Heartland Value Plus  HRVIX
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Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Small Value Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.13
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 22.42
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
20.61%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
790
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Heartland Value Plus
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Small Value
Index: S&P 500 TR
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1993-10-26 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 18.89 45.02 0.73 4.58 10.40 10.34
+/- Category -0.30 33.80 8.45 3.56 2.37 ---
+/- S&P 500 TR -4.63 -3.78 6.63 3.90 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 19.70 -7.58 4.65 5.16 10.54 10.58
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 16.63 7.75 1.66 4.42 10.40 10.34
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 7.53 -0.14 2.99 9.43 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 5.01 1.12 3.53 8.99 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 317 funds), (5 yrs : out of 242 funds), (10 yrs : out of 125 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 16.32
Software 2.55
Hardware 13.76
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 0.00
Service 45.47
Healthcare 20.27
Consumer Services 2.87
Business Services 11.15
Financial Services 11.17
Manufacturing 38.22
Consumer Goods 5.15
Industrial Materials 15.83
Energy 16.63
Utilities 0.61
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 8.5
Stocks 91.5
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 52 Turnover % 53
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % 4.00
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 30.18 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector P/E YTD
Return %
% of Net
Assets
Chemed Corporation 12.92 14.53 3.48
Cimarex Energy Company --- 70.87 3.13
St. Mary Land & Exploration Company 14.01 51.11 3.07
Plains Exploration & Production Company --- 13.55 3.02
Sensient Technologies Corporation 12.64 10.89 2.99
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 14.99 34.01 2.98
Pall Corporation 15.55 15.48 2.93
Steris Corporation 11.68 43.32 2.88
Conmed Corporation 15.75 -10.36 2.85
Navigant Consulting 19.12 -14.81 2.85
Data through 2009-06-30
YTD Return through 2009-11-20
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1993-10-26
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Bradford A. Evans  (2006-05-26)
Brad Evans graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin with a BA in International Relations, Russian, and Political Science. Mr. Evans is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. He re-joined Heartland Advisors in June of 2004 as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From April 2001 to June 2004, he had served as Vice President and as a Research Analyst for High Rock Capital, LLC. Mr. Evans was previously employed by Heartland Advisors from January 1996 to April 2001, first as a Research Associate and then as a Research Analyst.
Adam J. Peck  (2007-08-03)
Adam J. Peck, received his BS in International Relations and MBA in the Applied Securities Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Peck is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Peck started at Heartland Advisors in 2006 and is currently a Portfolio Manager. Mr. Peck was a founding partner at Coral Gables Financial Corporation and a Senior Investment Analyst there in 2004. Previously he was a Senior Investment Associate at Northern Trust Bank of Florida from 2000 to 2004.
Michael D. Petroff  (2007-08-03)
Petroff has been with Heartland Advisors since 2006 and currently holds the position of Vice President - Institutional Sales and Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Heartland Advisors, he was Vice President-Institutional Equity Sales for Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. from 2003 to 2006 and was a Vice President in the Financial Sponsors Group for Deutsche Bank AG (previously BT Securities, Inc.) from 1995 to 2002. Michael Petroff received his AB from Princeton University in Economics and MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-05-01)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.27
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information

789 N. Water St.
Milwaukee,  WI  53202
USA
Telephone:
800-432-7856
414-289-7000
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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