Members Podcast Tuesday – China says 5% and resources lift ahead of dividends
Results season is over but there are a host of ex-dividends and Macro signposts this week from Powell, the ECB and the Chinese National People’s Congress
Results season is over but there are a host of ex-dividends and Macro signposts this week from Powell, the ECB and the Chinese National People’s Congress
Perpetual (PPT) had results last Wednesday – Held in the Income Portfolio. Net profit up 29%, underlying profit up 46% (not including the Pendal integration costs). Two of its three segments recorded profit growth. Funds under management up 165% thanks to the successful Pendal integration. Its $40m synergy target exceeded. The corporate trust segment saw…
NextDC (NXT) reported last Wednesday. – Held in the Growth Portfolio. Our preferred data centre play jumped 9% on the results after already being up 11% this year. Revenue came in at $209m, up 31%. Positively impacted by higher power prices and related power passthrough. $220m invested to progress capital projects. Underlying earnings up 5%.…
Macquarie Technology Group (MAQ) Results – Held in the Growth Portfolio. Rose 9% after reporting after the bell last Thursday and is now +12% since. Highlights include 18 consecutive HY earnings growth. Up 5% in this period attributed to strong growth in cloud and cyber megatrends. Net profit up 74%, beating expectations due primarily to…
Australian Financial Group (AFG) Results – Held in the Income Portfolio. Suffered a nasty 10% drop after reporting last Thursday. Net profit down 34% and net interest margin down by $11.6m due to peak funding costs and competition. Not all bad, the broking segment saw a market share increase to 21% and the outlook for…
Worley (WOR) Results – Held in the Growth Portfolio. Initially fell over 3% on results last Wednesday. Then recovered with a bumper Thursday and Friday gaining 8% after brokers wrote some positive reviews. Earnings up 28%, margins slightly higher at 6.1%, sustainability related work rises to 51% of total revenue (a +61% change). Underlying profit…
ASX fell 12 points at 7724 (0.2%). Some weakness in a few sectors weighed.
Lithium stocks smashed. Gold flies higher.
Coles Group Results (COL) last Tuesday – Held in the Income Portfolio. Sales up 7%, earnings down 5% and profit down 3.6%. The stock is up 4.3% since reporting, having been as high as +8% yesterday. Dividend unchanged at 36c, fully franked. Financing costs rose 14% due to higher interest rates on lease liabilities and…
ASX 200 slid 10 points to 7736 (0.1%) off all-time highs as iron ore and healthcare stocks weighed.
Gold soars. Banks firm.
ASX 200 slid 10 points to 7736 (0.1%) off all-time highs as iron ore and healthcare stocks weighed. BHP off 1.5% and FMG getting whacked down 3.2%. Lithium stocks gave back some early solid gains, prices slipping slightly in China. MIN down 2.1% and PLS up only 0.7% with IGO falling 1.7%. Gold miners were…