Should I buy Qantas shares in 2024?

should I buy Qantas shares

In this article, we’ll look to answer the question: Should I buy Qantas shares? Qantas (ASX:QAN) has recorded significant windfall from the post-COVID travel recovery and demand remains strong. However, it has not gone through the period unscathed, with reputational issues resulting in Alan Joyce departing after 15 years. Investors have the promise of profitable…

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Here are 4 ASX Value Traps and how not to fall into them

ASX Value Trap stocks

One mistake investors can make, especially on the ASX, is to fall for ASX value trap stocks. We thought we should outline what value traps are, how investors can avoid them, as well as a few examples of stocks that fall into this category.   What is a value trap? A value trap is a…

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4 ASX stocks with high capex bills you should avoid

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Sometimes stocks with high capex are worth avoiding. Too much capex might require constant capital injections and shareholder dilution. Some industries face high capex by the very nature of the industry they are in. Some temporarily require high capex because of expansion ambitions or because of years of underinvestment. In this article, we recap 4 ASX…

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Airline stocks and fuel prices: Air New Zealand (ASX:AIZ) and Qantas (ASX:QAN) investors just got a painful reminder about the aviation industry’s biggest cost

airline stocks and fuel prices

The relationship between the performance of Airline stocks and fuel prices has seemingly been forgotten in the past couple of years given the travel boom. But in recent days, investors’ attention has been drawn to this once more.   The relationship between airline stocks and fuel prices An airline’s fuel bill is one of the main…

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Will the reopening of China in 2023 be a further boom for ASX travel stocks?

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The reopening of China has been underway for over a month now. Corporate Travel Management (ASX:CTD) CEO Jamie Pherous claimed that it would be ‘the last piece of the puzzle’ for his company’s recovery. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume other travel company CEOs are thinking similarly about China’s reopening. But are people getting ahead of themselves?…

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Is the entry of Bonza going to hurt Australian airline stocks?

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For the first time since 2007, Australia has a new airline. Sunshine Coast-based Bonza finally took its first flight on January 31, less than a month after getting its Air Operator Certificate. Is Bonza a threat to airlines, particularly listed airlines Qantas (ASX:QAN), Regional Express (ASX:REX), Alliance Aviation (ASX:AQZ)? Investors in those companies don’t seem…

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Qantas (ASX: QAN) is rebounding aggressively into 2023

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Qantas (ASX: QAN) released its FY22 results this morning and it showed the airline is recovering from COVID very nicely, but the journey isn’t complete yet.  As expected, Australia’s flag carrier recorded a heavy post-tax loss, but now has nearly all of its planes back in the sky, a strongly performing Qantas Loyalty Division and…

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Travel stocks: Beware the vaccination hype

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11 January 2021   The difficulty of getting people the jab Two of the world’s harder hit developed countries, the United States and the United Kingdom, also had some of the world’s more ambitions vaccine timetables. While the United States has deployed multiple vaccines currently being disseminated across the country, the government’s timetable is already…

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