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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...

BHP Group’s recent participation at the 35th BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference in Florida highlighted CEO Mike Henry’s emphasis on capital discipline and future-facing commodities such as copper amid pressure on its Queensland coal assets and iron ore relationships with Chinese buyers. At the same time, geopolitical tensions, unprofitable coal operations, and China’s procurement restrictions on some BHP iron ore products have tightened the focus on how resilient BHP’s...

EQ Resources recently drew attention after heavy trading and strong technical momentum ahead of its now-past 13 March 2026 earnings release, alongside expectations for updates on its Mt Carbine tungsten project. At the same time, the quotation of more than 5,000,000 new ordinary shares on the ASX has highlighted the company’s use of equity instruments to support capital management and potentially deepen liquidity. We’ll now look at how this combination of strong technical momentum and fresh...

Maiden dividend and stronger earnings put Capricorn Metals in focus Capricorn Metals (ASX:CMM) has attracted fresh attention after announcing its first fully franked ordinary dividend of A$0.05 per share, alongside higher half year earnings to December 31, 2025. The company reported half year sales of A$327.48 million and net income of A$124.7 million, with basic earnings per share from continuing operations at A$0.2863. The dividend is payable on April 9, 2026. See our latest analysis for...

In late February 2026, Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited announced a research collaboration with University Hospital Essen on the PROMISE-PET registry, aiming to develop AI-based survival prediction models from gallium-68 PSMA-11 PET imaging data alongside new 2026 group revenue guidance of US$950 million to US$970 million. This combination of AI-enabled prognostic research and quantified revenue expectations underscores how Telix is pairing data-driven innovation in prostate cancer imaging with...

National Australia Bank (ASX:NAB) is back in focus after completing a €1b fixed income offering and confirming senior leadership changes, including the appointment of new CFO and Group Executive Strategy, Inder Singh. See our latest analysis for National Australia Bank. The latest leadership reshuffle and the €1b fixed income issue come as the shares trade at A$47.33, with a 30 day share price return of 9.97% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 42.90%. This suggests momentum has been...

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...

Endeavour Group Limited recently reported half-year results to 4 January 2026, with net income of A$247 million and basic earnings per share from continuing operations of A$0.138, alongside a governance update as Jill Henderson replaced long-standing Company Secretary Taryn Morton. The earnings release highlighted a mix of margin pressure and cost savings, including A$24 million from the endeavourGO program, as well as growing online and hotel sales that are reshaping the group’s operating...

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...

In February 2026, Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Limited reported its full-year 2025 results, with revenue rising to A$849.81 million while net income fell to A$29.26 million, and simultaneously lifted its FY26 distribution guidance to 26.375 cents per security. The company also declared a higher quarterly distribution of A$0.0675 per security, signalling management’s confidence in the cash-generative strength of its regulated coal export terminal despite softer earnings. We’ll now examine how...

In recent months, Bank of Queensland Ltd has unsettled global investors as it confronts risk management concerns, a dividend shock, and a strategic reset aimed at simplifying the bank and accelerating its digital transformation amid rising costs and tighter home-loan margins. This situation has effectively turned the regional lender into a live case study of how smaller banks can be exposed to macro pressures, digital execution risks, and uncertainty around shareholder payouts. Now, we’ll...

Yancoal Australia (ASX:YAL) has drawn fresh investor attention after releasing its 2025 results. The company reported a combination of higher coal production with lower revenue and net income, and confirmed a final A$161 million dividend for the year. See our latest analysis for Yancoal Australia. Yancoal Australia’s recent earnings release and confirmed dividend have arrived alongside a strong run in the shares, with a 26.55% year to date share price return and a very large 5 year total...

Dividend, profit return and board change put Domino's Pizza Enterprises (ASX:DMP) in focus Domino's Pizza Enterprises (ASX:DMP) has returned to a half year net profit, reinstated a A$0.25 per share cash dividend, and added experienced quick service restaurant executive Drew O’Malley to its board. See our latest analysis for Domino's Pizza Enterprises. Even with the return to profit, the reinstated dividend and the appointment of Drew O’Malley, the 30 day share price return of 22.79% and 1...

Steadfast Group Limited recently reported half-year results to 31 December 2025, with net income rising to A$127 million and basic earnings per share from continuing operations at A$0.115, alongside declaring a fully franked interim dividend of A$0.082 per share payable on 25 March 2026. On the same day, the company confirmed Hannah Lee as permanent Chief Financial Officer after serving as Interim CFO, signalling continuity in financial leadership during a period of higher earnings and...

In February 2026, Regis Healthcare Limited (ASX:REG) reported half-year results showing revenue of A$744.7 million, lower net income of A$13.44 million, announced a fully franked interim dividend of A$0.09 per share, and reiterated its intention to pursue acquisitions and greenfield developments supported by its balance sheet capacity. An interesting takeaway is that Regis is lifting its cash returns to shareholders through a higher fully franked dividend even as net income fell...

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...

Earnings event puts Greatland Resources (ASX:GGP) in focus Greatland Resources (ASX:GGP) has drawn fresh attention after reporting half year sales of A$977.34 million and net income of A$342.93 million for the period ended December 31, 2025, following much lower figures a year earlier. See our latest analysis for Greatland Resources. The earnings release sits against a share price of A$13.11, with a 90 day share price return of 56.44% and a year to date share price return of 24.15%. This...