+11.37%-2.62%-5.59%
0.46%+5.83%+14.76%+2.34%-5.30%
0.35%+6.01%+15.20%+2.95%-5.27%
0.85%+5.51%+13.53%+0.47%-5.31%
0.35%+5.96%+15.26%+2.97%-5.26%
0.60%+5.68%+14.39%+1.68%-5.32%

These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 5.59pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.12pp a year — not a difference in what they own.

Fees & fund details

Bond Fund is an actively managed U.S. bond fund.

Asset class
Bonds
Region
United States
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund
Credit quality
Investment grade
Rate sensitivity
Intermediate duration
Expense ratio, by class
0.35% – 1.46%· JHNBX 0.76%
Portfolio turnover
100.00% a year · as of 2025 Q3

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.

Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.

What changed this quarter

2026 Q2 vs 2026 Q1

Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.

108 new· the largest 3

United States Treasury Note/Bond
6 holdings
FREDDIE MAC POOL FR 05/54 FIXED 5
Fannie Mae Pool

76 exited· the largest 4

United States Treasury Note/Bond
5 holdings
FANNIE MAE OR FREDDIE MAC MBS 30YR TBA
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC
BNP Paribas

Debt profile

What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-05-31

Avg coupon
4.65%
Avg maturity
18.15 yr
Coupon type

Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.

17%
floating
Fixed rate82.5%
Floating rate17.5%
Maturity ladder

Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.

<1y10y+
<1y0.3%
1-3y3.0%
3-5y11.5%
5-10y24.8%
10y+60.3%
Flagged holdings
Defaulted: none reported
In arrears: none reported
Paid in kind: none reported

Based on what filers reported; a filer that never reported a flag also reads as none.

Risk profile

Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2

Most of this fund’s sensitivity is to interest rates, with credit spreads carrying nearly as much.

6.04 yr
approx. move per 100bp
4.51 yr
approx. move per 100bp
If rates and spreads both rise 100bp

Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.

≈ -10.5%
of value
Interest rates57%
Credit spreads43%

Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.

Credit risk by quality

Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.

+4.51
yrs total
Investment grade+3.98 yr
High yield+0.52 yr
Where the risk sits on the curve

Share of duration at each point, shortest first. A positive figure loses value when spreads widen; a negative one offsets — a credit hedge.

Interest rate6.04 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.02 yr0%
1 yr0.51 yr8%
5 yr2.02 yr33%
10 yr2.35 yr39%
30 yr1.14 yr19%
Credit spread4.51 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.02 yr0%
1 yr0.50 yr11%
5 yr1.91 yr42%
10 yr1.72 yr38%
30 yr0.36 yr8%

The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.

Show the numbers
TenorRate yrsIG yrsHY yrsIG $/bpHY $/bp
3 mo+0.02+0.02+0.00$45.8k$9.1k
1 yr+0.51+0.40+0.10$1.06m$264.6k
5 yr+2.02+1.60+0.31$4.24m$828.2k
10 yr+2.35+1.62+0.10$4.28m$266.2k
30 yr+1.14+0.35+0.01$930.3k$18.2k

Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.

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