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The Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price will be on watch on Friday.

This follows the release of the lithium giant’s quarterly update after the market close yesterday.

Pilbara Minerals share price on watch

For the three months ended 31 December, Pilbara Minerals delivered a 10% quarter on quarter increase in spodumene concentrate production to 162,151 dry metric tonnes (dmt).

This was achieved with a unit operating cost of A$579 per dmt, which was down 5% from the previous quarter and lower than its full year guidance range.

Pilbara Minerals shipped 148,627 dmt of spodumene concentrate during the period (up 8% quarter on quarter) at an average realised sales price of US$5,668 per dmt. The latter was up 33% from the last quarter.

The higher pricing was achieved from a combination of stronger market pricing and improved pricing outcomes following the completion of price reviews with major offtake customers. These new prices came into effect in December, allowing the company to benefit from them for one month during the quarter.

This saw Pilbara Minerals record spodumene concentrate sales of A$1.135 billion for the period, which led to the company ending the period with a ballooning cash balance of A$2.226 billion, up from $1.375 billion at the end of September. No wonder it plans to pay its maiden dividend this year!

Guidance

No changes have been made to its guidance at this stage.

However, management stated that it “expects to provide any update to its FY2023 Guidance with the release of its FY2023 half year result in late February 2023.”

As things stand, it is still targeting production of 540,000 to 580,000 dmt with a unit operating cost of A$635 to A$700 dmt.

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We are quickly barrelling towards yet another ASX earnings season in February. The landslide of reports will give investors a peek into how prepared Aussie companies are for possible economic weakness. An area that will no doubt attract plenty of interest is the bank shares of the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).

The big four banks embraced multiple interest rate rises throughout the second half of 2022. Swiftly increasing rates on loans while gradually upping rates on deposits have helped the banks secure bigger net interest margins. In turn, ASX bank shares are in a far better position than six months ago:

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) up 13.1%
• Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC) up 16.7%
• National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) up 7.1%
• ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: ANZ) up 13.4%

But, could the music be about to stop for these banking beasts?

Fortunately, the biggest of the US bank shares released their latest quarterly results last week. This gives us the chance to get a sense of what might be ahead of us and our local counterparts.

Easy money comes and goes

The biggest of the big spilled the beans last week, with JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C), and Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) providing their latest numbers.

Below is a brief snapshot of how the bank’s fourth-quarter numbers panned out.

Metric	JPMorgan	Bank of America	Citigroup	Wells Fargo
Revenue growth	17%	11%	6%	-6%
Earnings growth	6%	1%	-25%	-51%
Worst-performing segment	Corporate and investment banking	Global markets	Legacy/franchises	Wealth and investment management
Best-performing segment	Commercial banking	Global banking	Personal banking and wealth management	Commercial banking
Credit loss provision	$2.3 billion	$1.1 billion	$1.88 billion	$1.0 billion
Increase in provision (QoQ)	49%	23%	38%	22%

There are three key takeaways from the above summary in my view…

Firstly, revenue growth was fairly solid — aside from Wells Fargo — with all the major banks reporting a benefit from increased net interest income. We’ll likely see a similar trend from ASX 200 bank shares this reporting season following the RBA’s actions.

Secondly, Aussie banks with more exposure to markets and investment banking could come under pressure. In terms of equity investments, it will depend on what the banks are invested in. However, the more ‘risk-on’, the more detrimental it might be. Wells Fargo took a $1 billion impairment charge mostly tied to venture capital.

Furthermore, investment banks such as Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) suffered brutal profit falls. The lack of market activity in the subdued environment largely contributed to the lacklustre results. This is an area that our own Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) is exposed to — making it one to keep an eye on.

The final takeaway is the unnerving increases in credit loss provisions across the board. We could see similar this season if ASX 200 banks are likewise anticipating a weaker outlook.

When do ASX bank shares report?

At this stage, we know that Macquarie will possibly be one of the first with its third quarter trading update on 7 February. From there, CBA and NAB will follow up back-to-back on 15 and 16 February.

In addition, we might see trading updates from Westpac and ANZ sometime in February. However, neither has provided a specific date yet on their financial calendars.

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Are you waiting to pounce on ASX shares that have turned their fortunes around after a terrible 2022?

Why wait when there are already some stocks that fit that bill exactly?

Glenmore Asset Management portfolio manager Robert Gregory revealed two such ASX shares in a memo to clients this week.

Both his examples soared in value over December, but Gregory is convinced that the party has only just started.

Back from the wilderness

Most investors who have held Retail Food Group Ltd (ASX: RFG) in the past would have likely long expunged it from their portfolios.

The stock price, over the past five years, has lost an eye-watering 96% of its value.

The franchisor for brands like Donut King and Michel’s Patisserie had been in deep trouble with legal and regulatory issues arising from its relationships with its franchisees.

But then in December, the bleeding suddenly stopped. The share price amazingly rose 21.2%.

“Late in the month, RFG announced the resolution to the long running investigation by the ACCC into misconduct by previous management,” said Gregory.

“The outcome was that RFG must pay $8 million to franchisees that were the subject of the misconduct. In addition, RFG agreed to waive $1.8 million of debt to certain franchisees.”

Gregory reckoned that the penalties were “broadly in line with investor expectations”.

The case had been “a major headwind” for Retail Food with an uncertain timeframe for resolution. But Gregory’s team long believed the outcome would not be as severe as how dramatic the decline in share price suggested.

“RFG had been trading on a FY23 PE of ~7x before this announcement,” he said.

“With the ACCC investigation now behind it, we believe RFG is well positioned to grow earnings from multiple internal growth initiatives, as well as being better placed to attract new franchisees and commercial partners, which has been impacted by the shadow of the ACCC investigation.”

The December stock price surge now has it trading at a P/E ratio of 10, but that’s still dirt cheap, as far as Gregory is concerned.

“We continue to see [it] as attractive, given [the] quality of its earnings base and growth prospects.”

Still ‘cheap valuation’ even after tripling stock price

Thermal coal producer Stanmore Resources Ltd (ASX: SMR) enjoyed an 8.1% rise last month.

There were no official announcements from the company to the ASX, but Gregory has a theory.

“The stock was likely assisted by the +21% rally in the benchmark hard coking coal price, as well as growing investor awareness of Stanmore Resources’ material free cash flow generation and cheap valuation.”

In November, the Glenmore team visited Stanmore’s site in Queensland.

The trip assured them that the stock is worth holding onto, even after a phenomenal 235% return over the past 12 months.

“The assets acquired from BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) were operating well, with clear scope to be expanded, albeit any material production increases are likely to be in the medium term.”

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If you’re looking for dividend shares to buy, then it could be worth listening to what analysts at Morgans are saying about the two listed below.

These dividend shares are on the broker’s best ideas list and are forecast to provide attractive dividend yields in the near term.

Here’s what you need to know about them:

QBE Insurance Group Ltd (ASX: QBE)

The first ASX dividend share to consider buying is insurance giant QBE.

Morgans currently has an add rating and $15.05 price target on this insurance giant’s shares.

The broker believes that QBE has done relatively well in FY 2022 given the very volatile year for weather. In light of this, it remains positive and believes the company is well-placed to earnings growth.

It highlights that “tailwinds such as rising bond yields, premium rate increases and cost out will drive an improved earnings profile for QBE over the next few years.”

In respect to dividends, the broker is expecting a 40 cents per share dividend in FY 2022 and then a 76 cents per share dividend in FY 2023. Based on the latest QBE share price of $13.44, this equates to yields of 3% and 5.7%, respectively.

Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES)

Another ASX dividend share that Morgans has on its best ideas list is Wesfarmers.

Wesfarmers is the conglomerate behind a range of businesses such as Bunnings, Covalent Lithium, Kmart, and Officeworks.

Morgans believes that Wesfarmers’ retail businesses are well-placed in the current environment due to their value offering. It points out that “Kmart is well-placed to benefit with the average price of an item at around $6-7.”

In respect to dividends, the broker is forecasting fully franked dividends per share of $1.82 in FY 2023 and $1.89 in FY 2023. Based on the current Wesfarmers share price of $49.32, this will mean yields of 3.7% and 3.8%, respectively.

Morgans has an add rating and $55.60 price target on Wesfarmers’ shares.

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Investors read every day about ASX shares that have risen spectacularly… or fallen off a cliff.

But what they don’t hear so much about are the stocks that have just gone nowhere. Not even for the most patient long-term investor.

It might be that the business is very cyclical. Or the stock has an image problem, where past performance or trauma has just put potential investors off buying into it.

But if circumstances for the company have changed, it could be a golden buying opportunity before the rest of the market wakes up.

Airlie Funds portfolio manager Emma Fisher reckons she’s found exactly that, revealing a stock that she bought just within the past month:

Fisher has no fear about this business

Building materials maker CSR Limited (ASX: CSR) has disappointed investors in recent times, with its share price only rising 9.18% over the past five years.

The lack of capital growth, Fisher said in an Airlie video, is because investors are always nervous about the cyclical nature of its clientele — the housing market.

“You might be thinking, ‘Emma, you idiot, you’re buying a building products company. Haven’t you seen that building activity is about to fall off a cliff?’”

But this does not worry her one bit.

This is because she and her team feel like the business is now at a point where its fortunes are less exposed to the volatility of the housing sector.

“Everyone’s really worried about the cycle. No one wants to touch it,” said Fisher.

“But if you work through it, it’s got a lot of reasons why it’s going to be quite a resilient business.”

The landscape has changed for CSR

The first reason why the Airlie team thinks CSR will be less volatile is that the dynamics of the markets that it competes in have changed somewhat recently.

“Their worst business was their glass business, and they’ve exited that,” said Fisher.

“They’ve had Boral Limited (ASX: BLD) exit as a competitor in two of their main businesses — plasterboard and bricks.”

Not having to compete with Boral is significant relief for CSR, as the rival was famous for undercutting.

The second reason why Fisher is bullish on CSR is the significant “surplus” real estate holdings that the company possesses.

“They own a big chunk of land in western Sydney, for example, and they’ve had that property  independently valued at $1.5 billion. That compares to [CSR’s] market cap of $2.2 billion,” she said.

“You’re actually not paying that much for the building products part of the business.”

These assets mean that CSR’s balance sheet is net cash, which Fisher favours in turbulent times.

And therein lies the opportunity. CSR’s current stock price reflects the fear of volatility, but Fisher reckons that sentiment is no longer justified.

“While it’s still cyclical, we think a lot of that cyclicality might be smoothed from here.”

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To say that the Adairs Ltd (ASX: ADH) share price has been heavily sold off of late is a bit of an understatement.

Adairs shares have had a fairly depressing 18 months or so. Back in mid-2021, stocks in the company were flying, having just hit a new record high of almost $5 a share. Yesterday, the ASX 300 retailer closed at $2.80 a share. That’s a plunge of more than 40% from those highs we saw just a year and a half ago:

But have Adairs shares been oversold? That’s a very different question. Clearly, the market thought that they were oversold, given the recovery Adairs has embarked upon of late.

Back in June last year, Adairs shares hit a new 52-week low of $1.65 each. At the share price of $2.80 that the company closed at yesterday, Adairs is almost 70% above that low.

But are Adairs shares still oversold and thus have further room to climb?

Is ASX 300 retailer Adairs still undersold today?

Well, one ASX broker thinks so. As my Fool colleague James covered yesterday, Adairs has been rated as a buy by ASX broker Jarden. Jarden has given the homewares retailer a 12-month share price target of $3.28. That would give investors a further upside of 17% from today’s pricing if realised.

Jarden liked what it saw in Adairs’ annual general meeting last year, in which the company announced that its sales over the first four months of FY2023 were up by 7.6% compared to the same period in FY2022.

The broker is also expecting Adairs to jack its dividends back up over the next two financial years. Adairs forked out 18 cents per share in FY2022 (down from 24 cents in FY2021), which Jarden expects to be repeated in FY2023.

However, by FY2024, the broker reckons Adairs will be in a position to fork out 22 cents per share.

Today, Adairs has a trailing, fully franked dividend yield of 6.43%. But if the company does pay out 22 cents per share in FY2024, it would have a forward yield of 7.86% at the current share price. That could well make this ASX 300 dividend share worth buying at today’s pricing.

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ASX dividend shares are a great place to hunt for sources of passive income. Some may be considered ‘safe’ – or as safe as a dividend can be.

Dividends are not at all guaranteed payments. But, some dividend payments are more volatile than others because of the nature of their profits.

It’s normal to see dividends from mining and energy shares go up and down because of the volatility of resource prices, which is why I wouldn’t count on the dividends from Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO) and Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) being strong forever.

During recessions and major economic dislocations, it’s normal for bank shares to cut their dividends like we saw during COVID-19 from names like Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) and ANZ Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: ANZ).

So, with that in mind, I’m about to run through some ASX dividend shares that could continue to pay good dividends in the coming years. I’d love to invest $10,000 evenly between these four names.

Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL)

I think this ASX dividend share is the king of passive income. While it’s unlikely to have the biggest dividend yield, its consistent dividend growth is impressive, in my opinion. It has grown its ordinary annual payout every year since 2000.

The company has a diversified portfolio, which is spread across a number of ASX shares and industries, including TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPG), Tuas Ltd (ASX: TUA), New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC), Aeris Resources Ltd (ASX: AIS), Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) and BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP).

Unlisted investments include agriculture, luxury retirement living, swimming schools and electrical parts.

Soul Patts pays expenses from the dividend income it receives and then distributes the majority to shareholders. It invests the retained cash into other businesses.

According to Commsec, this company could pay an ordinary grossed-up dividend yield of 3.9%

Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF)

Rural Funds is a leading real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns a portfolio of farmland across Australia, with cattle, vineyards, almonds, macadamias, sugar and cotton.

It aims to grow its distribution by 4% per annum, which is typically more than inflation. The business is funding the higher shareholder passive income through contracted rental increases and productivity improvements (which unlocks further rental growth and improved farm values).

The ASX dividend share has increased its distribution by at least 4% every year since it listed several years ago.

With a guided 5% total distribution yield in FY23, I think this is a solid option for steady passive income and long-term growth in the coming years.

Sonic Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SHL)

I don’t think the need for healthcare and pathology will disappear. Sonic’s role in the healthcare process is very important, as we saw during the worst of the COVID-19 years as it conducted millions of COVID tests in places like Australia, the US and Europe.

The ASX healthcare share has a stated ‘progressive dividend policy’, so the board tries to reward investors with pay rises each year.

Sonic Healthcare is benefiting from elevated organic growth as delayed healthcare procedures due to the pandemic are finally carried out.

I like that the company has been making acquisitions to diversify and grow its earnings, giving it more financial firepower to hopefully pay bigger dividends.

According to Commsec, it could pay a grossed-up dividend yield of 4.5%.

APA Group (ASX: APA)

APA is a leading energy infrastructure business that owns a national gas pipeline, delivering half of the country’s natural gas usage. The company also owns other gas assets, like storage and power generation.

It has a growing portfolio of renewable energy and electricity transmission assets. For example, it recently acquired Basslink, a cable asset that connects Tasmania with mainland Australia, enabling the export of renewable energy across the Bass Strait.

The company has grown its passive income every year for the past decade and a half, thanks to its steadily-growing cash flow, which is funding bigger payouts. It continues investing in projects, which will hopefully enable even bigger payments.

APA expects to pay a distribution of 55 cents per security in FY23, which translates into a forward distribution yield of 5.2%.

Foolish takeaway

An average dividend yield of 4.6% would generate $460 of dividend income per year. It’s not the biggest yield, but it would hopefully grow every year. I believe these dividend payers can be resilient in downturns.

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If a particular ASX share falls horribly but a professional investor is sticking with it, then it might be worth taking note.

That’s because the stock is now selling for cheap, allowing for a lower entry point, yet there is sufficient potential in the business to provide positive returns in the long run.

That’s a pretty good position to be in for an investor willing to buy in right now.

This week we saw two examples in Glenmore Asset Management portfolio manager Robert Gregory’s memo to clients.

Court case not ‘a material negative’

The fund watched in horror as the share price for Strandline Resources Ltd (ASX: STA) plummeted 18.5% in December.

Gregory explained that this was due to some legal troubles that the resources company is facing.

“Late in the month, Strandline disclosed a contractor [TMM Group, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Macmahon Holdings Ltd (ASX: MAH)] had initiated legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.”

The contractor is accusing Strandline of owing it $13.5 million.

“In the ASX release, Strandline said it will defend the matter vigorously and bring its own counterclaims against TMM.”

There is no panic about the stock price fall, as far as Gregory is concerned.

“Given the size of the claim, we do not see it as a material negative at this point,” he said.

“In more positive news, Strandline announced its flagship project, Coburn (WA), made its first shipment of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) of value of ~$7 million, during the month.”

Despite the terrible month, the Strandline share price is still 13.64% higher than a year ago.

Lithium down, but business still going strong

Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN) faced no such legal issues but still saw the stock price tumble 11.7% in December.

Gregory noted that, following a year of lithium prices doubling, the commodity cooled off 10% last month.

“Whilst Mineral Resources is not a pure-play lithium company, it does have material exposure to the commodity, so it was not surprising the decline had an impact on MIN’s short term stock price.”

There are no alarm bells going off for Gregory about Mineral Resources’ decline either.

In fact, he reckons if it weren’t for the iron ore price, the stock could have plunged even further.

“Mineral Resources’ other key commodity exposure, iron ore, fared better, rising +14.1% in the month.”

Some positive news also came out of December, in the form of an acquisition.

“Mineral Resources announced a scrip-based takeover offer for WA-based gas company Norwest Energy NL (ASX: NWE).” 

Gregory noted the former already owns about 20% of the latter’s shares, but access to easier funding as a part of Min Resources would allow considerable advantages for Norwest.

“The logic of moving to 100% ownership being it would allow Norwest’s high quality gas assets to be developed more easily and faster.”

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On Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) was on form and charged higher. The benchmark index rose 0.5% to 7,435.3 points.

Will the market be able to build on this on Friday and end the week on a high? Here are five things to watch:

ASX 200 poised to rise

The Australian share market looks set to rise slightly on Friday despite another poor night on Wall Street. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is expected to open 8 points or 0.1% higher this morning. In late trade in the United States, the Dow Jones is down 0.3%, the S&P 500 is down 0.2%, and the NASDAQ index is down 0.3%.

Oil prices higher

Energy producers Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) and Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) could have a good finish to the week after oil prices pushed higher overnight. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price is up 1.1% to US$80.37 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price is up 1.5% to US$86.24 a barrel. Demand hopes boosted prices.

Pilbara Minerals quarterly

The Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price will be on watch on Friday after the lithium giant released its quarterly update. For the three months, Pilbara Minerals reported a 10% quarter on quarter increase in production to 152,151 dry metric tonnes (dmt) and an 8% lift in shipments to 148,627 dmt. The company also recorded a sizeable 33% increase in the price of its lithium.

Gold price storms higher

Gold miners Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX: NCM) and St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) could have a strong finish to the week after the gold price charged higher overnight. According to CNBC, the spot gold price is up 1.3% to US$1,931.8 an ounce. Gold was boosted by demand for safe havens.

BHP rated neutral

The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price remains fully valued according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. This morning, the broker has retained its neutral rating with a slightly trimmed price target of $48.00. Although BHP delivered a “a relatively robust Dec Q operating result with better-than-expected iron ore, copper and met coal production and realised prices,” it isn’t enough for a change of rating. Goldman notes that its price target for BHP “already applies a sector high 6.5x target multiple.”

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Are you looking for ASX dividend shares to buy? Listed below are two passive income shares that analysts rate highly.

Here’s why they are bullish on them:

Accent Group Ltd (ASX: AX1)

This footwear and youth apparel retailer could be a dividend share to buy.

This is due to the company’s strong market position and its exposure to younger consumers. The latter is expected to be well-placed to keep spending in the current environment due to a rise in the minimum wage and less exposure to rising interest rates.

Bell Potter expects this to be the case and has a buy rating and $2.10 price target on the company’s shares. It said:

AX1 remains one of our top picks in the Retail sector as we remain constructive on the name considering its exposure to a younger customer demographic in a tougher consumer spending environment, its longer term growth trajectory (12% EBIT CAGR, FY21-25e) and attractive valuation (11x BPe FY24e P/E).

As for dividends, Bell Potter is expecting fully franked dividends of 10 cents per share in FY 2023 and 12.5 cents per share in FY 2024. Based on the current Accent share price of $1.94, this will mean yields of 5.15% and 6.45%, respectively.

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX: CLW)

Another ASX dividend share that has been named as a buy is Charter Hall Long Wale REIT.

It is a property company focused 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 $4.70 price target on its shares. This is due to its “low risk income stream with c. 12 year WALE and 99.9% occupancy.” Citi also highlights the sharp discount to net tangible assets (NTA) that its shares trade on. The broker said:

While there is uncertainty around the future movement in asset values and impact on CLW, we believe that current pricing is reflecting a significant margin of safety given the > 30% discount to NTA, so we remain favourable on CLW.

As for dividends, 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 $4.54, this will mean yields of 6.15% and 6.4%, respectively.

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