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How to buy Heartland Group Holdings shares (HGH)

The novice investor’s guide to buying HGH shares on the NZX.

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Heartland Group Holdings Limited is a financial services group that provides a range of banking services in New Zealand and Australia. Shares in the company (HGH) are listed on the NZX Main Board — if you’d like to buy HGH shares, keep reading for step-by-step instructions.

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How to buy shares in Heartland Group Holdings on the New Zealand Exchange

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  2. Open and fund your share trading account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
  3. Search for Heartland Group Holdings. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HGH. Research its history to confirm it’s a solid investment against your financial goals.
  4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Heartland Group Holdings reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
  5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market’s ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Heartland Group Holdings, depending on your share trading account.
  6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Heartland Group Holdings. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

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Heartland Group Holdings overview and background

Financial services group Heartland Group Holdings Limited has operations throughout Australia and New Zealand. It’s best known as the company behind Heartland Bank Limited, which offers a wide range of personal, business and rural banking products and services to Kiwi customers.

However, Heartland also specialises in reverse mortgages for the Australian market, plus provides funding to Australian partners in the small business and consumer lending sectors.

Heartland Group Holdings shares were listed on the NZX in 2011.

Performance and company results

In its interim financial statements for the six months ended 31 December 2020, Heartland Group Holdings Limited announced the following results:

  • Net profit after tax of $44.1 million (an increase of 10.6%)
  • Net operating income of $125.3 million (an increase of 5.6%)
  • FY2021 interim dividend of 4.0 cents per share (a decrease of 0.5 cents per share)
  • Earnings per share of 7.6 cents per share (an increase of 0.7 cents per share)

Key details

NameHeartland Group Holdings LimitedIndustryBanks—Diversified
Ticker symbolHGHISINNZHGHE0007S9
TypeOrdinary SharesDate listed on NZX01 Feb 2011
End of financial yearJuneChief executive officerJeff Greenslade
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