Australian Metals and Mining Stock News

Baby Bunting Group’s share price closed at A$1.275 on Friday, capping a choppy few months that left the stock down about 11% over 90 days despite a small rebound this week. The market has treated the retailer like a problem child. The latest earnings show a different story, with full year sales of A$556.0m and pro forma net profit after tax of A$16.1m. The real swing factor is profitability. Gross margin reached 41.2% and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation margin hit...

Orora Limited has released its full-year results for the 12 months to June 30, 2026, reporting sales of A$2,225.9 million and a net loss of A$616.6 million after recognising a large non-cash impairment in its glass cash-generating unit linked to US tariffs and Middle East conflict. While the Cans division delivered strong performance and cash generation, management’s cautious outlook for FY27, particularly around ongoing price and mix pressure in Saverglass, marks a clear shift in how the...

Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) has drawn fresh attention after reporting full year 2026 results along with a fully franked final dividend of A$0.30 per share, giving investors new numbers to assess the stock. See our latest analysis for Origin Energy. Origin Energy's latest earnings and dividend news arrives after a strong run in the share price, with a 1-month share price return of 14.95% and a 7-day move of 11.55%. The 5-year total shareholder return of 256.73% contrasts with a slightly negative...

Insurance Australia Group Limited reported full-year 2026 results showing net income of A$1,022 million, lower earnings per share than the prior year, and premium growth to A$18.40 billion, while the Board approved an increased ordinary final dividend of 20.0 cents per share, bringing the full-year payout to 32.0 cents. An interesting angle for investors is that IAG lifted its dividend and set a FY27 insurance margin guidance range of 14.5% to 16.5%, despite ongoing pressure from elevated...

SGH (ASX:SGH) has drawn fresh investor focus after releasing full year 2026 results, issuing fiscal 2027 EBIT guidance for flat to low single digit growth, and lifting its fully franked dividend payout. See our latest analysis for SGH. Despite the stronger full year earnings and higher fully franked dividend, SGH’s share price has drifted, with a 7 day share price return of 9.96% and year to date share price return of 11.81%. Its 3 year total shareholder return of 61.46% and 5 year total...

On 10 August 2026, Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX:BOQ) announced a Board-approved share repurchase program of up to A$196 million, running until 25 August 2027, alongside a fully franked special cash dividend of A$0.15 per ordinary share, which went ex-dividend on 13 August 2026. Together, the buyback and special dividend signal management’s willingness to return surplus capital to shareholders while potentially reshaping the bank’s capital structure and future earnings per share. We’ll now...

Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) is back in focus after being appointed as a financial advisor to NOVAGOLD Resources on the Donlin Gold project, and it is also hosting its Macquarie Investor Conference this week. See our latest analysis for Macquarie Group. Those announcements land at a time when Macquarie Group’s recent 1-day share price return of 0.70% and 90-day share price return of 7.80% sit alongside a 5-year total shareholder return of 90.46%. This combination suggests momentum has been...

Bravura Solutions Limited recently reported full-year 2026 results showing higher sales and net income, alongside announcing a A$50,000,000 on-market buyback of up to 44,829,997 shares, increased ordinary and special dividends, a new A$100,000,000 revolving debt facility with HSBC5, and several senior finance and governance role changes effective August 14, 2026. Together, these capital returns and financing moves signal an intensified focus on balance sheet flexibility and shareholder...

Potential Starpharma Holdings Limited ( ASX:SPL ) shareholders may wish to note that the Independent Non-Executive...

Insiders who bought Cavalier Resources Ltd ( ASX:CVR ) stock in the last 12 months were richly rewarded last week. The...

Amotiv Limited ( ASX:AOV ) shareholders are probably feeling a little disappointed, since its shares fell 8.3% to...

James Hardie Industries (ASX:JHX) moved into focus after fiscal first quarter earnings topped expectations, supported by stronger fiber cement sales and an expanded Boise Cascade distribution partnership that prompted raised full year 2027 and second quarter 2027 revenue guidance. See our latest analysis for James Hardie Industries. At a latest share price of A$43.84, James Hardie Industries has posted a 30 day share price return of 18.01% and a 90 day share price return of 62.73%, while the...

SEEK earnings move from profit to loss draws fresh investor focus SEEK (ASX:SEK) is back in the spotlight after its 2026 earnings announcement and follow up earnings call in mid August. Full year revenue reached A$1,284.2 million, while the company shifted from profit to a reported net loss. See our latest analysis for SEEK. SEEK's share price has been volatile around these results, with a 1 day share price return of 9.13% after the announcement, yet a year to date share price return that is...

ANZ Group Holdings reported unaudited third-quarter 2026 results on 13 August, posting A$1.90 billion in cash profit and A$1.95 billion in statutory profit, with returns affected by a New Zealand class action provision and softer mortgage activity. Despite a A$125 million New Zealand provision and weaker home-loan flows, ANZ still lifted cash profit year on year while growing business and private banking. We’ll now examine how ANZ’s steady cash profit growth and productivity improvements...

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. By way of example, Cauldron...

Telstra Group Limited ( ASX:TLS ) just released its latest yearly report and things are not looking great. Telstra...

Aeris Resources Limited recently issued group production guidance for fiscal 2027, forecasting broadly similar copper, gold and silver output to 2026 while flagging materially higher growth capital for the Constellation development, reduced care-and-maintenance costs at Jaguar and increased exploration spending across its operating assets. Shortly after releasing this guidance, Executive Chairman Andre Labuschagne presented at the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie, giving...

AGL Energy (ASX:AGL) has come into focus after its full year 2026 results, which showed A$13,590 million in sales and A$756 million in net income, along with a higher dividend payout ratio target for FY27. See our latest analysis for AGL Energy. AGL Energy's share price has risen 7.3% over the past 30 days and 7.2% over the last week, while the year-to-date share price return is down 5.5% and the 1 year total shareholder return is 6.8%. This points to improving short term momentum following...

Life360 earnings and guidance draw fresh attention Life360 (ASX:360) is back in focus after its 10 August 2026 second quarter results and a decision to reiterate full year 2026 revenue guidance in the range of US$650 million to US$685 million. See our latest analysis for Life360. Life360's share price has been volatile around these results, with the stock down 17.58% on a 7 day share price return and 27.48% lower year to date. It is still showing a 27.66% 90 day share price return and a 3...

Suncorp Group (ASX:SUN) has put fresh capital management plans on the table, pairing a fully franked special dividend with approval for an on market buyback of up to A$250 million in shares. See our latest analysis for Suncorp Group. The capital return announcements come after a solid run for Suncorp Group’s stock, with a 90 day share price return of 12.64% and year to date share price return of 10.67%. The 5 year total shareholder return of 95.91% contrasts with a 1 year total shareholder...

In August 2026, Pro Medicus announced it had secured a 7-year, A$23,000,000 contract with St. Luke’s Health System to deploy its cloud-based Visage 7 enterprise imaging platform across three US states, covering both Visage 7 Viewer and Visage 7 Workflow. An interesting element of this deal is its transaction-based licensing model, which ties Pro Medicus’s revenue to actual imaging usage and creates scope for scalable income over the contract term. We’ll now explore how this long-term,...

HomeCo Daily Needs REIT walked into this result with a stock that has drifted lower for months, down about 7% over 90 days, and yet just printed full year funds from operations of A$187.1m at A$0.09 per unit and kept distributions at A$0.086. The price now sits at A$1.155, well beneath reported net tangible assets of A$1.56 per unit. The market is still treating this like a yield product with perceived balance sheet risk, while the latest earnings headline is really about that widening gap...

FINEOS Corporation Holdings closed at A$2.25 on Friday, capping a choppy three months where the stock slipped about 14% even as the last week and month both showed double digit rebounds. The market has been wrestling with one thing above all else: a high growth software stock on a triple digit trailing P/E now has to prove its earnings power is real, not just promised. The headline from this earnings release is that profit has arrived. FINEOS delivered positive net income of €1.9m for the...

ASX heads into the post result trade with its stock around A$58, priced for quality yet facing a sentiment check. The headline is not revenue or earnings growth. It is the squeeze on profitability. Trailing net profit margin has slipped to 38.4% from 45% a year earlier while expenses are running hard to fund technology and regulatory commitments. The market now has to decide whether today’s muted share price grind higher over the past month reflects calm judgment or investors looking past a...