Daily FNArena News - Australia

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

Brokers agree WorleyParsons is well placed to capture a large slice of work in global resources engineering but some concerns linger over the outlook for oil & gas.

How many more RBA rate cuts ahead? Opinions vary, but it will all depend on a fall in unemployment and subsequent rise in inflation.

Will China’s self-sufficiency action plan for infant milk formula have a detrimental impact on imports?

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.