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Earlier this week, Guzman y Gomez abruptly closed its Naperville outlet and seven other Chicago-area restaurants, exiting the US market after citing poor sales and unacceptable financial performance, while simultaneously reaffirming its FY26 guidance and a plan to open 32 new Australian restaurants, most of them drive-thrus. At the same time, the company highlighted strong Q3 FY26 sales momentum in Australia and a deepening Uber Eats partnership, underscoring a clear shift in focus toward...

To understand whether Westpac Banking stock is offering fair value at around A$36.55, you need more than just a quick look at the share price chart or headline ratios. Recent returns have been mixed, with the stock up 2.0% over the last 7 days, down 6.6% over the past month and down 6.2% year to date, while showing a 21.3% return over 1 year, 103.8% over 3 years and 80.1% over 5 years. This raises questions about how much of that performance is already reflected in today's price. Recent news...

Monadelphous Group (ASX:MND) is back on investors’ radar after securing about A$120 million in new construction and maintenance work, including long term contracts with Rio Tinto and Fortescue in resources and battery storage. See our latest analysis for Monadelphous Group. At a share price of A$30.03, Monadelphous has a 1 day share price gain of 2.28% and a year to date share price return of 13.19%, while the 1 year total shareholder return of 79.94% suggests momentum has been strong over...

VBX Limited ( ASX:VBX ) is possibly approaching a major achievement in its business, so we would like to shine some...

The recent 10.0% drop in McLaren Minerals Limited's ( ASX:MML ) stock could come as a blow to insiders who purchased...

Capricorn Metals recently reported record half-year results, with strong revenue growth, underlying EBITDA doubling, and the declaration of its maiden fully franked interim dividend of 5 cents per share payable in April 2026. Progress at the Mt Gibson Gold Project, where process plant design is nearing completion and permitting is advancing, points to a potential step-change in Capricorn’s production footprint. We’ll now examine how the combination of record earnings and Mt Gibson’s progress...

Earlier in May 2026, Elevra Lithium Limited completed follow-on equity offerings totalling about A$295.00 million at A$12.20 per share, alongside releasing an updated scoping study for expanding its North American Lithium mine in Quebec. The new study indicates the mine expansion could more than double the project’s post-tax NPV while bringing additional production online sooner and with similar forecast operating costs and capital intensity. We’ll now examine how the improved NAL expansion...

Arafura Rare Earths (ASX:ARU) has moved into a new phase, with its board approving a final investment decision for the Nolans Rare Earths Project, alongside binding funding and offtake commitments, as well as a large capital raising plan. See our latest analysis for Arafura Rare Earths. The latest project decision and capital raising come after a 34.78% 90 day share price return and an 82.35% 1 year total shareholder return. However, the 3 year total shareholder return is down 15.07%, so...

In the past half year to 31 March 2026, Technology One reported revenue of A$318.42 million and net income of A$66.79 million, with both basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increasing versus a year earlier. The company paired its 17th consecutive record first-half profit with upgraded FY26 guidance and higher recurring revenue, underscoring management’s confidence in its AI-enabled SaaS+ business model. We’ll now examine how Technology One’s upgraded FY26 guidance...

Earlier this month, Steadfast Group Limited (ASX:SDF) launched an unmarketable share buyback, offering to repurchase 51,621 small holdings for A$0.21 million at A$4.11 per share, with repurchased shares to be cancelled to cut administrative and registry costs. This tidy-up of very small shareholdings follows Steadfast’s recent half-year revenue and profit uplift and interim dividend increase, underscoring management’s focus on capital efficiency and shareholder returns. We’ll now examine how...

In recent months, Sims Limited reported a sharp uplift in underlying profitability, with fiscal 2025 Underlying EBIT rising to about A$175 million and new guidance flagging FY26 Underlying EBIT in the A$350 million to A$400 million range, helped by stronger North American operations and portfolio changes such as the sale of its UK metals business. A key development is the growing contribution from Sims Lifecycle Services, which is benefiting from elevated DDR4 secondary-market pricing and...

Catapult Sports reported full-year 2026 results to 31 March showing sales of US$140.72 million, up from US$116.53 million, alongside a wider net loss of US$23.96 million and basic loss per share of US$0.089 from continuing operations. Despite the larger loss, the company highlighted record revenue, strong SaaS expansion and efficiency gains that lifted management EBITDA by 67% and reinforced its role as a leading provider of performance technology to professional sports. Now we’ll examine...

In May 2026, Dyno Nobel Limited reported half-year results showing sales of A$1,609.8 million and net income of A$19.9 million, and also declared an ordinary dividend of A$0.046 per share for the six months ended March 31, 2026, with payment scheduled for July 2, 2026. The combination of higher revenue, stronger earnings per share compared with a year earlier, and an increased dividend signals management’s confidence in the business’s current performance and cash-generation capacity. Next,...

Artificial intelligence in healthcare sits at the crossroads of two powerful forces: rapid advances in data driven medicine and a global focus on making care more efficient and affordable. While bond yields, inflation expectations and energy prices keep shifting the macro backdrop, AI healthcare stocks are tied to long term trends like earlier diagnosis, tailored treatments and faster drug discovery rather than short term sentiment swings. This article highlights three stocks from the...

Weebit Nano (ASX:WBT) has drawn fresh attention after two customers completed tape outs of chips using its ReRAM technology, alongside a A$102 million capital raise that supports its push toward broader commercialization. See our latest analysis for Weebit Nano. Recent milestones appear to have shifted sentiment quickly, with a 1 month share price return of 77.43% and year to date share price return of 51.35%. The 1 year total shareholder return of over 3x suggests strong longer term momentum...

ARB (ASX:ARB) moved back into focus after Toyota formally launched the Land Cruiser FJ in Japan with ARB accessories, alongside improving sentiment toward automotive stocks following the recent sector driven share price move. See our latest analysis for ARB. Despite the Toyota news and recent sector interest, ARB’s share price has fallen around 43% year to date and the 1 year total shareholder return is down about 39%, suggesting recent momentum is improving from a weak base but is not yet...

IperionX Limited has commissioned and completed site acceptance of a 300-ton, six-axis SACMI powder metallurgy press at its Titanium Manufacturing Campus in South Boston, Virginia, materially expanding its U.S. titanium manufacturing platform and capacity for complex components. This upgrade, designed to integrate with forthcoming HSPT™ sintering and forging furnaces under a U.S. Government-supported program, strengthens IperionX’s role in reshoring critical titanium supply chains for...

JPMorgan upgrade and Q3 sales put Woolworths in focus Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW) is back on investor radars after JPMorgan upgraded the stock to “Overweight”, citing third quarter FY26 sales growth of 4.5% and solid Australian Food and eCommerce performance. The broker also highlighted management’s ongoing cost discipline as a key support for Woolworths’ operating profile during a period of inflationary and geopolitical pressures, providing investors with additional information to reassess...

Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST) has moved into focus after announcing that long-serving Managing Director Stuart Tonkin plans to step down in the first quarter of FY27. A formal CEO succession process is now underway. See our latest analysis for Northern Star Resources. The CEO succession news lands after a sharper pullback in the share price, with Northern Star’s latest close at A$18.83 and the stock down 17.41% over 30 days and 33.53% over 90 days, while the 5 year total shareholder...

Interest in Tuas (ASX:TUA) has spiked after Singapore’s regulator suspended its review of the planned M1 Limited acquisition, following allegations that the SIMBA business may have used unauthorized radio frequency spectrum. See our latest analysis for Tuas. The regulatory suspension has triggered a sharp reset in sentiment, with Tuas posting a 7 day share price return of down 62.13% and a year to date share price return of down 67.37%. Despite this, the 5 year total shareholder return of...

The recent price decline of 11% in De.mem Limited's ( ASX:DEM ) stock may have disappointed insiders who bought...

Penny stocks are often written off as lottery tickets, yet a small subset are backed by balance sheets that can actually support their growth plans. With inflation signals, rate expectations and geopolitical tensions keeping markets on edge, many investors are looking for exposure to earlier stage opportunities without ignoring financial strength. That is exactly what the Elite Penny Stocks screener focuses on: selecting companies that still trade at low share prices but have the cash and...

Earlier this week, Commonwealth Bank of Australia successfully priced a euro covered bond, its first such issuance since September, and the only benchmark covered deal completed that day in a crowded funding market. This deal, alongside recent commentary highlighting CBA’s resilient franchise and dividend profile, underscores ongoing investor confidence in the bank’s funding access and business quality. We’ll now examine how CBA’s successful euro covered bond issuance may influence its...

Skinkandy (ASX:SK1) has released its H1 2026 results with revenue of A$45.4 million and net income of A$4.9 million, translating to basic EPS of A$0.36, while trailing twelve month revenue sits at A$80.9 million with net income of A$8.1 million and EPS of A$0.60. The company reported revenue of A$51.7 million in the twelve months to H2 2024 and A$71.8 million in the twelve months to H2 2025, alongside EPS increasing from A$0.34 to A$0.60 over that period, which provides context for the latest...