International Growth Fund
John Hancock Funds III · 8 share classes
Fund classification
Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2
International Growth Fund is an actively managed developed international equity fund.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Developed international
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
Fund profile
As filed in the prospectus · 2025 Q3
To seek high total return primarily through capital appreciation.
The fund invests in foreign equities screened for quality, growth, valuation, capital returns, and earnings revisions, targeting companies with market capitalizations above $3 billion and excluding those with weak free cash flow margins, returns on capital, or revenue growth. The fund's active approach and focus on securities meeting a majority of its selection criteria may cause performance to diverge significantly from the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Growth Index.
| Share class | Gross | Net |
|---|---|---|
| GOIGX | 1.31% | 1.30% |
| GONCX | 2.00% | 2.00% |
| GOGIX | 1.01% | 1.00% |
| GOIOX | 0.94% | — |
| JHIGX | 1.40% | 1.39% |
| JIGIX | 1.25% | 1.14% |
| JIGTX | 0.90% | 0.89% |
| JIGHX | 0.89% | — |
Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.
Portfolio turnover 65.00% · as of 2025 Q3
Allocation
Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2
| Stocks | 98.08% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.50% |
Latest quarter
What changed since the fund's previous filing
Largest new: Infineon Technologies AG, London Stock Exchange Group PLC, Resona Holdings Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., BAWAG Group AG, Admiral Group plc, Smiths Group PLC, SPIE SA
Largest exited: Siemens Energy AG, Rheinmetall AG, Jeronimo Martins SGPS S.A., Spotify Technology S.A., Ryanair Holdings Public Limited Company, Legrand, Unilever PLC, Airtac International Group
Return profile
Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026
| Share class | 1-year | 3-year | 5-year | Vol | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +29.10% | +61.39% | +29.36% | 17.27% | -12.00% | |
| +28.18% | +58.05% | +24.94% | 17.23% | -12.13% | |
| +29.49% | +62.89% | +31.33% | 17.26% | -11.95% | |
| +29.56% | +63.21% | +31.75% | 17.26% | -11.93% | |
| +28.98% | +61.01% | +28.77% | 17.25% | -12.05% | |
| +29.36% | +62.30% | +30.51% | 17.25% | -11.98% | |
| +29.61% | +63.37% | +32.01% | 17.25% | -11.91% | |
| +29.64% | +63.43% | +32.06% | 17.24% | -11.92% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 7.12pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.42pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
May 2026 and Jun 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
Holdings
By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page
| Ticker | Issuer | %NAV | Reported price | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 9.32% | $78.89 | $594.46M | 7.5M |
| — | SK hynix Inc. | 6.94% | $1,764.58 | $442.68M | 250.9K |
| — | ASML Holding N.V. | 5.16% | $1,980.17 | $329.10M | 166.2K |
| — | Rolls-Royce Holdings plc | 2.52% | $19.17 | $160.92M | 8.4M |
| — | UBS Group AG | 2.38% | $49.56 | $151.78M | 3.1M |
| — | Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.31% | $55.18 | $147.53M | 2.7M |
| — | Tokyo Electron Limited | 2.27% | $484.85 | $145.15M | 299.4K |
| — | Keyence Corporation | 2.24% | $505.49 | $142.75M | 282.4K |
| — | Safran | 2.10% | $394.08 | $133.77M | 339.5K |
| — | Hitachi Ltd. | 2.02% | $27.68 | $128.95M | 4.7M |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
Top 10 positions are 37.26% of net assets, top 25 62.24%, across 63 issuers.
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