Month: May 2022

Once again ASX lithium stocks amped up their shareholders as the sector fired off another green day.

Taking a glance at the market, shares in some of the biggest lithium players such as Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) finished up 5.71% and 5% respectively. Likewise, the slightly smaller end of town posted commendable gains. For example, Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO) and Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX: SYA) closed 9.28% and 5.88% higher.

But what’s fuelling the excitement?

Checking in on ASX lithium stocks

To start with a baseline reading, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) inched 0.27% ahead on Tuesday. Clearly, there was something going on for ASX lithium stocks to be 5% or stronger while the rest of the market had an average day.

For a couple of these companies, the rally can be explained by announcements made to the market today that were well received by investors.

For starters, Pilbara Minerals published two notable news items today. This included word of a $20 million government grant alongside Calix Ltd (ASX: CXL) to further develop a decarbonised hard-rock lithium supply chain. Secondly, the lithium producer agreed to sell a base metal exploration tenement for $300,000 plus 2.5% royalties.

Another ASX lithium stock making waves today was Core Lithium. The company released a development update this morning regarding its Finniss Lithium Project located near Darwin.

According to the release, it is anticipating the commencement of ore crushing next month. As such, Core remains on track for production to commence by the end of the year. The development marks an important step in the right direction for the pre-revenue mining company.

As for the remaining ASX lithium stocks, it appears a rising tide lifted all boats. Prices of the all-important battery commodity have remained elevated with forecasts still indicating a future deficit in supply.

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I like to keep an eye on substantial shareholder notices. This is because these notices give you an idea of which shares large investors, asset managers, and investment funds are buying or selling.

Two notices that have caught my eye are summarised below. Here’s what this fund manager has been buying:

Bigtincan Holdings Ltd (ASX: BTH)

According to a change of interests of substantial holder notice, Australian Ethical Investment Limited (ASX: AEF) has taken advantage of recent weakness in the Bigtincan share price to increase its stake.

The notice reveals that the fund manager has picked up over 8.5 million shares since its last notice. This has lifted its holding in the sales enablement platform provider to a total of ~55.8 million shares, which is the equivalent of a 10.15% stake.

With the Bigtincan share price down by almost 50% since the start of the year, it appears as though Australian Ethical sees this as a buying opportunity.

The fund manager’s last purchase was made on Thursday when it picked up shares at an average of 51.4 cents per share.

Nitro Software Ltd (ASX: NTO)

Another change of interests of substantial holder notice reveals that Australian Ethical has also been buying this document productivity software company’s shares.

The fund manager has increased its stake by ~2.5 million shares to a total of just over 17.7 million shares. This represents a stake of 7.29%.

Australian Ethical’s last purchase was made on Thursday when it picked up shares at an average of $1.176 per share.

Once again, with the Nitro share price down 46% in 2022, its analysts appear to believe this has created a buying opportunity.

The team at Goldman Sachs would agree with this. The broker recently reiterated its buy rating and $2.35 price target on the company’s shares.

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Since its gradual privatisation in the 1990s and 2000s, Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) has been one of the bluest blue-chip shares on the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO). From its days as Telecom Australia, this company has never experienced any other life than a mature telecommunications company with a dominant market share. But that isn’t to say that the Telstra share price (and investors) hasn’t had a few ups and downs along the way. After all, Telstra is a company that has had a share price of $8.75 and $2.66 at various points of its life.

Today, Telstra shares are trading at $3.92, down 0.25% for the day. So at this level, could you call the Telstra share price expensive or cheap compared to other ASX shares? Let’s check it out.

Is the Telstra share price cheap right now?

One of the best ways of measuring an ASX share’s valuation is by using the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. This is especially true for a mature company like Telstra.

Telstra’s current share price gives it a P/E ratio of 31.95. This means that at the current share price, investors are paying the equivalent of $31.95 for every $1 Telstra makes in earnings.

So is this expensive for Telstra shares? Well, arguably yes, compared to some other ASX 200 blue chips at least. Take Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA). It currently has the highest P/E ratio out of the big four ASX bank shares. But this is still only at around 17.3. The largest share on the ASX 200 is BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP). But BHP shares currently have a P/E ratio of just 9.36.

But that’s banks and miners. These two sectors often tend to trade at lower P/E multiples than the rest of the market. CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) currently has a P/E ratio of 38.17. Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) has an even higher metric of 42.92. Now that’s getting closer to Telstra shares.

So ultimately, Telstra’s valuation can be rather subjective. Looking at a P/E ratio of 31.95 for Telstra alone may lead some investors to think the telco is overvalued.

A dividend investor might just find out that Telstra is currently offering a fully franked dividend yield of more than 4% right now and not need to know anything else. Others might say it’s cheaper than Woolies and thus worth a look. ASX broker Morgan Stanley is one who thinks the Telstra share price is a buy today.

In the meantime, the current Telstra share price gives this ASX 200 telco a market capitalisation of $45.6 billion.

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When you think of S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shares to buy in today’s era of rising interest rates, growth shares might not be the first to spring to mind.

That’s because most ASX shares falling into the growth category have suffered some hefty losses in 2022.

What’s been happening with ASX 200 shares in 2022?

The sell-off began early in the year as investors cottoned on to the reality that fast-rising inflation figures weren’t so transitory after all. And that rock bottom interest rates, forecast to remain in the basement until 2024, would in fact begin ratcheting higher this year to rein in that inflation.

As investors repositioned their portfolios, that pressured many ASX 200 shares, with the index slipping 6.3% year-to-date.

As a metric for growth shares, we can compare that to S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX), which has dropped 32.2% this calendar year.

So, with growth shares under heavy pressure, are there any ASX 200 shares in that category that look promising amid rising rates?

Mature growth stocks in the spotlight

Certainly, according to Ben Clark, portfolio manager at TMS Capital, who told Livewire that he’s been buying “quite a few” growth stocks recently.

Chief among those that Clark singled out is Seek Limited (ASX: SEK), which owns and operates Australia’s dominant online job advertising website.

Addressing the lingering uncertainty as to the scale of pending interest rate hikes and rising bond yields, Clark said:

To me the safe area at the moment, just while you’re trying to assess where bond yields do top out or where the terminal interest rate plays to, is probably the more mature growth stocks that you want to look at.

One of the vital things to look for in ASX 200 growth shares, he said, is “a lot of certainty around the earnings”.

“Seek might be a business that I’d single out there and the multiple compression isn’t going to be too violent from this stage,” he said.

As for which ASX 200 shares you may wish to avoid for now?

“You still want to avoid businesses that need the share market to fund their future growth,” Clark advised. “That is not where you want to be at the moment.”

Seek share price snap shot

The Seek share price has underperformed the average of all the ASX 200 shares in 2022, falling 28.5%. That compares to the year-to-date loss of 6.3% posted by the ASX 200.

Seek pays a 1.7% trailing dividend yield, fully franked.

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Back in 2020, Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) accepted an enforceable undertaking to “remediate significant risk governance shortcomings”.

Today, Westpac released the 4th and 5th Independent Reviewer reports on its efforts for the December 2021 and March 2022 quarters.

The report outlined “progress of its Integrated Plan to improve risk culture, governance, and accountability,” Westpac says, whilst covering a raft of other data points.

Latest update to Westpac’s remediation plan

The report covered Westpac’s delivery of its three-year Customer Outcomes and Risk Excellence (CORE) program as at 31 March 2022.

According to Westpac, “the program comprises 19 workstreams, 82 deliverables with 343 activities. When an activity is complete, it is submitted to [independent reviewer] Promontory for assessment and their reports outline that progress.”

Findings from the reports note Westpac has “recently consolidated and refined its approach to
measuring program outcomes across the Group,” according to Promontory Australia.

The reviewer found:

The changes to these measures are designed in part to bring a greater quantitative approach to the assessment of program progress and business outcomes. Westpac is in the process of operationalising these measures throughout the Group.

In terms of progress, the report notes Westpac has embarked on a considerable effort to ensure the design of the program was suitable.

“Nonetheless,” the reviewer continued, “the Bank must remain mindful that successfully achieving a significant uplift in risk governance will continue to require substantial work and a rigorous focus on execution.”

“The Bank’s difficulty in ‘staying the course’ during major projects, which has been identified as one of Westpac’s cultural weaknesses in the past, will need to be overcome.”

One of the challenges Westpac will need to address is dampening any disruption from its organisational restructure, Promontory Australia says.

According to its findings, it is important the bank stays focused and maintains momentum earned throughout the process.

Management commentary

Commenting on the report, Westpac CEO Peter King said that delivering on the program “remains a top priority”. He added:

With strong foundations established, we are beginning to see the change reflected across the company. Our focus is on implementing and embedding sustainable change in our management of risks so we can deliver better outcomes for customers.

Westpac shares have clipped a 3% loss over the last 12 months but are trading 15% higher this year to date.

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The leading investors from Wilson Asset Management (WAM) have told investors about two compelling All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) ASX shares that are liked.

WAM operates several listed investment companies (LICs). Some, like WAM Leaders Ltd (ASX: WLE), focus on larger companies.

WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM) targets “the most compelling undervalued growth opportunities in the Australian market”.

Does WAM have a claim of stock picking pedigree? The WAM Capital portfolio has delivered an investment return of 15.7% per annum since its inception in August 1999, before fees, expenses, and taxes. This gross return outperformed the All Ordinaries Total Accumulation Index (ASX: XAOA) return of 8.6% per annum over the same timeframe.

These are the two ASX shares that WAM Capital outlined in its most recent monthly update:

GUD Holdings Limited (ASX: GUD)

WAM describes GUD as a business that owns a portfolio of companies in the automotive aftermarket and water products sectors with the “principal” markets being Australia and New Zealand.

The fund manager pointed out that the All Ordinaries ASX share released a trading update last month at an investor day.

The company revealed that revenue had recovered strongly in March as COVID-19 disruptions receded.

GUD showed that the backlog in dealer sales was at a historically high level, which is expected to support revenue growth in the shorter term. New vehicle sales are expected to return to pre-COVID levels in the medium term.

However, the company did say that inflationary pressure in the costs of freight, supply, and materials will increase prices in the first half of FY23.

WAM noted that despite the cost pressures being experienced by the business, it reaffirmed its guidance for FY22 that underlying earnings before interest, taxes, and amortisation (EBITA) will be in the range of between $155 million and $160 million.

The fund manager said its outlook for the All Ordinaries ASX share is “strong” and it’s confident the company can deliver on its FY22 guidance.

Credit Corp Group Limited (ASX: CCP)

Credit Corp is the other All Ordinaries ASX share that WAM referred to in the WAM Capital portfolio.

The fund manager said Credit Corp is Australia’s largest provider of “sustainable financial services” in the credit impaired consumer segment.

WAM pointed out that last month the Credit Corp share price dropped on the news that the recovery in credit card spending among Australians is taking longer than expected since the decline experienced during the lockdowns.

The slower-than-expected recovery has meant there has been a delay in the recovery of purchased debt ledger (PDL) volumes, which WAM points out is a core driver of earnings growth for Credit Corp.

But, WAM is confident thanks to a resumption of “typical” spending patterns in the US, which it thinks means that credit card spending will return in the Australian market.

The fund manager says the All Ordinaries ASX share continues to leverage the strength of its balance sheet to “tactfully” acquire a number of assets, which will help keep earnings momentum going within the business.

Last month, Credit Corp confirmed that it had completed the deal to buy the New Zealand ledger book of Collection House Limited (ASX: CLH) after buying the Australian ledgers in December 2020.

WAM is “positive” on the outlook of the business, with a number of medium-term growth drivers for its US PDL and global lending businesses.

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The South32 Ltd (ASX: S32) share price is pushing higher on Tuesday.

In afternoon trade, the mining giant’s shares are up 1.5% to $4.46.

This means that South32’s shares are now up 50% since this time last year.

Can the South32 share price keep rising?

While the South32 share price has been flying over the last 12 months, one leading broker still sees scope for it to keep rising from here.

According to a recent note out of Goldman Sachs, its analysts have a conviction buy rating and $5.70 price target on the company’s shares.

Based on the current South32 share price, this implies potential upside of 28% for investors over the next 12 months.

But it gets better. Goldman believes South32’s free cash flow generation will be strong, allowing it to pay big dividends in the coming years. It is forecasting a fully franked 27.5 US cents per share dividend in FY 2022 and then a 47.3 US cents per share dividend in FY 2023.

Based on current exchange rates, this equates to 40 cents per share and 67 cents per share dividends, which represent yields of 9% and 15%, respectively.

Why is Goldman bullish?

Goldman Sachs has named three reasons why it is bullish on the South32 share price.

It commented:

Valuation: The stock is trading at c. 0.95x NAV (A$5.10/sh) including the completion of the acquisition of a 45% stake in the Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile.

Strong FCF outlook: We forecast a FCF yield of c. 18% in FY23 (over 25% at spot), driven mostly by exposure to base metal price momentum.

Increased capital returns: We assume the buyback continues to be extended (at ~US$200mn p.a) and assume S32 resets its balance sheet metrics (we think targeting US$0-800mn net debt through the cycle based on our view of suitable balance sheet leverage) pays out 60% of earnings (40% ordinary, 30% special dividend component) with the FY22 result. On our estimates, S32 is on a dividend yield of c. 8-13% in FY22-FY24.

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As fans might have noticed, the AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVZ) share price hasn’t traded on the ASX for most of May. In fact, the ASX lithium share has only spent 3 sessions out of the freezer this month.

At the time of writing, the stock remains frozen at 78 cents. That’s where it closed on 6 May.

So, what’s going on with the AVZ Minerals share price and when will it trade again? Let’s take a look.

When will AVZ Minerals shares trade again?

Fans of AVZ Minerals can breathe easy knowing the company’s share price is expected to come out of the freezer on Friday.

Though, it’s best not to hope too high. Trading halts and suspensions are commonly extended.

The reason behind the company’s current suspension is also extremely complicated.

It all boils down to the Manono Lithium and Tin Mine, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

See, AVZ Minerals has a 75% share in the mine. La Congolaise D’Exploitation Miniere SA (Cominiere) owned the other 25%.

AVZ Minerals recently received a mining licence for the project. That triggered a term in a joint venture agreement between it and Cominiere. The term meant the latter was to cede 10% of its interest in the mine to the Democratic Republic of Congo Government.

AVZ Minerals expected to then be able to acquire Cominiere’s remaining 15%.

This is where is gets really messy. Cominiere says it sold 15% of its stake to Chinese company Jing Cheng Mining Company.

AVZ Minerals and Jing Cheng are now going head-to-head in a legal battle over the stake. That’s what the company is planning to update the market on this Friday.

No doubt, all eyes will be on the AVZ Minerals share price if it does thaw this week.

And if you thought it couldn’t get messier, think again. AVZ Minerals has already agreed to sell 24% of its stake in the mine to another party.

That means, if all goes wrong, the company could hold a 51% stake in the Manono Lithium and Tin Mine.

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The Poseidon Nickel Ltd (ASX: POS) share price has been struggling the past month.

The company’s share price has fallen 24% from 8.9 cents at market open on 19 April to its current share price of 6.75 cents. In today’s trade, the Poseidon Nickel share price is rallying 3.5%.

Let’s take a look at what is happening at Poseidon Nickel.

Why is the Poseidon Nickel share price falling?

Nickel prices could be impacting the company’s share price. Nickel prices have plunged 20% in a month, Trading Economics data shows.

Poseidon is exploring the Windarra, Black Swan, and Lake Johnson nickel projects in Western Australia.

The company reported its quarterly results on 29 April. On that day, the company’s share price climbed 1.2% from 8.3 to 8.4 cents. The company reported cash of $16.8 million as of 31 March 2022. Commenting on the results, managing director and CEO Peter Harold said:

The company continues to make solid progress on our ‘Fill the Mill’ strategy. The Black Swan Disseminated resource drilling program, Silver Swan decline rehabilitation and pit dewatering studies were important milestones achieved in the March quarter.

Earlier, on 27 April, Poseidon provided a resource update from the Silver Swan deposit at Black Swan. The company reported an increase in high-grade resource base at the project.

For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) has fallen more than 12% in the past month.

Share price snapshot

The Poseidon Nickel share price has climbed more than 6% in the past year but it has shed 38% in the year to date.

For perspective, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has returned 1% in the past year.

Poseidon Nickel has a a market capitalisation of about $208 million based on today’s share price.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is once again inching higher during this Tuesday’s ASX trading session. After modest gains yesterday, the ASX 200 is up again today, having risen 0.27% higher to just over 7,100 points at the time of writing.

But let’s dig a little deeper into these market moves and check out the companies that are currently topping the ASX 200’s share trading volume charts, according to investing.com.

The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Tuesday

Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)

Lithium producer Pilbara Minerals is first up today. This ASX 200 lithium stock has had a sizeable 15.67 million of its shares trade on the markets thus far today. Lithium producers are also up across the board today, helped by rising commodity prices.

In Pilbara’s case, its share price has enjoyed a healthy 4.23% bump to $2.71 so far today. This comes after the company announced that it, along with project partner Calix Ltd (ASX: CXL), had been awarded a $20 million grant from the Australian Government to develop the proposed Mid-Stream Project at the Pilgangoora lithium project. We likely have this move in the share price to thank for the high trading volumes on display here.

Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT)

ASX 200 energy share Beach is our next horse out of the stable today. So far, a notable 15.74 million Beach Energy shares have changed hands as it currently stands. There’s been no fresh news out of Beach today. However, this oil producer has enjoyed a very sharp rise in value today.

Beach shares are currently up by a pleasing 6.24% at $1.74 each. This move is being mirrored by other ASX energy shares today, and likely reflects sharp rises in the oil price over the past day or two. It’s this big move upward for Beach that is probably behind this elevated trading volume we see.

AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL)

An energy share of a different kind, power and gas provider AGL is our final and most traded share of the day thus far this Tuesday. As it currently holds, a whopping 39.75 million AGL shares have been bought and sold so far today.

Once more, we have no news or announcements to speak of with AGL today. Saying that, we have seen some volatile movements with AGL shares that are the likely culprit behind this trading volume. The AGL share price is currently up a solid 1.6% at $8.56 a share. That comes after an initial dip down to $8.38 this morning, followed by a rise to $8.70, and a cooling back to the current AGL share price.

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