Hi
I am happy enough with the result and see nothing (so far) to worry about in the figures.
Keep up the good work.
That is all.
Best Wishes
Paper Tiger
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Hi
I am happy enough with the result and see nothing (so far) to worry about in the figures.
Keep up the good work.
That is all.
Best Wishes
Paper Tiger
Strange old day today for HNZ - oh well, I topped up on close ($1.35 [$1.32 if you count the divvy]) - and I will be using the DRP offer.
Mr market must have been looking for something special from the announcement. I guess just achieving what they said they would, (bang on right in the middle of the updated $23-$24m guidance) recently given contained nothing special in terms of new news so the recent strong run-up unwound a bit.
Strong indications of forward demand growth give great comfort to long term holders :)
Just goes to show how well the market values a company that does what it says and has solid plans for what it wants to improve on. Happy holding for sure.
What was the conclusion of your analysis of the DRP? Seems ok to me but the caveat of a discount no less than 95% which if exercised seems to potentially negate the avoidance of brokers fees?
Its a great way to build wealth for those that don't need dividend income over time. Its not so much the discount which IIRC is now down to 1%, (Percy help me out mate is 1% right ?) its just using the "magic" of compounding reinvestment over time in tandem with a steadily increasing share price. Relatively painless way to build wealth if you don't need the dividend income :) That said, the dividend hound part of me likes cash dividends so I guess you could say I'm conflicted lol
Yes, 1% discount is correct.
I also have a problem with DRPs. I like the discount and no brokerage. But I also like getting the cash so I can decide if I should be topping up on something else that has caught my eye.
I good problem to have though I guess........
Dividend Reinvestment plans do stop you having the choice of what you do with the cash.
What suit one person may not suit another.
As I was trying to build my exposure to the share market, I found the compound affect of dividend reinvestment worked well.
At present time I take dividend reinvestment,where I can ,and I am still working ,so do not need the cash.My wife takes the cash.
You need 2nd wife to work hard and bring home some bacon!!!:p
I look at it this way. Suppose you're Joe average investor with say 10,000 shares. You get a dividend of $300 this time. Its not like most people would go and reinvest that dividend, (minimum brokerage being $30).
Far more likely the Mrs would pounce on it and buy that lovely dress she saw discounted from $600 to $300 and then she'd probably proudly tell you she'd done a marvellous job in saving you $300 in the sale :)
This is why not having the $300 in the bank account in the first place makes profoundly good common sense especially for couples with joint bank accounts lol
Being a new and small time investor the DRP is a great option for me. I have the luxury of not planning to need the cash from dividends from HNZ for the next 30 years or so (retirement fund). Should be a nice income stream by then and maybe some capital appreciation too. :)
Still not sure what the best way to account for the bad debt provisions is from an investor perspective. A bank lending in the so called 'riskier' end of the spectrum will have a tendency for more bad debts. But with an interest margin correspondingly higher, that can more than make up for it.
Perhaps I should take all the historical bad debt provisions. Then distribute those evenly across the annual profits of each year. That would produce a different profit figure than the banks declare each year. But maybe it would be more useful from an investor perspective? Comments?
SNOOPY
One would presume they're modelling higher level's of potential delinquencies from stretched dairy farmers this year, perhaps that's the reason for the increase in provisioning ? Or could it be increased provisioning in regard to Harmoney new loans ? IIRC there was some mention in the results presentation about closely managing dairy loans. I feel for some of the young sharemilkers, bit rough when you get such wild swings in the Fonterra's pay-out's from one year to the next. I'm not sure averaging historical provisioning across multiple years would generate meaningful insights. One has to presume they're modelling provisioning based on quantifiable information from one year to the next surely ?
In relation to the HNZ dividend reinvestment plan, it is not necessarily a case of being in or not in. Participation can be partial. I was in 100% when the discount was 5%, and went to 50% when the discount was reduced to 1%. You can change your election online with Link Market Services up to the record date for a particular dividend, 19 March in the current instance.
$1.33 - what's happening?! Folks are getting an itchy finger?