Daily FNArena News - Australia

Despite heightened market uncertainty due to the recent round of lockdowns, brokers expect strong earnings growth to underpin market performance during the August reporting season

A mention of buybacks sparked interest in the capital return policy of News Corp while real estate and digital investments drove a strong FY21, except for REA Group

Notwithstanding the difficulties in satisfying a surge in demand for sleep apnoea devices, ResMed should win market share. The main question is how much?

FNArena’s Monitor keeps track of corporate earnings result releases, including broker views, ratings and target price changes and beat/miss assessments

FNArena’s Monitor keeps track of corporate earnings result releases, including broker views, ratings and target price changes and beat/miss assessments

The prospect that distributions from BWP Trust will remain flat for the next few years will weigh on investor sentiment and the way forward is likely to come from acquisitions

Gains in the mining sector spurred a 1.1% rise for the ASX200 in July, while Chinese stocks had the largest monthly decline in nearly a decade

As lockdown grips Australia’s largest city, automotive component supplier GUD Holdings has put off providing any guidance for FY22, while costs remain elevated

Credit Corp is charting difficult territory amid disruptions from government stimulus and lender forbearance, yet expansion in the US provides an opportunity to increase debt purchases

Afterpay’s weak quarter was ignored following a bid from Square which brokers acknowledge is advantageous, if a bit cheap, with competing suitors unlikely