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On March 3, 2026, New Hope extended its on‑market share buyback program by one year, pushing the plan’s expiry to March 2, 2027. This longer buyback window gives the company more flexibility in how it returns capital to investors while gradually shrinking the share base. We’ll now examine how the extended buyback horizon could influence New Hope’s investment narrative and its balance between risks and returns. Find 7 companies with promising cash flow potential yet trading below their fair...

Electro Optic Systems Holdings reported its 2025 full-year results, with sales of A$128.46 million and net income of A$18.61 million, while simultaneously advancing its global expansion through new defense contracts, a A$100 million credit facility, and a new high-energy laser manufacturing site in Singapore. Alongside returning to profitability, the company has broadened its footprint into India and the Middle East and is integrating higher‑end directed‑energy and counter‑drone technologies...

Deep Yellow Limited reported half-year results for the period ended December 31, 2025, with revenue of A$4.01 million and a net loss of A$7.78 million, widening from the prior year. The increase in basic and diluted loss per share from A$0.0026 to A$0.008 highlights rising pressure on profitability despite still modest revenue levels. With weaker half-year earnings and a larger loss per share, we’ll explore how these results shape Deep Yellow’s investment narrative. Invest in the nuclear...

Westpac Banking (ASX:WBC) is back in focus after recent share price moves, with the stock closing at A$41.00. Investors are weighing this level against the bank's current earnings profile and income appeal. See our latest analysis for Westpac Banking. Recent trading has been choppy, with a 1 day share price return of a 0.89% decline and a 7 day share price return of a 3.62% decline, set against a 90 day share price return of 7.64% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 40.09%, which...

The New South Wales Government has previously included AGL Energy’s proposed Hunter Energy Hub at the former Liddell Power Station site in its new Investment Delivery Authority, a move designed to streamline approvals and accelerate development of the energy and industrial precinct. This backing highlights how government facilitation could help AGL repurpose legacy coal infrastructure into a multi-use clean energy hub with regional employment benefits. We’ll now examine how government-backed...

Treasury Wine Estates has announced that Chief Financial and Strategy Officer Stuart Boxer will retire in September 2026, with an internal and external search underway and a multi‑year transformation program targeting A$100 million in annual cost savings and potential divestment of lower-priced brands. The planned, long-dated transition aims to preserve financial and operational continuity while the company reshapes its portfolio and expands production initiatives in China following the...

Super Retail Group Limited recently reported half-year results for the period ended 27 December 2025, with sales of A$2,194.7 million and net income of A$104.1 million, and declared a fully franked ordinary dividend of A$0.32 per share payable on 2 April 2026. The company’s higher sales but lower earnings, alongside the affirmed dividend and the appointment of Inga Kirkman as an additional Company Secretary on 26 February 2026, provide fresh insight into how it is balancing growth,...

Buy-back activity and special dividends put capital returns in focus Australian Foundation Investment (ASX:AFI) has stepped up capital returns, combining an active on-market share buy-back with recently declared special dividends. This has put cash distributions and per share outcomes front and centre for investors. See our latest analysis for Australian Foundation Investment. While the latest special dividends and buy-back activity are front of mind, Australian Foundation Investment’s A$6.89...

ASX recently announced a collaboration with London Stock Exchange Group to upgrade its ASX 24 derivatives market with a high-performance, low-latency trading system, as part of its broader technology overhaul following past infrastructure challenges. This partnership not only modernizes a core derivatives platform but also highlights ASX’s reliance on external expertise to strengthen resilience and support future product innovation. We’ll now explore how partnering with LSEG to modernize ASX...

Emerald Resources (ASX:EMR) has drawn fresh attention after releasing half year results showing higher sales and net income versus the prior period, giving investors new numbers to assess the gold producer’s current performance. See our latest analysis for Emerald Resources. Despite the stronger half year figures and a new Chief Operating Officer stepping in as Emerald Resources prepares further project development, short term sentiment has cooled. The 7 day share price return is 11.72% and...

What Ingenia’s latest results mean for shareholders Ingenia Communities Group (ASX:INA) has just reported half year results showing higher sales and net income compared with a year earlier. The group also lifted its FY26 earnings guidance toward the top of its EBIT range. At the same time, the group declared an ordinary cash dividend of A$0.048 per share for the six months to 31 December 2025. The ex dividend date is set for 27 February 2026 and payment is scheduled for 26 March 2026. See our...

Monadelphous Group Limited has already reported half-year 2025 results showing sales of A$1,439.16 million and net income of A$64.88 million, and it declared an ordinary fully franked dividend of A$0.49 per share for the six months ended 31 December 2025, paid on 27 March 2026. The combination of stronger earnings and a higher fully franked dividend signals robust operating performance and reinforces the company’s capacity to return cash to shareholders. We’ll now explore how this stronger...

Horizon Oil Limited recently announced a dividend of A$0.015 per share for the six months ended December 31, 2025, alongside half-year results showing sales of US$44.64 million and net income of US$2.36 million, both lower than the same period a year earlier. The decision to maintain a dividend despite weaker earnings highlights management’s focus on ongoing cash returns to shareholders, even as profitability softens. We’ll now examine how Horizon Oil’s decision to pay this dividend despite...

The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation recently classified the Tianqi-IGO Kwinana lithium refinery as posing a “high” health risk, prompting tighter operating controls at the plant. This regulatory intervention highlights potential pressure points around compliance and operating flexibility at a refinery that is important to IGO’s lithium processing footprint. We will now examine how the tightened health controls at Kwinana shape IGO’s broader investment narrative and...

DroneShield Limited has reported full-year 2025 results showing sales of A$216.55 million and net income of A$3.52 million, marking a move from loss-making to profitability. Alongside this financial turnaround, six recently announced counter-drone contracts worth A$21.7 million highlight how growing operational demand is feeding into DroneShield’s business momentum. We’ll now examine how this shift to profitability, underpinned by rapid sales growth, may influence DroneShield’s existing...

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has disclosed past exposure to a very limited portion of its own shares and reported itself to authorities over approximately A$1.00 billion in suspected illegitimate home loans allegedly enabled by forged documents and artificial intelligence, with police and regulators now investigating. By flagging that its controlled entities have no net economic exposure to its own voting shares while confronting a large-scale home loan fraud issue, the bank is...

Why Nine Entertainment Holdings (ASX:NEC) is Back on Investors’ Radar Nine Entertainment Holdings (ASX:NEC) has moved into the spotlight after its half year earnings update, where net income and earnings per share were far higher than the previous period despite softer sales. On the same day, the company also announced an ordinary dividend of A$0.045 per share for the six months to 31 December 2025, with an ex date of 9 March 2026 and payment scheduled for 23 April 2026. Together, these...

Zip Co Limited has launched an on‑market share buyback plan, authorizing the repurchase of up to 92,161,082 shares (7.25% of its 1,270,683,586 issued shares) for A$50,000,000 through to March 5, 2027, following a Board approval on February 20, 2026, and it also presented at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2026 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco on March 2, 2026. This buyback reduces the pool of outstanding shares over time, which can increase each remaining...

Why Boss Energy is back on investor radars Boss Energy (ASX:BOE) has drawn fresh attention after a broker upgrade to a buy rating, with the case supported by its latest half year earnings, Honeymoon Project progress, and uranium price strength. See our latest analysis for Boss Energy. At A$1.74, Boss Energy’s recent share price return has been mixed, with a 4.19% 90 day gain and 11.18% year to date share price return sitting against a 27.20% 1 year total shareholder return decline. This...

Life360 (ASX:360) has been in focus after reporting strong fourth quarter 2025 results, reaffirming its 2026 revenue guidance of US$640 million to US$680 million and outlining its push toward an AI first platform. See our latest analysis for Life360. Even with the recent guidance and AI first push, Life360’s 7 day share price return of an 11.62% decline and 30 day share price return of a 25.94% decline, alongside a 37.21% year to date share price decline, suggest momentum has cooled in the...

National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) has announced the retirement of Group Chief Risk Officer Shaun Dooley, a 33-year veteran of the bank. Dooley has also been serving as acting Group Chief Financial Officer during a period of leadership change. NAB has appointed Inder Singh as the new Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Executive Strategy. These changes affect core leadership roles that oversee risk management, financial reporting and long term planning. As one of Australia’s major banks,...

In February 2026, Genesis Minerals Limited reported past-half-year results to 31 December 2025 showing gold production of 147,139 oz, sales of A$820.35 million and net income of A$238.04 million, while keeping its fiscal 2026 production guidance unchanged at 260,000–290,000 oz. The sharp uplift in production and earnings per share from continuing operations, without any change to full-year guidance, suggests the business entered 2026 with stronger operational momentum than in the prior...

Why Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW) is back in focus after its latest dividend and earnings update Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW) is back on many investors' watchlists after releasing its half year results to 4 January 2026 and lifting its fully franked interim dividend to A$0.45 per share. See our latest analysis for Woolworths Group. Those half year earnings and the higher fully franked dividend have come as Woolworths Group’s share price has logged a 30 day share price return of 16.27% and a year...

Lendlease Group has now reported its half-year 2026 results, posting A$2,839 million in sales, a net loss of A$318 million and a basic loss per share of A$0.467, while declaring an ordinary unfranked distribution of A$0.06204589 per security for the six months ended December 31, 2025. The combination of a swing from profit to loss and a lower cash distribution highlights the pressure on Lendlease’s earnings quality and its capacity to fund returns to securityholders from current...