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Portfolio Holding Page

Portfolio Holding Page

The Portfolio Holding Page in Sharesight provides a high level details of a specific holding in the portfolio.

Information in this page is dynamic. The availability of some information such as Fundamentals or Dividend insights are determined by the investment type, stock exchanges and settings.


Holding menu

Use the menu at the top of the screen to navigate through your portfolio.

This menu is dynamic. The specific options you see are determined by Portfolio Type (e.g., Individual Portfolio vs. Consolidated View vs. Shared Portfolio).

For example, a consolidated view does not have Task and Brokers.

Summary

Manage automated transactions such as dividends, splits or consolidations.

Trades & income

Find all the reports for performance, asset allocation and taxes.

Notes & files

Search brokers to import trades.

News

Portfolio related settings. Sharing, email alerts, performance calculation method to trade confirmation email and manage integrations.

Edit holding


Holding filters

This shows the option to select date range, group investments and include or exclude sold positions.

Date

Choose from default date options or a custom period.

Graph type

Select setting for organising the holdings.

Include closed positions

Include or exclude the performance of sold (realised gains) positions.


Holding summary

See the total impact made by capital gains, dividends and currency movements for the selected date range.

Total return

The portfolio return in both dollar and percentage for the selected period.

Capital gain

The portfolio capital gain in both dollar and percentage for the selected period.

Dividends

Dividends and income received in both dollar and percentage for the selected period.

Currency gain

Currency movement in both dollar and percentage for the selected period.


Benchmark

Compare portfolio performance against a benchmark i.e. index, ETF, or investment.


Asset classifications

Investment type

Quick look up on the current price and performance return of an investment.

Country

Add a cash account or investment manually, from broker, or spreadsheet file.

Country

Sector classification

Industry classification

Custom groups classification

Asset class


Current value

Price

View investments return by percentages or by dollar.

Qty

The option to sort, include or exclude data (labels, average buy price, price, quantity, value, capital gains, income, currency, and return) columns.

Total


Price comparison

The investment table provides a comprehensive breakdown of your individual holdings, most recent price (or price on the selected end date), quantity, market value and performance return.

Target price

Shows investment name, ticker symbol, listed exchange and investment logo.

Current price

Tags added to an investment.

Your average purchase price

The current price or the closing price of the selected end date.

Exchange rate

The average price of all shares purchased, inclusive of reinvested dividends and adjusted for splits and consolidations.


Your investment

Current number of units or shares owned.

Current value

Total market value of the investment.

Total quantity

The investment capital gain in both dollar and percentage for the selected period. Either in unrealised profit or both realised and unrealised profit.

Cost base

Dividends and income received in both dollar and percentage for the selected period.

Cost base per share

Currency movement in both dollar and percentage for the selected period.

DRP balance

The total return of the holding over the selected period.


Fundamentals

View a list of your cash accounts and their real-time balances, converted into your portfolio's base currency.

Price-to-earnings ratio

Manually create cash accounts to track brokerage balances and automatically sync transaction data—including buys, sells, and dividends—across multiple accounts.

Earnings per share

Sync any Xero-supported bank feed to automatically track and display up-to-date cash balances directly within your portfolio.

Net tangible assets per share

Sync any Xero-supported bank feed to automatically track and display up-to-date cash balances directly within your portfolio.


Dividend insights

View a list of your cash accounts and their real-time balances, converted into your portfolio's base currency.

Yield

Dividend yield

Yield on cost

Payment frequency

Next Payment

Date

Status

Gross amount

Net amount

Amount per share


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Last updated 14th May 2026