Woolworths vs Coles: Margin pressure meets reporting season
Woolworths Group (ASX: WOW) and Coles Group (ASX: COL) are both reporting half-year results this week, and the timing could not be more telling. Woolworths goes first on Wednesday, February 25, followed by Coles on Friday, February 27, giving investors a rare Woolworths vs Coles side-by-side comparison…
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (ASX: FPH) lifted its FY26 guidance on Monday, now expecting around NZ$2.30 billion in revenue and NZ$450 million to NZ$470 million in net profit. Both figures sit comfortably above what management guided three months ago, and the shares rose around 4% to A$32.91. Strong hospital product sales and better margins are…
Austal’s Defence Surge: What Investors Should Watch
Austal (ASX: ASB) closed at A$6.30 on Friday, up 5.53% on the day, after the Australian Government awarded it a contract worth about A$4 billion to construct eight Landing Craft Heavy vessels. This announcement came only two months after the A$1.029 billion Landing Craft Medium contract signed in…
ASX Energy Stocks: What the Oil Spike Means Now
Oil prices surged more than 5% in just two trading sessions this week after US-Iran nuclear talks ended without a breakthrough in Geneva. Brent crude climbed above US$71 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) reached US$66, both their highest levels since July.
Tensions have clearly escalated.…
ASX Reporting Season: What This Week’s Results Mean for Investors
We are halfway through the ASX reporting season, and the message from the market could not be clearer. Companies that deliver steady, reliable results are being rewarded. Companies priced for perfection are getting hammered at the first sign of weakness. The ASX 200 gained 1.8%…
Rio Tinto’s FY2025 Result: What Income Investors Should Know
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) dropped 3.1% to A$163.30 on Friday after its FY2025 results did not impress investors. Underlying earnings were flat at US$10.9 billion, while net profit fell 14% because expenses from the US$7.6 billion Arcadium Lithium acquisition reduced overall profit. However, we think the…
Alcidion Clears a Key AI Approval Hurdle
Alcidion Group (ASX: ALC) hit a regulatory milestone that could open up its next phase of growth. The company has secured Class I Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) registration for the AI-powered concept detection feature inside its flagship Miya Precision platform, both in Australia and the United…
Goodman Group (ASX: GMG) reported A$1.2 billion in operating profit for the first half of FY26, with data centres now making up 73% of its A$14.4 billion development pipeline, up from 40% just 18 months ago. Its power bank has grown to 6.0 GW across 16 cities, a resource becoming harder for competitors to match.…
Chariot Resources Surges on CATL Supplier Deal
Chariot Resources (ASX: CC9) surged 17% to A$0.17 after securing a binding A$1.425 million investment from Jiangsu Greatpower NexEnergy Technology, an affiliate of Shanghai Greatpower Nickel & Cobalt Materials. Greatpower supplies battery materials to some of the biggest names in the business, including CATL, LG Energy Solution, BMW,…
Regis Resources: Record Profit After a Big Rally
Regis Resources (ASX: RRL) delivered the best half-year result in its history, and it was not even close. Profit jumped 267% to A$323 million, gold sales hit A$1.09 billion, and the dividend tripled to 15 cents per share, fully franked. For investors who got in early, the…
