Bapcor plunges after a deep loss and emergency capital raise
Bapcor (ASX: BAP) lost nearly half its value on Friday after delivering a shocking A$104.8 million loss and announcing an emergency A$200 million capital raise at just 60 cents per share. That price represents a 65% discount, and the new shares will increase the total…
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Coles shares fall despite strong supermarket earnings
Coles Group (ASX: COL) dropped more than 8% on Friday to around A$20.34, even after delivering double-digit profit growth in its supermarket business. Group EBIT rose 10.2% to A$1.23 billion, supermarkets' EBIT surged 14.6%, and underlying net profit climbed 12.5% to A$676 million. So why is the market…
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…
JB Hi-Fi Earnings: The Market Reprices Quality And AI Exposure
JB Hi-Fi has seen a strong re rate over the past week, up around 12% following a solid 1H FY26 result which showed it could be an AI winner.
At a headline level, its 1H26 result was clean and showed good growth.
Group sales came in at…
The Aussie dollar has been surging in recent weeks and there are ASX stocks that will benefit from a higher AUD - as well as some that will lose. We cannot be certain how much longer this run will go on for, but we do know it is on a run right now.
After several quarters…
While Australians go to Bunnings or Mitre 10 for DIY home improvement projects, Americans are most likely to go to Home Depot (NYSE:HD), which makes 70% more revenue than Lowe's.
Home Depot is the company that made Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, the latter being owner of the Atlanta Falcons, rich and it has indirectly made…
The 50% CGT discount on shares is one of the key mechanisms that helps investors keep as much of their cash as they have earned on their investments. We felt that it was time to write a stand-alone article about this in light of the inflation crisis and how it could lead to investors seeking…
No matter how impressive an underlying thematic of an individual may be, Corporate Travel Management (ASX:CTD) depicts to investors that a company's financial position does matter.
Shares are suspended from trading and have been since the end of August 2025. The longer things go on, the more worried investors get because they feel it is more…
Star Entertainment turns EBITDA positive but survival risks remain
Star Entertainment (ASX: SGR) plunged 16 per cent to A$0.14 on Friday despite reporting its first positive underlying EBITDA in several quarters. The casino operator posted A$301 million in revenue for the December quarter, up 6 per cent from the previous period. More importantly, it delivered…
A tie up between GYG and Uber Eats may not have been the most market-moving news this morning, but we think it was the most important news so far as giving broader lessons to investors is concerned. Yes, every now and again there is market news that has a lesson for all investors and this…
