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Are you interested in adding some ASX growth shares to your portfolio this month? If you are, you may want to look at the ones listed below that have recently been named as buys.

Here’s what you need to know about them:

Breville Group Ltd (ASX: BRG)

The first ASX growth share to look at is Breville. It is a leading appliance manufacturer which has been growing at a consistently solid rate for many years. This has been underpinned by its investment in research and development and international expansion.

The good news is that these drivers are still in place and are expected to support further solid growth over the next decade.

It is partly for this reason that the team at Goldman Sachs currently rate Breville as a buy with a $23.40 price target on its shares.

Goldman commented:

We see BRG as having a three-pronged growth strategy: 1) building on secular growth of the portioned and roast & ground (R&G) coffee market and achieving market share gains; 2) new market entry; and 3) options – ecosystem revenue streams.

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE)

Another ASX growth share that could be a top option for investors is Treasury Wine. It is one of the world’s leading wine companies and the name behind a range of popular brands including Penfolds, 19 Crimes, and Wolf Blass.

After going through a difficult period due to being effectively kicked out of China, Treasury Wine has bounced back strongly.

The good news is that analysts at Morgans believe the company’s growth is only just beginning. As a result, it has put an add rating and $13.93 price target on its shares.

Morgans explained:

TWE owns much loved iconic wine brands, the jewel in the crown being Penfolds. We rate its management team highly. The foundations are now in place for TWE to deliver strong earnings growth from the 2H22 over the next few years. Trading at a material discount to our valuation and other luxury brand owners, TWE is a key pick for us.

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The drill went into overdrive as the Aldoro Resources Ltd (ASX: ARN) share price jumped up by as much as 34% in intraday trade on Tuesday. 

The ASX lithium share closed at 26.5 cents a share, a 20.45% gain after hitting an intraday high of 29.5 cents apiece.

The rally was likely sparked by the company releasing an update on its drilling programme at the Wyemandoo Critical Metal Project in Western Australia.

Drilling results

Aldoro identified key lithium-rubidium targets after completing a total of 29 RC holes for 3,198 metres that ranged from 84 to 201 metres in depth. These holes intersected pegmatites at a range of intervals, the company said.

Aldoro advised many of these intersections have been interpreted as moderately dipping dykes orientated to the northwest or flat-lying sills. 

Quarterly results 

Aldoro has built solid momentum after releasing its quarterly results for the three months ended June 2022 on 27 July.

This update provided a substantial list of drilling results. One key highlight was the engagement of pegmatite processing expert Professor Zhiguo He.

He is conducting a commercialisation review that’s expected to take eight months. The company said an initial shipment of ~300 kilograms of sample ore has been consigned to Professor He in China.

Also in last month’s update, the company advised it had completed a placement of 9.2 million shares priced at 25 cents, raising a total of $2.3 million. 

The purpose of this capital raising was to provide funds to progress the drill program at the Wyemandoo Rb-Li Project. 

This may be why the Aldoro share price has been on a rally of late.

Aldoro share price snapshot

In the last 12 months, this ASX lithium share has fallen by 51%, shedding 36% year to date.

By comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has dropped 7% in a year and 5.6% in 2022 so far.

Aldoro has a market capitalisation of $26.4 million at the time of writing. 

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The Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) share price has been rocketing in the last weeks. Over the past month, it has risen by 27.66%.

It has delivered strong outperformance compared to the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) which has only risen 5.27% over the same time period.

Of course, Pilbara Minerals isn’t the only business that may be viewed as an ‘ASX growth share’ which has seen a strong rise over the past month.

In the last month: the Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) share price has risen 14%, the Temple & Webster Group Ltd (ASX: TPW) share price has gone up 35% and the Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) share price has risen 10%.

Part of Pilbara Mineral’s rise may simply be down to the fact that other growth names have also been rising.

Perhaps investors thought that a number of growth names had been sold off too much?

Can strong lithium prices affect the Pilbara Minerals share price?

One of the most important things to remember about commodity businesses is that their revenue, cash flow and net profit after tax (NPAT) are all heavily affected by what the resource price is.

It costs a commodity business roughly the same to produce its resource, whether the commodity price is a bit higher or lower, aside from higher payments to the government when prices are stronger.

Last week, Pilbara Minerals said that it continues to benefit from strong lithium prices.

The ASX lithium share’s eighth Battery Material Exchange (BMX) auction was for a cargo of 5,000 dry metric tonnes (dmt) at a target grade of 5.5% lithia. The highest bid was US$6,350 per dmt, which on a pro rata basis for lithia content (including freight costs) equates to a price of around US$7,012 per dmt.

Pilbara Minerals said:

Strong continues to be received in both participation and bidding by a broad range of qualified buyers with a total of 67 bids received online during the 30-minute auction window.

What do analysts think?

The broker Macquarie has an outperform rating on the Pilbara Minerals share price, with a price target of $4. That implies a possible rise of 33%.

Macquarie thinks that more output from the company’s Ngungaju can help boost sales on the BMX and lead to pleasing cash flow in the coming years.

The broker thinks that profit is going to ramp up over the next couple of years. Its estimates put the Pilbara Minerals share price at 14 times FY22’s estimated earnings and under six times FY23’s estimated earnings.

Ord Minnett also thinks that Pilbara Minerals is a buy, with a price target of $3.50. That implies a possible rise of around 17%.

Pilbara Minerals share price snapshot

Pilbara Minerals shares have dropped by 6% since the beginning of the year, though it has risen around 50% since mid-June.

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S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) dividend shares are back in vogue as rising interest rates put the brake on the rapid share price growth investors enjoyed in recent years.

But if you’re on the hunt for dividends from your ASX portfolio you need to do more than simply look at what the companies paid out over the past year.

Investors need to gauge future earnings

Those quoted yields you see on company pages are trailing yields. In other words, backwards looking. And while some ASX 200 dividend shares that offered high yields in FY22 may do so again in FY23, others may not be able to do so.

While gauging future earnings inevitably comes with uncertainties about what the future holds, some research into potential revenue growth, including asset sales, can help investors avoid so-called dividend traps.

With that in mind, we look to one ASX 200 dividend share that Michael Maughan, head of the Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund, believes will deliver “material returns to shareholders” in the year ahead.

ASX 200 dividend share with assets to sell

Asked by Livewire which ASX 200 dividend shares he believes will continue to pay out sustainable yields in the future – from a list that included the big banks and iron ore giants – Maughan singled out Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS).

“The banks are in a period where they do have a positive tailwind,” Maughan said. Adding that, “The more exciting part of that group is Telstra.”

According to Maughan:

It’s had a change in the short term to its core business and it’s returned to growth. The mobile business is growing and the headwinds from the NBN are behind it. And over the medium term, it’s probably one of the few companies we expect will have capital management and material returns to shareholders from asset sales.

Maughan pointed out that Telstra’s recent sale of its Towers business resulted in a billion dollar plus share buyback. And he thinks there’s more to come:

This is because Telstra has fixed infrastructure assets it’s looking to sell. If you go back to when they sold their Towers business, that was a return of over a billion dollars to shareholders. And the fixed assets are more than five times the size of that.

Following Telstra’s half year report in February, the board of the ASX 200 dividend share declared a fully franked interim dividend of 8 cents per share, with a 6 cent ordinary dividend and a 2 cent special dividend. This saw some $940 million returned to shareholders.

Telstra reports its full financial year results this Thursday, 11 August.

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It’s was another strong day for the Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd (ASX: VUL) share price, continuing to rebound from its recent lows.

Shareholders will be pleased that the clean lithium developer’s shares moved further away from its 52-week low of $4.76 reached in late June.

At market close on Tuesday, Vulcan Energy shares finished up 5.23% to $8.85 apiece – still some way off its year-to-date high of $11.18 on 4 January.

Let’s take a look at what is driving these recent gains.

Vulcan Energy shares stage a mini comeback. But can it last?

Investors are bidding up the Vulcan Energy share price as the sector recovers from the fallout induced by Goldman Sachs in June.

It appears that the market has shrugged off the bearish news and is focused ahead on Wall Street’s earnings season.

Interestingly, the major averages have rallied this month on the back of better-than-expected results.

This has driven the Dow Jones higher along with the ASX following closely behind.

For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Materials (ASX: XMJ) sector touched a daily high of 16,184 points, up 1% before slowly retracing today.

With Vulcan Energy shares accelerating, it’s worth pointing out that its relative strength index (RSI) is currently around 72.

The RSI is a momentum oscillator that is used to assess the strength or weakness of a share price. Normal levels range between 30 and 70, as anything outside reveals if the share price is attractive to buy, or expensive.

In this case, Vulcan Energy shares are showing signs of being overbought and a pullback may happen sometime soon.

Vulcan Energy hare price snapshot

Bearish sentiment mixed with volatility has led the Vulcan Energy share price to fall 35% over the last 12 months.

The company’s shares reached an all-time high of $16.65 in September 2021, before moving on a downward channel.

Whether it can regain these highs largely depends on the price of lithium as well as Vulcan Energy’s progression on its Zero Carbon Lithium Project.

Based on today’s price, the company commands a market capitalisation of around $1.27 billion.

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The share prices of major energy companies inside the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) were various shares of green and red on Tuesday. This followed the posting of a bearish outlook for the price of oil from one broker.

What happened?

According to Bloomberg, the indexes for WTI crude oil and Brent crude are down 0.65% and 0.61%, respectively. WTI crude sells for US$90.17 per barrel, and Brent crude sells for US$96.06 per barrel.

Today, The Australian reported on the analysis provided by Citi for the reduced demand for oil. Citi stated that the United States’ demand for oil is heading towards 20-year lows. This is amidst a lack of a US ‘driving season’ due to higher petrol prices, with more people choosing to stay home.

Furthermore, analysts at Citi said that a recession could lead to a further decline in the demand for commodities.

Let’s examine how Australia’s main energy companies reacted to this bearish outlook.

How did ASX 200 energy players hold up today?

Firstly, let’s take a look at the ASX 200 energy shares that managed to finish in the green. Substantial gains across the oil-exposed sector were sparse, with Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX: VEA) being one of few to post a positive return of more than 3%.

Meanwhile, Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) was one other big oil and gas name that conjured up a green day. The energy giant finished 0.47% higher, trading near the top end of its 52-week range. Shares in the company are now sitting at $31.90 apiece.

On the flip side, the valuation of Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) took a small hit with the share price contracting 0.28%.

The biggest loser today out of the three was Ampol Ltd (ASX: ALD), recording a loss of 0.96%.
Overall, the S&P/ASX 200 Energy index finished up in the green with a slight gain of 0.13%.

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The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX: CLW) share price climbed just one cent higher today despite the company releasing a sound set of financial results for FY22.

Shares in the real estate investment trust (REIT) closed at $4.39 apiece on Tuesday, 0.69% higher.

The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT invests in Australasian real estate assets predominantly leased to corporate and government tenants on long-term leases. 

Let’s take a look at the company’s latest results.

What did the company report? 

Here is a quick snapshot of the key financial highlights: 

• Operating earnings lifted by 4.5% on FY21, to $207 million
• Statutory profit of $911 million
• The portfolio of real estate assets grew from $5.6 billion to $7.1 billion
• A net $670 million appreciation in the value of assets (minus capital expenditure and amortised incentives)
• Balance sheet gearing at 29.9%, in line with the target range of 25% to 35%

Operating cash flows improved from $162 million to $187 million.

I believe operating cash flow is one of the key metrics in assessing the health or performance of the Charter Hall REIT. 

The statutory profit figure seems impressive but investors should be mindful it includes unrealised gains in the value of the underlying properties. 

The primary sources of revenue include rental income and proceeds from the sale of property assets. So, the performance of the Charter Hall REIT comes down to the quality of its property assets. 

As outlined in the latest financial report, the Charter Hall REIT is leased by the following top five major tenants. 

• Federal and State government (18%)
• Endeavour Group Limited (ASX: EDV) (18%)
• Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX: TLS) (13%)
• BHP Group Limited (ASX: BHP) (10%)
• Inghams Group Limited (ASX: ING) (5%)

Portfolio expansion 

The Charter Hall REIT ship added $1.5 billion of assets. Half of this was from its 50% stake in the ALE Property Group. 

This 50% interest was valued at $814 million, invested in partnership with Hostplus. The ALE Property Group portfolio comprises 78 pub properties, including 74 bottle shops in metropolitan locations and along the New South Wales east coast.

The pubs and bottle shops are leased to Endeavour Group. 

The other major acquisition was an industrial facility constructed in 2018. It’s located in Sydney’s industrial area of Wetherill Park. 

This facility is leased to Cleanaway and ResourceCo, which are distribution centres. 

Management likes what they see

Charter Hall REIT fund manager Avi Anger said: 

FY22 has seen CLW continue to grow in a measured way, enhancing portfolio quality and improving asset and tenant diversification. During the year we successfully completed the acquisition of the ALE Property Group in partnership with Hostplus. We also completed three high-quality Industrial & Logistics acquisitions, two of which were secured off-market.

In such uncertain and challenging macroeconomic conditions, building a resilient and diversified investment portfolio is important. 

Further, Anger advised, “Looking forward, 49% of CLW’s leases are inflation-linked, providing a significant opportunity for strong rental growth in the year ahead.” This provides an inflation hedge. 

Future outlook

The company is guiding operating earnings per share (EPS) of 28 cents and a distribution per security of 28 cents. 

On the basis of today’s closing share price, this equates to a 6.9% distribution yield. 

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT share price snapshot

The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT share price has fallen 14% across the last 12 months. In the same period, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell by 7%. 

The company has a current market capitalisation of $3.17 billion. 

Landlords faced a torrid time during the pandemic but the outlook is much better now. People are travelling again and, importantly for this business, going out to pubs. 

Such a shift in behaviour bodes well for the pubs and liquor stores the company acquired this financial year. 

Industrial property assets continue to prosper on the back of the rise in e-commerce. However, commercial offices could face structural headwinds due to the rise in demand for remote work arrangements. 

Overall, I think the Charter Hall REIT provides a diversified portfolio of real estate estates that could surprise over the long term. 

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The Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX: NCM) share price was rangebound today and finished trading less than 1% in the green at $19.68.

Newcrest shares have curled up from 52-week lows on 27 July. They have begun to set new high points since, as seen in the chart below.

Is Newcrest a buy right now?

Those investors doing some bottom fishing in the market would have no doubt stumbled across Newcrest in their searches.

It has been punished in 2022 whilst other commodity giants – particularly in energy – have roared to multi-year highs.

However, Newcrest is a gold story, make no mistake about it. And with gold’s pressures of late, the ASX miner’s share price has followed suit.

If we extend the chart analysis out a bit further to August 2020, we can see the relationship between both on full display, with some variance in the distribution at various points.

Hence, to understand Newcrest’s share price we must therefore have an understanding of the gold price as well.

Gold prices spiked to a 1-month high on Monday, following a pullback in the US dollar and US Treasury yields. The yellow metal now trades at US$1,786 per troy ounce.

Investors are looking to upcoming US inflation data as a signal of where to position in the gold markets, Reuters reports.

“Any surprise softening in the U.S. inflation number could well be the catalyst for a tremendous surge in the gold price,” said Clifford Bennett of ACY Securities, cited by Reuters.

On last check, using the federal funds futures market, investors have priced an approximate 65% chance of another 75 basis point rate hike at the US Federal Reserve’s September meeting.

Hence, the question becomes if Newcrest presents compelling value, or if we’d be left “catching the falling knife” as the saying goes.

Meanwhile, brokers don’t appear to think there’s any knife in free fall in the first place. In fact, since July, there’s even been 1 broker rotate from a sell to a strong buy on Newcrest.

Now 8 out of 17 analysts covering the share reckon it’s a buy right now, up from 7 a month ago, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. The remaining coverage says Newcrest is a hold.

The consensus price target from this list is $25.58, suggesting around 30% return potential if the brokers have it correct.

Newcrest shares are down 22% in the red these past 12 months.

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Allkem Ltd (ASX: AKE) shares marched higher today. Allkem shares closed the session on Tuesday at $12.05, up 0.42%.

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) lithium share is among the biggest and lowest-cost lithium producers in the world. As such, it’s been a big beneficiary of soaring lithium prices.

Prices for the lightweight conductive metal remain up by more than 400% since this time last year amid strong growth in demand for critical battery materials as global electric vehicle (EV) production continues to surge.

Which brings us to the latest development out of the United States that could fuel even stronger demand for EVs, and offer another tailwind for Allkem shares.

United States spending bill could energise ASX lithium shares

Yesterday (overnight Aussie time) the US Senate passed a US$437 billion bill focused on healthcare and climate change.

Around US$347 billion is earmarked for climate and energy spending.

Of most relevance to Allkem shares, the bill ends the per-manufacturer limits on the US$7,500 tax credit for the purchase of new EVs that was previously in place.

Once it passes the House and is signed off by President Joe Biden, as is widely expected, the bill will take effect in January and run for a decade.

As Electrek reported, the EV credit previously had a cap of 200,000 cars per manufacturer. Tesla Inc, General Motors Company and Toyota had already exceeded the cap, with other EV manufacturers soon to follow.

Allkem shareholders may be interested in the part of the bill that requires “critical minerals” for EV batteries to either be sourced within the US or from a nation with a free trade agreement with the US.

That excludes China, which has long been the world’s major supplier of critical battery elements. And it could open the door for more lithium and other mineral imports from Australian miners.

How have Allkem shares been performing?

Allkem shares are up 29% over the past full year. This compares to a 12-month loss of 7% posted by the ASX 200.

Longer-term, the Allkem share price has leapt 294% over the past five years.

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The Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (ASX: EOS) share price has surged so far this trading week.

Shares in the defence and space technology company closed today’s session at $1.105 each, a gain of 10.5% on the day. Yesterday, Electro Optic shares gained 5.26%.

Let’s look into why investors are buying the stock this week.

What happened?

Electro Optic System’s subsidiary Spacelink announced that it had entered a cooperative research and development agreement with the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Centre on Monday.

The terms of the agreement include cooperation in developing alternative space communications pathways for Spacelink’s satellite relay system. 

This agreement will allow SpaceLink to gain a deeper insight into the US Army’s concept of operations and give the army the data it needs to support its interagency requirements.

Spacelink CEO Dave Bittinger said:

We are honored to work with USASMDC-TC to assure that our development efforts meet the Army’s needs. Sharing facilities, intellectual property, and expertise will elevate solutions for both the warfighter and industry, ultimately enhancing national security and U.S. dominance in space.

Electro Optic Systems share price snapshot

Even with this week’s rise, Electro Optic Systems shares are down almost 54% year to date and 74% over the past 12 months.

The company’s market capitalisation is currently $177 million.

The post Why has the Electro Optic Systems share price soared 16% in 2 days? appeared first on The Motley Fool Australia.

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Motley Fool contributor Matthew Farley has positions in Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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