Daily FNArena News - Australia

Appen has upgraded earnings guidance and indicated a solid order book exists for 2019.

The outlook for Boral is increasingly reliant on the upside in infrastructure amid a soft residential market.

Earnings uncertainty for Link Administration is heightened and the stock is expected to trade at a discount to valuation for some time.

As long as inflation is building in the food sector, Woolworths is considered a worthwhile holding but several brokers question whether this will last.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare requires a significant improvement in its OSA mask performance as well as high growth rates in new hospital applications to meet targets, brokers assess.

BlueScope Steel is confronting higher input costs and slumping prices for its steel products in the US and several brokers fear a downgrade to the earnings outlook is on the cards.

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

Brokers are encouraged by the outlook for Aristocrat Leisure after the company’s first half results, expecting the digital business will reveal its potential in the second half.

Domino’s Pizza appears comfortable with the progress being made, as it continues to roll out stores in Europe, maintaining earnings guidance for FY19.

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