Month: May 2022

It’s been a pretty wild week for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA). The CBA share price ended up closing at $104.60 on Friday, up 0.77% for the day after some big falls on Thursday.

Perhaps news of the bank’s new digital mortgage platform has been helping to boost investor sentiment this week.

Yes, on Tuesday, CBA’s management announced the launch of ‘Unloan’, a new digital platform designed to provide “one, simple, low-cost interest rate”.

In a company press release, CBA told Australians the following:

Owner-occupiers who refinance to Unloan will pay an interest rate of 2.14% (2.06% comparison rate) and investors 2.44% (2.36% comparison rate). Digital applications take as little as ten minutes and customers receive a loyalty discount that grows by 0.01% p.a. every year, up to 30 years.

Customers looking to refinance their properties up to a value of $3 million and up to 80% of their value can start applying now.

In addition, the bank also announced a new app called ‘Kit’. Kit will be a “money app and digital information tool for kids, aimed at helping them learn about money, how to save, how to budget, and how to manage their spending”. The app is currently in pilot.

So is the CBA share price a buy now?

With all of these new products on the way, could this make the CBA share price a buy?

Well, those are really two different questions. According to an article in The Australian this week, ASX brokers like what they see coming out of CBA. The article quotes analysts at broker and investment bank Macquarie as saying the following:

While CBA’s strategy may require additional investment, we see a large proportion of investment as the cost of staying in business and hence expect banks to maintain/increase their investment spend in the medium term… CBA should be able to reduce the cost of originating a mortgage and reduce customer churn by offering a loyalty discount.

However, that wasn’t enough to stop Macquarie analysts from maintaining an “underperform” rating on CBA shares. As we covered last week, Macquarie still has a $90 share price target on CBA shares for the next 12 months. The broker reckons CBA shares don’t warrant their premium valuation compared to the other ASX banks.

Another ASX broker in Goldman Sachs is also struggling to see value in CBA shares today. It has its own “sell” rating on CBA right now, with a 12-month share price target of $89.86 a share. Goldman’s concerns over CBA shares are similar, citing a premium valuation as the most pressing concern.

At the current CBA share price, this ASX 200 bank share has a market capitalisation of $175.18 billion, with a dividend yield of almost 3.6%.

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If you’re looking for dividend shares with attractive yields, then you may want to look at the ones listed below.

Here’s why analysts rate these ASX dividend shares as buys:

Bank of Queensland Limited (ASX: BOQ)

The first ASX dividend share that could be a top option is Bank of Queensland.

This regional bank has been tipped as a buy by analysts at Morgans. In fact, they “see exceptional value” in its shares at the current level. Particularly given the success of its transformation program, its above-system growth, and cost synergies from the recent ME Bank acquisition.

The broker currently has an add rating and $11.00 price target on its shares. This compares favourably to the latest Bank of Queensland share price of $7.50.

As for dividends, Morgans is forecasting fully franked dividends per share of 49 cents in FY 2022 and then 54 cents per share in FY 2023. This implies yields of 6.5% and 7.2%, respectively.

Dexus Industria REIT (ASX: DXI)

Another ASX dividend share that has been rated as a buy is Dexus Industria.

This industrial and office focused property company, formerly known as APN Industria, owns interests in office and industrial properties across the country.

Macquarie is bullish on Dexus Industria due to strong demand and its sizeable industrial development pipeline. It expects this to underpin attractive dividends in the near term.

For example, Macquarie is forecasting dividends per share of 17.3 cents in FY 2022 and 18.6 cents in FY 2023. Based on the latest Dexus Industria share price of $3.12, this will mean yields of 5.5% and 6%, respectively.

Macquarie also sees plenty of upside of the company’s shares and has an outperform rating and $3.59 price target on them.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) returned to form last week and recorded its first weekly gain of the month. The benchmark index climbed 1.1% to end the period at 7,145.6 points.

While a good number of shares rose with the market, some climbed more than most. Here’s why these were the best performers on the ASX 200 last week:

Chalice Mining Ltd (ASX: CHN)

The Chalice Mining share price was the best performer on the ASX 200 last week with a 27.5% gain. The majority of this gain came on Friday when the mineral exploration company received the final outstanding approvals to undertake low-impact exploration drilling at the Hartog-Dampier targets at the Julimar Nickel-Copper-PGE Project. These targets are located to the north of the globally significant Gonneville PGE-Ni-Cu-Co-Au deposit.

Allkem Ltd (ASX: AKE)

The Allkem share price was some way behind with a 17.6% gain over the five days. This was driven by a rebound in risk assets following recent weakness. And as lithium shares had been heavily sold off over the last four weeks, they bounced back stronger than most. For the same reason, the Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price rose 15.4% last week.

Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX: NIC)

The Nickel Mines share price was on form and charged 12.2% higher last week. This follows news that the company’s 80%-owned Angel Nickel Project has now commenced commissioning of its fourth and final RKEF line well ahead of schedule. Nickel Mines’ Managing Director Justin Werner said: “To now have all four RKEF lines operating by mid-May, well ahead of their scheduled October delivery, is a remarkable achievement.”

Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: TLX)

The Telix share price wasn’t far behind with a 12% gain over the five days. This appears to have been driven by a positive reaction to the biopharmaceutical company’s annual general meeting presentation. At the event, management said the launch of its Illuccix product in the U.S. has “exceeded our expectations and we are seeing robust demand for the product.”

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Does the QBE Insurance Group Ltd (ASX: QBE) share price qualify as an ASX dividend share? Good question.

QBE is an ASX 200 financials share that has a long history as an Australian company. It was listed on the ASX back in 1973 but had existed in some form or another for almost 100 years prior to that.

At Friday’s close, QBE shares were trading at $12.47 each, down 0.16% for the day. That’s towards the upper end of the company’s 52-week range of $10 and $12.88 but still well below the pre-COVID highs of more than $15 that we saw back in early 2020.

But let’s talk dividends. So is QBE an ASX dividend share?

Is QBE Insurance an ASX dividend income share?

Well, the answer is a resounding yes.

QBE is an ASX share that has been paying its investors dividends for more than two decades. Saying that, its more recent dividends have been quite a bit lower than what QBE has historically forked out.

The company’s last dividend was its April final payout. This was a payment of 19 cents per share, partially franked at 10%, that investors received on 12 April.

Before that, investors received QBE’s interim dividend of 11 cents per share last September. The company skipped its final dividend payment last year but forked out a total of 31 cents per share in 2020.

But back in 2019, investors were seeing a total of 53 cents per share in dividends from QBE. In 2018, the company doled out a total of 26 cents per share, while 2017 resulted in a total of 55 cents.

So QBE Insurance is definitely an ASX dividend share, albeit one with a rather volatile payment history.

At the current QBE share price, this ASX 200 financials share has a trailing dividend yield of 2.40%, along with a market capitalisation of $18.47 billion.

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Thanks to a strong finish to the week, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) recorded its first weekly gain of the month. The benchmark index rose 1.1% to end the period at 7,145.6 points.

Unfortunately, not all shares were able to climb with the market. Here’s why these were the worst performers on the ASX 200 last week:

Metcash Limited (ASX: MTS)

The Metcash share price was the worst performer on the ASX 200 last week with a 9.5% decline. This was despite the wholesale distributor announcing the renewal of a major contract with Drakes Supermarkets in Queensland. Sales by Metcash’s Food pillar to Drakes Queensland stores in FY 2021 were ~$220 million. Concerns over consumer spending due to inflation and high energy prices may have offset this news.

Boral Limited (ASX: BLD)

The Boral share price wasn’t far behind with a decline of 9.45% over the five days. Investors were selling this building products company’s shares after it revealed that its earnings have taken a hit from inclement weather and higher energy prices. This means that Boral will fall short of its underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) guidance of $145 million and $155 million.

Nufarm Ltd (ASX: NUF)

The Nufarm share price was out of form and dropped 9.1% last week. This was driven by the release of the agricultural chemicals company’s half-year results. For the six months ended 31 March, Nufarm reported a 41% increase in underlying EBITDA to $330 million. This was in the middle of the company’s guidance range of $320 million to $340 million. It appears that some investors may have been expecting Nufarm to hit the top end of its guidance range.

Sims Ltd (ASX: SGM)

The Sims share price was a poor performer with an 8.3% decline over the period. This appears to have been driven by a broker note out of Goldman Sachs. Its analysts downgraded the scrap metal company’s shares to a neutral rating with a $21.30 price target. Goldman made the move on valuation grounds and prefers BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX: BSL) at current levels.

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The fund manager Wilson Asset Management (WAM) has recently identified some ASX blue-chip shares that it owns (or owned) in one of its leading portfolios.

WAM operates several listed investment companies (LICs). Two of those LICs are WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM) and WAM Research Limited (ASX: WAX).

There’s also one called WAM Leaders Ltd (ASX: WLE) that looks at the larger businesses on the ASX, which investors can call ASX blue-chip shares.

WAM says WAM Leaders actively invests in the highest quality Australian companies.

Does WAM have a good reputation for picking stocks? The WAM Leaders portfolio has delivered gross returns (before fees, expenses, and taxes) of 16.1% per annum since its inception in May 2016, compared to the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index average return of 9.8%.

These are the blue-chip ASX shares that WAM outlines in its recent monthly update.

Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN)

Qantas is Australia’s largest airline. WAM noted that last month the company released a “strong” FY22 third-quarter update, with domestic travel rebounding to pre-COVID-19 levels ahead of expectations and “strong” demand for international travel as more markets and travel routes reopen.

The fund manager said it has confidence in Qantas’ earnings growth profile and the profitability targets for the medium term.

WAM also noted the Qantas plan for ‘Project Sunrise’ – it has an idea for the longest flight in the world in late 2025. It will fly direct from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York.

Qantas has announced a major aircraft order which will be fulfilled over the coming decade by utilising debt and free cash flow.

The ASX blue-chip share has also launched a bid to buy Alliance Aviation Services Ltd (ASX: AQZ)

Brambles Limited (ASX: BXB)

Brambles boasts that it helps move more goods to more people in more places than any other organisation on Earth. It provides pallets, crates, and containers. Brambles says it helps form the invisible backbone of the global supply chain. It owns approximately 355 million pallets, crates, and containers.

WAM pointed to the FY22 third-quarter update where Brambles upgraded its FY22 earnings guidance for the second time in two months.

Brambles is seeing price increases, reflecting “more appropriate” cost-to-serve dynamics and inflation surcharges. Pallet availability remains “tight” across all key markets.

Prior to the takeover talks, WAM said the key Brambles share price driver would be the decision to move ahead, or not, with its plastic pallets project with Costco, as well as further clarity around the return profile that this investment may offer.

The fund manager likes Brambles because of its “underestimated defensive qualities, strong pricing power, and return potential as a non-consensus market view”.

Since WAM revealed its view on Brambles, the ASX share has been in preliminary talks about a takeover with CVC Capital Partners. But then Brambles told the market CVC wouldn’t be putting forward a proposal nor seeking to do due diligence because of the current external market volatility.

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I believe that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a very effective way to invest in ASX shares and global shares. After the recent volatility, I think there are some opportunities.

In theory, higher interest rates do act as a headwind for asset prices.

However, with some ETFs noticeably down, I think it’s worth noting that the underlying businesses in those ETFs are still operating, generating revenue, and aiming to grow for the long term.

The lower prices we’re now seeing with some of these businesses and ETFs look like opportunities to me. That’s why I think these two investments are attractive:

BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: ETHI)

This ETF aims to give investors access to a portfolio of large businesses across the world that are “climate leaders”, according to BetaShares, which have passed screens that exclude businesses with significant exposure to fossil fuels or are “engaged in activities deemed inconsistent with responsible investment considerations”.

Some of the screens include avoiding businesses that are significantly engaged in weapons, gambling, alcohol, junk food, and more. The ETF also isn’t invested in businesses that have human rights or supply chain concerns, as well as ones that lack gender diversity.

The ETF owns 200 of the largest global businesses that pass all those screens. These are some of the companies in the portfolio, which each have a weighting of at least 2%: Nvidia, Apple, Visa, Home Depot, Mastercard, Toyota, UnitedHealth, ASML, Adobe, and Cisco Systems.

I think this ETF’s net returns have shown that ‘ethical’ businesses can perform just as well, if not better, as ones that don’t pass the ethical screens. Keeping in mind that past performance is not a guarantee of future performance, in the five years to April 2022 the ETF has returned an average of around 17% per annum.

In my opinion, this ETF can provide exposure to quality businesses that can perform well and also act ethically. It looks more attractively valued after a 20% fall in 2022.

BetaShares S&P/ASX Australian Technology ETF (ASX: ATEC)

This ETF is invested in the ASX tech share space. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is heavily focused on financial and resource names. But, technology can be a sector that generates more revenue growth than others.

I think that the tech sector looks much better value after the heavy falls in 2022. The ATEC ETF has dropped 30% in 2022 at the time of writing.

There are currently 72 names in the ETF’s portfolio, with many of the biggest names being highly profitable.

These are the biggest 10 positions: Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), Xero Limited (ASX: XRO), Seek Limited (ASX: SEK), Block Inc (ASX: SQ2), WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC), REA Group Limited (ASX: REA), Carsales.com Ltd (ASX: CAR), Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT), Altium Limited (ASX: ALU), and TechnologyOne Ltd (ASX: TNE).

While I wouldn’t necessarily buy every ASX tech share in the ATEC ETF portfolio for my own portfolio, I think the much lower price means the ETF is noticeably more attractive considering the structural shift towards technology over the long term.

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Looking for growth shares to buy? Listed below are two ASX 200 growth shares that have recently been named as buys.

Here’s why they could be top options for growth investors next week:

Allkem Ltd (ASX: AKE)

The first ASX 200 growth share to consider is Allkem. It is one of the world’s leading lithium miners with a collection of world class operations and projects.

Allkem appears well-placed for growth over the next few years thanks to its production growth plans and favourable lithium prices. In respect to the former, although Allkem is already a significant producer of lithium, it recently revealed plans to increase its production three-fold by 2026.

Management notes that this will allow the company to maintain a 10% share of the global lithium market over the next decade.

Morgans is bullish on the company and has an add rating and $16.98 price target on Allkem’s shares. It commented:

AKE has been a strong performer in recent weeks but we continue to see long term valuation upside with persistent tightness in the lithium market.

We don’t think spot prices are likely to remain at current levels forever but we think there is still plenty of scope for contract prices to increase further before settling down into a long term average.

Pro Medicus Limited (ASX: PME)

Another ASX 200 growth share that could be in the buy zone is Pro Medicus. It is an industry-leading provider of software that facilitates the clinical assessment of medical images.

This software has been in demand with healthcare institutions thanks to its ability to process, transfer and store medical images and associated data efficiently. And given that speed and accuracy is fundamentally linked to both treatment success and commercial incentives, it isn’t hard to see why demand is strong and Pro Medicus keeps announcing huge long term contracts.

This has caught the eye of analysts at Bell Potter, which have put a buy rating and $55.00 price target on the company’s shares. The broker commented:

Visage 7 is the fastest, most versatile viewing software on the market and it is the key reason why Pro Medicus has been successful in winning numerous high profile hospital contracts in the US, ahead of some of the largest global names in the industry.

Furthermore, although its shares trade on higher than average multiples, the broker believes that Pro Medicus’ “prospective EPS growth is supportive of this large premium.”

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The AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL) share price finished the session up 0.58% trading at $8.63 on Friday.

While the ASX utilities company made no official announcements to the ASX today, it was in the news.

Recap on the drama at AGL this year

To recap quickly, Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian company, Brookfield tried to buy AGL outright earlier this year. On the day news of the first offer broke, the AGL share price spiked 9%.

The AGL board rejected both the first offer and a second improved offer of $8.25 per share. The board said the price was “still well below both the fair value of the company on a change of control basis and relative to the expected value of the proposed demerger”.

The board prefers to proceed with plans for a demerger of AGL’s energy retailing and energy generation segments. Cannon-Brookes reckons this is a bad move environmentally and for AGL shareholders.

So, what’s Cannon-Brookes doing now?

In short, Cannon-Brookes wants to block the demerger. Earlier this month, he purchased an 11.3% stake in AGL using derivatives. This made him the largest shareholder at AGL.

According to reporting in The Australian, Cannon-Brookes reckons former AGL Energy boss and US businessman Andy Vesey is against the company’s proposed demerger.

Cannon-Brookes, who is a passionate environmental advocate, apparently met with Vesy to seek his support in blocking the demerger.

According to the article, Cannon-Brookes said: “He is broadly supportive of what we are trying to do and he does believe very much in the opportunities for these assets to go in a different direction.”

When is the demerger vote?

The AGL board needs 75% shareholder approval at the vote on 15 June for the demerger to proceed.

If the demerger fails, Cannon-Brookes would like to see AGL phase out coal by 2035 and provide green loans to customers who want 100% renewable electricity in their homes.

Why does Cannon-Brookes want to keep AGL whole?

According to reporting in the Australian Financial Review (AFR), a memo received by shareholders in Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures says he believes an integrated AGL Energy “could capture 30 per cent of the electricity retail market”.

The memo said AGL could achieve this “by closing its coal power stations by 2035 and offering customers 100 per cent renewable energy while expanding into energy finance products”.

The memo stated that moving to 100% electric could cost the average Australian home approximately $100,000. It said: “We believe converting this capital expenditure into operating expenditure is a challenge AGL can solve for customers.”

The AFR also reported that RBC Capital Markets considers the demerger’s value to shareholders as “subjective”.

The AFR quoted RBC analyst Gordon Ramsay:

In our view, shareholder benefits are opaque. After the demerger, shareholders will continue to own the same underlying assets in the same proportion, implying that the demerger value uplift argument is subjective.

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The market has come to a close for the week and all (or at least most) seems well. That’s especially true in the camps of these ASX mining shares.

Despite a spot of trouble through the week, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) finished it 1% higher than it started. It was a similar story for the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO), which recorded a gain of 0.9% over this week.

It was a better outcome for these ASX mining shares. They each recorded gains of up to 20% on Friday. Let’s take a look at what pushed them upwards.

3 ASX mining shares rocking the market on Friday

Chalice Mining Ltd (ASX: CHN)

First up is ASX 200 mining share, Chalice Mining. The mineral exploration company recorded a gain of 19.06% on Friday, closing the week at $6.81.

The company released good news about its Julimar Project today. The project is being explored for commodities including nickel, copper, platinum group elements, cobalt, and gold.

Excitingly, Chalice Mining today announced it has been granted approvals needed to start low-impact exploration drilling at the project’s Hartog-Dampier targets. The drilling will test for green metals in the area.

Nico Resources Ltd (ASX: NC1)

Next up is the Nico Resources share price. The ASX mining share surged 11.06% today to close the week at $1.16.

Interestingly, there’s been no news from the recently listed nickel explorer since late last month.

However, the price of nickel surged 8% on the London Metal Exchange overnight, rising to trade at around US$28,200 a tonne. That’s the highest it’s been since 10 May.

Resource Mining Corporation Limited (ASX: RMI)

The third ASX mining share recording a major gain on Friday is Resource Mining. It’s share price soared 19.57% to close at 11 cents.

Market watchers will be forgiven for not instantly recognising Resource Mining. The company is focused on nickel exploration in Tanzania and has a market capitalisation of around $36 million.

Thus, it could also have gained on the back of higher commodity prices. Though, today’s gains might also be related to a capital raise and debt repayment the company announced on Tuesday.

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