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As a bargain hunter, I often find myself drawn to companies that have been heavily sold off, on the assumption that Mr Market may be acting irrationally and has overshot to the downside. HiTech Group Australia Limited may be one such case.Read more

A new CEO is pushing a people-first culture in this legal services group, aiming to hire and keep talent while it grows through both new clients and acquisitions. As past clean-up costs fade, profits could start to better reflect the underlying business—though the plan depends on execution and avoiding another round of surprises.Read more

Mader Group is a specialist maintenance and technical services provider to mining and heavy industry, best characterised as a supplier of high-skill, outsourced maintenance labour for critical mining and industrial equipment. Over recent years, the company has been a consistent performer, delivering return on equity of around 30% over the past four years.Read more

Brambles quietly keeps global supply chains moving by renting out reusable pallets and containers to everyday industries like supermarkets, medicine, and farming. Its steady, repeat-customer model and sustainability angle look built for durability, but rising costs and new logistics rivals could still bite.Read more

Brambles is turning its reusable pallet network into a more data-driven, automated service, aiming to cut losses and run its system more efficiently while helping customers meet sustainability goals. The big question is whether it can deliver these upgrades without being squeezed by weaker demand, higher operating costs, or stumbles in rolling out new tech at scale.Read more

McMillan Shakespeare is betting that smarter digital tools and new add-on services can make its employee benefits and leasing business steadier and less tied to car cycles. The upside depends on winning more smaller business customers, but pricing pressure, rule changes, and the cost of transforming the business could still squeeze profits.Read more

Computershare is narrowing its focus to its core services while rolling out more digital and AI tools to run the business more efficiently and lift profits. The big watch-out is that lower interest rates and any missteps in the tech rollout could offset those gains.Read more

Smart Parking pushes into bigger overseas cities and folds in new buyouts, aiming to rely less on any one country while growing its parking and “smart city” services. But changing city travel habits and shifting rules could shrink demand or make expansion harder just as competition heats up.Read more

Smartgroup is leaning hard into new apps, automation, and cloud systems to run its employee benefits business more efficiently, while demand for electric-vehicle leasing keeps bringing in repeat customers. But policy changes, tougher competition, and the cost of this tech push could squeeze profits—especially if a few big contracts don’t renew.Read more