Henry’s Weekend Take – And Breathe…

Happy Easter (Results are Over) To paraphrase the late John Lennon, It has been a long month. Results season always is, and the numbers drop thick and fast. Analysts are ignored by quant funds, hedge funds and proprietary traders as the algo focus on keywords and shoot first and analyse later. We have some extreme…

Marcus Weekend

Good Morning you lovely Members. All is good in stock market land. SPI Futures up 11 points this morning. Dow Jones up 90. The NASDAQ just hit a second new all-time high on the trot (up 1.14% overnight). US markets have had four straight months of gains. Nvidia up another 4% having risen 33% in…

PDN Results Recap

Paladin (PDN) Results – No revenue or dividends yet as expected. Profit of $61m mostly from the reversal of an old impairment charge offsetting costs of getting the mine up and running again. 45% of a stockpile at the mine was impaired back in 2016 due to low prices. Thanks to the recent rise in…

WTC Results Recap

Wisetech (WTC) results: Impressive results from WTC saw the stock 11% higher on the day and now up 19% since. Earnings of $500m driven by CargoWise earnings of $420m up 40%. The high growth was attributed to recent Mergers and Acquisitions and new Large Global Freight Forwarder rollouts. Margins of 46% have beaten guidance. Free…

RIO Results Recap

Rio Tinto Results (RIO) – was down 1% in the US and 1.5% in the UK after posting results. You can look through the numbers if you like (see below), but, as hopefully all Marcus Today Members already know, they will not help you get the share price right. The past is past. The future…

MMS Results Recap

McMillan Shakespeare (MMS) held in the Income Portfolio is up 25% since results last week. It is now well overbought – having a habit of spiking on results and then peaking. 1HFY24 reports novated lease sales up 25.7%, sales up 42.9% to $87m. Profit of $37m up 5.8%. Interim fully franked dividend of 76c, up…

SHL Results Recap

Sonic Healthcare (SHL) results looked reasonable but saw it pummelled, down 8%. Profit came in at $202m, down 47%. The significant fall due to a 90% fall in COVID-related revenue. Despite the Covid drop the company has generated 6% of organic growth. New acquisitions this FY in Germany and Switzerland have also secured $500m of…