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Telstra Group Ltd (ASX: TLS) shares could be great value at the current level.

That’s the view of the team at Goldman Sachs, which have just upgraded the telco giant’s shares.

What is Goldman saying about Telstra shares?

According to the note, the broker has upgraded Telstra’s shares to a buy rating with an improved price target of $4.60.

Based on the current Telstra share price of $4.08, this implies potential upside of approximately 13% for investors.

Goldman has also revealed its dividend expectations for Telstra in the coming years. It is forecasting fully franked dividends per share of 17 cents in FY 2023, 18 cents in FY 2024, and then 20 cents in FY 2025.

The former equates to a 4.15% dividend yield, which brings the total potential return to 17% for investors over the next 12 months.

Why did it upgrade Telstra?

There were a number of reasons for Goldman’s upgrade. These include the company’s defensive qualities, its positive growth outlook, and the potential monetisation of its InfraCo Fixed assets. It explained:

Given the defensive nature of telecoms into an uncertain 2023, we believe the low risk earnings (and dividend) growth that Telstra is delivering across FY22-25, underpinned by its mobile business, is attractive.

We believe FY23 earnings will be robust, benefiting from challenges that the competitors are currently facing (Optus hacking, TPG MOCN) offsetting the near-term cost pressures (call centre on shoring, retail stores & staff inflation), and we are incrementally more positive on the medium term mobile outlook, supported by the recent TPG price rises.

Finally the other key reason for our positive view is that 2023 presents a meaningful opportunity for Telstra to crystallise value through commencing the process to monetize its InfraCo Fixed assets – which we estimate could be worth between A$22-30bn.

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The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price is down 0.83% in early trade.

Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) mining stock are currently trading for $49.13 apiece.

Today’s slide in the BHP share price comes as the company appears to be upping the ante in its stoush with the New South Wales government over the state’s planned domestic coal reserve legislation.

What’s happening in NSW?

In case you’re not aware, New South Wales is proposing that thermal coal miners (the kind of coal used to generate electricity) set aside up to 10% of their annual production for use by coal-fired power stations within the state.

That proposal doesn’t sit well with BHP’s management.

In an internal memo, reported by The Australian, the miner has revealed the state’s coal reserve plans may lead to the closure of Mt Arthur coal mine four years earlier than currently planned.

Mt Arthur, which employs some 2,000 people within NSW, was previously planned to continue operations through to 2030. That’s if BHP seeks and receives approval to extend its life by four years from 2026 to 2030 in its ‘Pathway to 2030’ plan.

But, in a revelation that could be throwing up some headwinds for the BHP share price today, the miner may not be seeking that approval after all.

According to BHP’s NSW energy coal vice-president, Adam Lancey:

In light of these directions, we are actively reviewing operational plans and existing commitments to understand their implications. And, while I would like to avoid this scenario, the findings of this review may lead to a reassessment of our Pathway to 2030 plan.

The miner said it believes it may cost more than the $125 per tonne price cap on domestic coal to cap soaring electricity costs for it to provide coal to the state’s power plants.

“Our primary concerns relate to the potential impacts on Mt Arthur Coal’s operations and business model, including what to do if our production costs are above the price cap,” Lancey said.

“BHP is opposed to market interventions because short-term measures can have negative long-term impacts: in this case businesses may think twice about investing in NSW,” he added.

BHP share price snapshot

Despite today’s dip, the BHP share price has been on a tear so far in 2023. Shares are up 7.8% since the closing bell on 30 December.

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The Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX: LYC) share price is gaining this morning on the back of the company’s report for the December quarter.

After opening 0.5% higher at $9.13, stock in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) rare earths producer has lifted further to reach $9.36 – a 3.08% increase at the time of writing.

Lynas share price lifts as NdPr production jumps 44%

Here are the key takeaways from the company’s latest quarterly update:

• Sales revenue reached $232.7 million – up 42% quarter on quarter and 15% on the prior comparable period (pcp)
• Sales receipts came to $168.4 million – down 28% quarter on quarter but up 11% on the pcp
• Produced 4,457 tonnes of rare earth oxide – up 27% quarter on quarter and 6% on the pcp
• Neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) production came to 1,508 tonnes – up 44% quarter on quarter and 11% on the pcp
• Ended the period with $934.2 million of cash and short-term deposits

What else happened last quarter?

The Lynas share price had a good run in the December quarter, gaining around 4% over the three-month period.

Meanwhile, the company continued its mining campaign at Mt Weld. Ore processing efficiencies also saw the project delivering a record volume of rare earth oxides in concentrate.

It continued building a lanthanide concentrate stockpile for the Kalgoorlie Rare Earth processing facility start-up. Finally, capital works are underway at Lynas Malaysia to receive and process Kalgoorlie-made mixed rare earth carbonate feedstock.

All that means the company’s capital expenditure cash outflow increased 31% quarter on quarter and 73% year on year to $141.9 million last quarter.

What did management say?

Within Lynas’ quarterly CEO review, Amanda Lacaze appears to comment:

Production and sales outcomes in the December quarter recovered following the water supply disruptions experienced in the prior quarter.

Sales receipts, at $168.4 million, were a reflection of timing of deliveries which occurred later in the quarter. A higher sales price was achieved for SEG and new La-Ce speciality products which improved our average selling price despite flat market pricing with an average China Domestic Price for NdPr of US$83 per kilo during the quarter.

Market prices started to increase again from December in anticipation of the late January Lunar New Year holidays and an expected rebound of the consumption in China. Future pricing trends will depend on China’s economic recovery.

What’s next?

The company is still working on developments at its Mt Weld, Kalgoorlie, and Malaysian operations. It’s also developing a rare earths separation plant in the United States.

It previously forecast capital expenditure of $600 million in both financial year 2023 and financial year 2024.

Lynas share price snapshot

This year so far has been good to the rare earths giant’s shares. The Lynas share price is up 18% year to date while the ASX 200 has lifted around 8%.

Over the last 12 months, however, the stock has risen just 1.4% while the index is up 7.5%.

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The Brainchip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN) share price is tumbling on Monday.

In morning trade, the semiconductor company’s shares are down 3% to 63.5 cents.

Brainchip share price tumbles on quarterly update

Investors have been selling down the Brainchip share price again on Monday following the release of another disappointing quarterly update.

For the three months ended 31 December, the $1.2 billion company reported cash receipts from customers of only US$1.164 million. This brought its cash receipts for the 12 months to US$2.7 million.

This is despite its CEO, Sean Hehir, stating that Brainchip was “seeing the greatest amount of sales activity and engagement in the Company’s history” at the end of the third quarter.

It is also worth noting that in its half year update, Brainchip reported trade receivables of US$2.5 million. It highlighted that these funds were expected to be received between 30 to 90 days. However, seven months later, the company has reported cash receipts of approximately half of this sum. No explanation has been provided for this discrepancy.

Brainchip also continues to operate at a loss, reporting a cash outflow of US$1.9 million for the quarter and US$13.7 million for the 12 months. It ended the period with a cash balance of US$23.1 million.

Management commentary

Hehir revealed that Brainchip has been boosting its sales team and remains optimistic on the future. He said:

BrainChip added two North American and one Korean sales executive towards the tail end of the quarter and has launched formal searches for sales talent in Germany and Japan as we aggressively pursue engagements globally. BrainChip also appointed a new Chief Marketing Officer, Mr Nandan Nayampally, to lead our marketing efforts.

In the coming quarter, the Company will focus on key sales targets and converting technical evaluations into paid licenses. In addition, the Company is accelerating development of nextgeneration Akida IP and products to extend our technological lead and market opportunity. We remain positive on future market penetration and broad adoption of BrainChip’s technology.

The Brainchip share price is now down over 55% since this time last year.

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A wide range of ASX shares are down significantly over the last year or so. As such, value investors may be able to find some very cheap ASX shares in the current environment.

Inflation and higher interest rates have hit both valuations and investor confidence about where earnings are headed for many businesses.

While some businesses are going to see a bit of an earnings dip, the level of share price pain may be too much when considering the long-term potential of these businesses.

In my view, here are two very cheap ASX shares.

Dusk Group Ltd (ASX: DSK)

Dusk is an ASX retail share with a market capitalisation of more than $120 million according to the ASX. The company describes itself as an Australian specialty retailer of home fragrance products.

It sells Dusk-branded products from its physical stores and through its website. The products are designed in-house and exclusive to the company. Some of the products the business sells include candles, ultrasonic diffusers, reed diffusers, and essential oils, as well as fragrance-related homewares.

Since July 2021, the Dusk share price has dropped around 50%. In the first 19 weeks of FY23, the business saw total sales growth of 23.9%, though this was put down to store closures in the first half of FY22 due to COVID-19. The gross profit margin was “in line” with the prior year.

It opened five new stores in Australia in time for Christmas, with another three or four expected to open in the second half.

Using the estimates on Commsec, the Dusk share price is valued at nine times FY23’s estimated earnings with a possible grossed-up dividend yield of 12.3%. That makes it seem like a cheap ASX share to me. The current projections suggest the business could grow its earnings and dividend in FY24.

City Chic Collective Ltd (ASX: CCX)

City Chic is a former market darling that has fallen very hard. It’s down close to 90% since September 2021.

The business is a retailer of clothing, footwear, and accessories to plus-size women.

It has a growing global presence. The company has the City Chic brand in Australia, Evans in the UK, and Avenue in the US.

The business is currently having a rough time. In the 26 weeks to 1 January 2023, the company saw global sales revenue of $168.6 million. This would represent a decline of 8% year over year, up 38% over FY21.

Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) is expected to be a loss of $2.5 million to $4 million.

The company has had to discount products, hurting the gross profit margin, to “stimulate demand”. It’s also resulting in a higher cost of doing business (CODB) as a percentage of sales for the first half of FY23 compared to the prior corresponding period.

The one positive was that inventory is expected to be between $163 million to $164 million at the end of the half, ahead of target. By the end of FY23, it’s aiming for between $125 million to $135 million.

Profitability is expected to return in FY24 according to Commsec, with the City Chic share price valued at 20 times FY24’s estimated earnings and 14 times FY25’s estimated earnings. I think this makes the business a cheap ASX share after its heavy fall.

While the last several months have been tricky, I think the business will be able to turn it around and achieve good growth in the northern hemisphere as long as it keeps investing in the business.

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The Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) share price has been on an incredible run since the end of October 2022, rising by around 50%. But, will the iron ore ASX share be able to keep it going?

Last week the company hit a 52-week high. This came after the miner announced a record quarter, delivering its best-ever half-year operating performance.

Iron ore shipments were 49.4 million tonnes in the second quarter of FY23, with 96.9mt of iron ore shipments in the first half of FY23. This was 4% higher than the first half of FY22.

It experienced average revenue of US$87 per dry metric tonne (dmt), compared to C1 costs of US$17.17 per wet metric tonne (wmt).

Can the Fortescue share price keep rising?

Some analysts don’t think so. The Australian reported on a recent broker change on the business, Credit Suisse reduced its rating to underperform with a price target of $17.20. That suggests the Fortescue share price could fall by more than 20% over the next year.

One of the main things that Fortescue is working on is its green energy plans to produce large quantities of green hydrogen, as well as becoming a leader of high-performance batteries through its WAE division.

However, It was reported by the Australian Financial Review that Plug Power is no longer going to be the 50% partner in the Gladstone project where Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) wants to make electrolysers. This means FFI will have to make the factory alone, and use technology FFI has invented.

Electrolysers are used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.

Management unfazed

But, Fortescue is still very confident about the future.

The AFR reported that the boss of FFI, Mark Hutchinson, said that Plug’s withdrawal would not affect the delivery schedule, with the first electrolysers planned for this year. The newspaper quoted Hutchinson, who said:

The feeling really was that we were advanced on our own technology and the IP [intellectual property] was ours and we can do it at scale.

We want to control our own destiny. Our demand is going to be huge, we think there is enormous value in owning the technology and it is going to develop very, very quickly.

I believe we can get the best economics out of our electrolyser facility, Andy [Marsh] has a different view, that is fine, so bring it on.

We have learnt a lot since the discussions with Plug Power, we love Andy [Marsh], we have a relationship ongoing with Plug Power, they will still supply us with electrolysers on some of our projects.

We are going to need all the OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] to chip in at some stage.

The exciting thing is it’s going to be Australian technology.

Fortescue share price snapshot

After the strength of the share price movement, the Fortescue market capitalisation has reached almost $70 billion.

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The good news for investors is that there are a number of quality ASX dividend shares to choose from on the Australian share market to give your passive income a boost.

Two that have been tipped as buys are listed below. Here’s what analysts are saying about them:

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX: CLW)

The first ASX dividend share that could be a buy for a passive income boost is the Charter Hall Long Wale REIT.

The Charter Hall Long Wale REIT is a property company with a focus on high quality real estate assets that are leased to corporate and government tenants on long term leases.

Analysts at Citi are positive on the company and have a buy rating and $5.00 price target on its shares.

Citi likes the REIT due to its “low risk income stream with c. 12 year WALE and 99.9% occupancy.” The broker also highlights the company’s significant discount to its net tangible assets.

Another positive is that Citi is expecting the Charter Hall Long Wale REIT to provide investors with some very big dividend yields in the near term.

Citi is forecasting dividends per share of 28 cents in FY 2023 and 29 cents in FY 2024. Based on the current Charter Hall Long Wale REIT share price of $4.55, this will mean yields of 6.15% and 6.4%, respectively.

Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS)

Another ASX dividend share that could be a top option for income investors is Telstra.

The team at Morgans is positive on the telco giant and believes its shares are trading at an attractive level given its materially improved outlook and potential value-unlocking divestments.

In respect to the latter, the broker believes “TLS’s high quality long life assets like InfraCo are worth substantially more” than the market is currently valuing them.

Its analysts appear to believe that this won’t be the case for long and expect Telstra’s recent restructure to help unlock their value. As a result, the broker has put an add rating and $4.60 price target on its shares.

In respect to dividends, Morgans is expecting Telstra to continue to pay fully franked 16.5 cents per share dividends in FY 2023 and FY 2024. Based on the current Telstra share price of $4.09, this equates to yields of 4%.

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The Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) share price has been a great performer since the start of 2022. It’s up by more than 60%.

It has gone on a great run, but the question is whether the business will be able to keep it going or if this is as good as it’s going to be.

Energy prices push Woodside share price higher

Woodside has benefited from the demand for energy over the past year. There was stronger demand for resources like LNG. The ability of the world to create enough green energy is still a while away, though Woodside is playing its part in that objective.

The latest update from a business is usually the one that investors give the most meaning to.

In the company’s fourth quarter, the three months to 31 December 2022, it said its production was up 0.7% from the third quarter of 2022 to 51.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe).

It reported that it achieved a portfolio average realised price of $98 per barrel of oil equivalent.

This update meant that Woodside achieved full-year production of 157.7 MMboe, which beat the production guidance of 153 MMboe to 157 MMboe because of “strong operational performance in the fourth quarter”.

It also said that it continues to make progress with its projects of Scarborough, Pluto train 2 and Sangomar.

Is it still a good buy?

For shareholders that have owned shares for a while, they’ve had a great 13 months.

The company’s 2023 production guidance for 2023 is 180 MMboe to 190 MMboe, partly thanks to the acquisition of the BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) oil and gas division.

According to Commsec, Woodside shares are valued at close to 9 times FY23’s estimated earnings with a potential grossed-up dividend yield of 10.6%.

However, the projections also show Woodside’s earnings per share (EPS) dropping by around 15% in FY24 and then falling another approximately 15% in FY25.

So, the question is – How long will the energy price stay elevated? Long-term good prices should enable the business to keep earning big profits and paying large dividends.

The analyst recommendations that Commsec covers still seem quite positive about the business, with nine buy ratings, seven hold ratings and four sell ratings. One of the recommendations covered by Commsec is Goldman Sachs’ buy rating, with a price target of $38.50.

For me, if I were wanting to try to generate outperformance, I’d want to buy low, sell high with this resource share. The Woodside share price has jumped higher, so I think it’d be worthwhile to be patient and wait for a lower price.

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There has been plenty of volatility over the last year, which has opened up a number of opportunities to buy ASX shares at much cheaper prices.

Share prices are meant to go up and down, but there can be the occasional year when there’s a big drop for most businesses on the share market. Prices don’t usually stay low forever, which means this could be an opportunistic time to invest.

Some of the biggest opportunities may be found with the ones that have fallen quite significantly.

Here are two ASX share ideas to consider that could deliver growth over the next few years and beyond.

VanEck Video Gaming and Esports ETF (ASX: ESPO)

I think this is one of the most exciting exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the ASX. It gives investors access to a portfolio of businesses involved with video gaming and e-sports.

Some of the businesses involved may be known to readers as creators of past and current leading games such as Activision Blizzard, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, and Bandai Namco. There are also other businesses involved in the gaming world, including ASX shares such as Tencent, Nvidia, and Advanced Micro Devices.

While the US has the biggest weighting at just over 40% of the portfolio, it’s a smaller allocation than other global ETFs may have. Other countries that have a sizeable weighting include Japan (21.4%), China (19%), Australia (4.2%), and Singapore (4.1%).

VanEck research shows there are more than 2.7 billion active gamers worldwide. The top e-sport tournaments are seeing crowds that reportedly rival the World Cup and the Olympic Games. Video gaming has achieved 12% average annual revenue growth since 2015. This is a good driver for earnings. Meanwhile, e-sports has created new potential revenue streams from game publisher fees, media rights, merchandise, ticket sales, and advertising.

After a 32% drop for the ETF since November 2021, I think this industry is now very attractively priced.

Bubs Australia Ltd (ASX: BUB)

Bubs is an ASX share that is seeing its revenue rapidly grow. The latest example of this was in the FY23 first quarter where its gross revenue increased 28% and infant formula revenue went up 109% year over year.

Impressively, the company is growing its market share in Australia, the USA, and China. In its Australian retail channel, it achieved a market share of 56% of the total goat formula category while in the USA, its market share was 0.4%, but 9% of the organic and health formula category in its first 13 weeks in the country.

With its Chinese revenue, the company saw daigou (private trader) infant formula gross revenue rise 20% in the first quarter.

I think the ASX share is taking the right steps to become a much bigger business in the coming years if it can keep gaining market share in its most profitable segment – infant formula. If it can achieve even half the success of A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M), then it would do very well.

With the Bubs share price down 45% since mid-August 2022, I think it looks better value.

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The last five years have been good to the BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price. In the meantime, the iron ore giant has been handing investors some pretty generous dividends.

Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) icon were trading for just $30.81 in late January 2018.

Today, they’re swapping hands for $49.54 – approximately 61% higher than this time five years ago.

That means a $5,000 investment back then would be worth $8,025.48 today.

But what about the dividends? Let’s take a look at the total return – including dividends – a long-term investor has likely received from BHP shares.

All dividends offered by BHP shares since 2018

Here’re all the dividends BHP shareholders probably received over the last five years:

BHP dividends’ pay date	Type	Dividend amount
September 2022	Final	$2.55
March 2022	Interim	$2.08
September 2021	Final	$2.71
March 2021	Interim	$1.31
September 2020	Final	75.4 cents
March 2020	Interim	99.4 cents
September 2019	Final	$1.13
March 2019	Interim	78.1 cents
January 2019	Special	$1.41
September 2018	Final	88.5 cents
March 2018	Interim	70.6 cents
Total:		$15.31

As the chart above shows, each BHP share has been the bearer of $15.31 in dividends since January 2018. That means a $5,000 investment in the stock back then has likely yielded $2,480.22 of passive income.

That also means our figurative investor has probably realised a return on investment (ROI) of around 110% in time, factoring in both share price gains and dividends.

And that could have been boosted if they had of compounded their dividends, perhaps using the ASX 200 company’s dividend reinvestment plan (DRP). Not to mention, the fully franked payouts might have provided extra benefits come tax time.

BHP shares currently boast a whopping 9.35% dividend yield.

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