ASX Dividend Stocks 2026: The Biggest Surprises This Season
This ASX reporting season is telling two very different dividend stories. Miners and banks are handing out bigger payouts than expected, while consumer-facing companies are slashing or scrapping dividends. For income investors, the gap between winners and losers has rarely been this wide.
That makes stock selection…
Imdex (ASX: IMD) rose 8.2% on Monday after delivering its strongest-ever first half. Revenue jumped 16% to A$246.6 million, and EBITDA climbed 22% to A$77.9 million, both beating what analysts expected. But dig a little deeper, and the picture gets more interesting. Net profit missed estimates by about 2%, and the dividend came in roughly…
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.…
