The Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) share price will be one to watch on Monday.

This follows the release of the insurance giant’s full year results this morning.

Suncorp share price on watch following FY22 profit decline

• Revenue up 14% year over year to $16,169 million
• Net profit after tax down 34% to $681 million
• Final dividend per share of 17 cents
• FY 2023 targets reaffirmed

What happened during FY 2022?

For the 12 months ended 30 June, Suncorp reported a 14% increase in revenue to $16,169 million. This was driven by record second half premium growth, a return to growth in home lending, and improved underlying margins.

However, things weren’t quite as positive on the bottom line, with the company reporting a 34% decline in net profit after tax to $681 million. This reflects volatile investment markets and elevated natural hazard costs.

Management notes that the prevailing La Niña weather pattern across Australia and New Zealand led to 35 separate weather events and around 130,000 natural hazard claims. This led to the company exceeding its natural hazard allowance by $101 million.

Whereas volatile investment markets, including rapidly rising yields and widening credit spreads, drove mark-to-market losses across the company’s $14.9 billion investment portfolios. This saw Suncorp record a net loss from investment markets of $190 million compared to a profit of $453 million in the prior year.

Positively, as the company holds its fixed interest investments to maturity, the majority of these FY 2022 accounting losses are expected to unwind to profit over the coming periods.

Finally, for the second half, Suncorp declared a final fully franked dividend of 17 cents per share. This is payable on 21 September and will bring its full year dividend to 40 cents per share.

How does this compare to expectations?

The bad news for the Suncorp share price today is that this result appears to have fallen a touch short of expectations.

According to CommSec, the market was expecting the company to report a net profit after tax of $699 million and declare a full year fully franked 46 cents per share dividend in FY 2022.

Management commentary

Suncorp’s CEO, Steve Johnston, acknowledged that this was challenging year for the company. Nevertheless, he was pleased that the company maintained momentum and delivered on its key strategic initiatives.

[W]e have maintained our focus on executing our strategic initiatives and this has allowed us to offset increasing inflationary pressures, particularly in home and motor vehicle repairs.

A highlight of this result is the GWP [gross written premium] growth that has been delivered and the increased underlying ITR [insurance trading ratio], which demonstrates that we can meet the needs of customers and make good progress against our strategic initiatives.

Outlook

Johnston also reaffirmed the company’s FY 2023 targets. He said:

We are proud of what we have delivered this year and the hard work we have done over the past three years means we are able to reaffirm our FY23 targets.

This includes an ITR target of 10% to 12%, GWP growth in general insurance, and a cost-to-income ratio target of ~50% by the end of FY 2023.

The Suncorp share price is down 9% over the last 12 months.

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Are you looking for some small cap shares to add to your portfolio? If you are, then have a look at the two listed below.

Here’s why they analysts are bullish on these small caps:

Airtasker Ltd (ASX: ART)

The first small cap ASX share to consider is this online marketplace provider for local services.

It could be a top option thanks to its material growth opportunity both at home and overseas. For example, management estimates that it has a total addressable market (TAM) of $600 billion across Australia, the UK, and the US.

Morgans remains a big fan of Airtasker. At the end of last month, the broker retained its add rating on the company’s shares with a price target of $1.05. This implies potential upside of 160% for investors based on the current Airtasker share price of 40.5 cents.  It commented:

Whilst acknowledging the current volatile market conditions and broader sector sentiment, we continue to remain attracted to the strong growth opportunity ahead for ART, predicated on the company successfully implementing its strategy of penetrating the prodigious TAM opportunity both domestically and offshore.

Serko Ltd (ASX: SKO)

Another small cap ASX share to look at is this online travel booking and expense management software provider.

Serko was hit hard by the pandemic but is bouncing back strongly now. And with the company well-funded, it is now able to focus on its global marketplace strategy. This strategy is aiming to transform the company from an online booking tool into a distributed marketplace. This will also be supported by its game-changing deal with Booking.com.

Citi is positive on Serko. It recently retained its buy rating and $5.10 price target on the company’s shares. This suggests potential upside of 57% from the current Serko share price of $3.25. The broker commented:

We continue to see a high degree of uncertainty in terms of forecasting the Booking.com for Business in the near term, however expect the expansion into unmanaged travel in partnership with Booking.com to drive solid earnings growth over the medium term and also help the core business.

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APA Group (ASX: APA) is a top S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) share in my opinion.

It may not be a household name, but it is an essential business to the Australian economy. It owns 15,000 km of natural gas pipeline that connects supply sources and markets across the Australian mainland. It delivers half of the country’s natural gas usage.

Pipelines may not sound like the most exciting idea but, hopefully, the attractiveness will seem clearer once I’ve outlined some of the key positives.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance but I think it’s worthwhile pointing out that over the past six months, the APA share price has risen by around 20%. That compares to the ASX 200 which has dropped 1.3%.

Inflation protection

Most investors are keeping a close eye on inflation and interest rates.

The higher the interest rate goes, the lower (most) asset prices are meant to go, in theory. Higher inflation could hurt household budgets as they are forced to spend more money on essentials like petrol, energy, and food.

But, APA could be protected from what’s going on, thanks to how it generates its revenue, profit, and cash flow.

APA says it’s positively leveraged to rising inflation with the large majority of its revenue indexed to inflation.

Contracts within Australia that contain inflation-linked escalations typically apply a formula based on either quarterly, bi-annual, or annual Australian CPI inflation. The Wallumbilla Gladstone Pipeline contract escalates annually, based on November US inflation. For the 2022 calendar year, the increase due to US inflation will be 7.5%.

In terms of APA’s drawn debt, it’s fully hedged with an average maturity of seven years. In other words, it won’t feel the impact of higher interest rates as a cost for a while.

The ASX 200 share also boasts that it has a high earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margin. In the FY22 half-year result, the underlying EBITDA margin was around 77%.

Green energy

APA is actively participating in hydrogen feasibility projects as the commercialisation of hydrogen evolves.

For example, it’s partnering to assess green hydrogen opportunities through the Central Queensland Hydrogen Consortium with the development of a hydrogen hub in the region for domestic supply and export to Japan’s industrial market.

The ASX 200 share is also involved in other hydrogen efforts.

The Parmelia Gas Pipeline hydrogen project is the proposed 100% hydrogen conversion of a section of existing pipeline in Western Australia. Phase two is underway, with lab testing of the pipeline materials in gaseous hydrogen conditions.

The Victorian Transmission System is a proposal to develop Australia’s first blueprint for state-wide hydrogen blending. It is believed that up to 20% of the gas being transmitted in pipelines could be hydrogen when blended with natural gas.

APA is also looking to invest in electricity transmission and renewable energy generation.

Core business growth

Management believes that natural gas still has an important role to play for decades, particularly when it comes to “affordable security of supply”.

APA continues to invest in new pipelines for customers.

For example, it’s investing around $460 million to build a 580km pipeline to connect the Perth Basin to the Goldfields region. This will provide an alternative source of secure energy and double the capacity, according to APA. This also creates a platform for additional growth as more resource customers seek new energy solutions to replace traditional ones.

Growth of the ASX 200 share’s cash flow enables a growing distribution. It targets a payout ratio of between 60% to 70% of free cash flow.

It grew the FY22 distribution by 3.9% to 53 cents per security. That translates into a distribution yield of 4.4% at the current APA share price.

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The Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL) share price is gaining the attention of investors as news emerges of more potential acquisitions.

This company is a diversified conglomerate invested across an array of different ASX shares and sectors.

Industries represented in the portfolio include telecommunications, building products, property, banks, resources and so on.

In terms of the actual ASX shares in the portfolio, it’s invested in businesses like TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPG), New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX: NHC), Tuas Ltd (ASX: TUA), Pengana Capital Group Ltd (ASX: PCG), Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG), BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA).

Soul Pattinson also has a growing portfolio of private companies, which are “platforms” for further growth. That includes agriculture, electrical business Ampcontrol, swimming school business Aquatic Achievers and Ironbark Asset Management.

According to reporting by the Australian Financial Review, Ironbark is involved with the potential acquisitions. Ironbark says it delivers a “range of innovative financial solutions including funds management, corporate trustee services and bespoke investment solutions.” Soul Pattinson owned 30.7% of Ironbark at the latest disclosure.

What’s Ironbark doing?

According to the AFR, Soul Pattinson has agreed to fund around $30 million for Ironbark through a capital call structure that was put in place in late June.

This money would be used over time, so its ownership of Ironbark would rise as the capital was used.

The newspaper’s reporting noted that the funds management part of the company attracted money for external fund managers to manage through Ironbark-branded funds. An example of this is New York-based Apis Capital. The wealth advisory segment has reportedly been “taking minority stakes in advice businesses.”

In its FY22 half-year result, Soul Pattinson noted that it had seen an increased profit contribution from Ironbark and expected to “allocate additional capital to expand this portfolio of private investments which in turn provide platforms for further growth.”

The ASX share said there were “multiple avenues for growth in existing and new opportunities” with its private equity portfolio.

Soul Pattinson share price snapshot

Over the last month, the Soul Pattinson share price has risen by close to 10%.

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If you’re wanting to boost your income with some dividend shares, then you might want to consider the two listed below.

Here’s what you need to know about these dividend shares:

Elders Ltd (ASX: ELD)

The first ASX dividend share to look at is Elders. It is an agribusiness company that provides a range of services to rural and regional customers across the Australia/New Zealand region.

Elders has been a very strong performer this year. For example, during the first half of FY 2022, the company reported an 80% increase in first-half EBIT to $132.8 million.

Since then, however, the Elders share price has pulled back materially. The team at Goldman Sachs believes this has created a buying opportunity. Particularly given the long term structural growth opportunities still in front of the company.

Last week Goldman reiterated its conviction buy rating with a $21.00 price target on its shares.

As for dividends, the broker is forecasting dividends per share of 50 cents in FY 2022 and 53 cents in FY 2023. Based on the current Elders share price of $12.00, this implies attractive yields of 4.15% and 4.4%, respectively.

South32 Ltd (ASX: S32)

If you don’t mind investing in the resources sector, then South32 could be an ASX dividend share to buy.

It is a diversified mining and metals company with operations spanning alumina, aluminium, bauxite, copper, energy and metallurgical coal, lead, manganese, nickel, silver, and zinc.

It has been generating bumper free cash flow this year thanks to the strong demand and favourable prices it is experiencing for its products. Pleasingly, this is expected to continue in the coming years and underpin big dividends.

Citi, for example, is forecasting a 38 cents per share dividend in FY 2022 and then a 40 cents per share dividend in FY 2023. Based on the current South32 share price of $3.83, this will mean yields of 10% in both years.

Citi also sees plenty of upside for its shares with its buy rating and $5.50 price target.

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A couple of weeks ago, The Motley Fool reported on an ASX share that had fallen in price so much that 77% of its valuation was now the cash it holds.

That tip about Touch Ventures Ltd (ASX: TVL), which came from Cyan Investment Management portfolio manager Dean Fergie, attracted tremendous interest from our readers.

“This stock’s gone from a listing price of 40 cents back to, it’s currently trading at, 13 cents,” Fergie told The Motley Fool last month.

“They have, in net cash, 10 cents per share on their balance sheet.”

This week another expert named a different stock in a similar position, which may also pique the interest of keen investors:

‘The lines are big and the pizzas are expensive’

Wilson Asset Management senior analyst Shaun Weick rated entertainment venue operator Event Hospitality and Entertainment Ltd (ASX: EVT) as a current buy.

“This stock does provide strong leverage to the [post-COVID] reopening themes,” he said in a Wilson video.

“They own a collection of cinema assets in Event, hotel assets in QT and Ridges.”

The company also operates the Thredbo ski resort.

“If anyone’s seen images of Thredbo recently, the lines are big and the pizzas are expensive.”

Current share price giving away the business pretty much for free 

As well as increased business from cooped-up Australians coming out of their shells, Weick’s team likes Event shares as a “valuation play”.

“If you back out the implied value of the operating businesses at the moment, you’re paying roughly two to three times EBITDA — for businesses that we think can earn significantly more coming out of COVID.”

But the best feature is that the real estate it owns makes 87% of the current share price.

“They’ve got $2 billion property assets on the balance sheet — current market cap‘s $2.3 billion,” he said.

“We think this one’s a good play in this market.”

Coverage is sparse for Event Hospitality and Entertainment. But three out of four analysts surveyed on CMC Markets currently agree with Weick, rating it as a buy.

The company is due to report its financials on 22 August.

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The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price was a positive performer on Friday.

The mining giant’s shares ended the week with a gain of almost 2% to $38.81.

Can the BHP share price keep climbing?

The good news is that this gain could be the start of even greater gains according to analysts at Morgans.

According to a recent note, the broker has retained its add rating and lifted its price target to $48.50. Based on the current BHP share price, this implies potential upside of 25% for investors over the next 12 months.

But it gets better. Morgans expects BHP’s significant free cash flow generation to support some big dividends in the coming years.

It is forecasting fully franked dividends per share of US$2.84 in FY 2022 and US$2.57 in FY 2023. This represents yields of 10.5% and 9.6%, respectively, which brings the total potential 12-month return to approximately 35%.

What did the broker say?

While the broker acknowledges that the next few months carry some level of uncertainty, it remains positive on the outlook of the key commodities BHP produces.

The broker commented:

While the next 2-3 months hold uncertainty, particularly around the rate of growth in key commodity consumer China, we continue to see healthy fundamentals for iron ore, coal and base metals heading into 2023.

In light of this, Morgans feels that the BHP share price is attractively priced at the current level. It explained:

This in leaves BHP’s share price looking attractive at current levels. Supported by an FCF yield of 13%, dividend yield of ~10% fully franked, and trading at a ~30% [now 25%] discount to our target price, we see BHP’s share price as having drifted into attractive value territory. Maintain Add rating with a A$48.50 target price.

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On Friday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) finished the week in a positive fashion. The benchmark index rose 0.6% to 7,015.6 points.

Will the market be able to build on this on Monday? Here are five things to watch:

ASX 200 expected to edge lower

The Australian share market looks set to start the week with a small decline following a mixed night on Wall Street on Friday. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is expected to open the day 7 points or 0.1% lower this morning. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones was up 0.2%, the S&P 500 fell 0.15%, and the NASDAQ dropped 0.5%.

Oil prices rebound

Energy producers Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) and Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) could have a decent start to the week after oil prices pushed higher on Friday. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price rose 0.5% to US$89.01 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price climbed 0.85% to US$94.92 a barrel. Oil prices rebounded from their lowest levels since February after concerns over supply shortages offset expected declines in fuel demand.

Suncorp results

The Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) share price will be on watch on Monday when the insurance giant releases its full year results. According to CommSec, the market is expecting the company to report a net profit after tax of $699 million for FY 2022. This is expected to underpin a full year fully franked 23 cents per share dividend.

Gold price slides

Gold miners Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX: NCM) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) could have a poor start to the week after the gold price tumbled on Friday night. According to CNBC, the spot gold price was down 0.8% to US$1,792.40 an ounce. A strong US jobs report eased recession fears and reduced the appeal of the safe haven asset.

Aurizon results

The Aurizon Holdings Ltd (ASX: AZJ) share price will be in focus on Monday when the rail freight operator releases its full year results. The market is expecting the company to report a net profit after tax of $513 million and a full year dividend of 10.9 cents.

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The Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: TLX) share price finished the session on Friday up 0.52% to $7.79. Over the past month, the ASX healthcare share has risen in value by an extraordinary 50.1%.

Contributing to this gain was the investor response to the company’s June quarter report on 21 July.

As my Fool colleague Zach reported, it was the cancer diagnostic and treatment business’s “first commercial quarter”, during which time they launched the Illuccix prostate cancer treatment in the US.

The Telix share price rose by 5.51% on the day of the news.

Fund managers backing Telix share price for growth

Telix treatment technology delivers radiation directly to tumours by putting radiopharmaceuticals into the bloodstream to find and target the cancers.

Illuccix is designed to find prostate cancers in high-risk men before surgery. It is also used to detect prostate-specific antigens (PSAs) in men deemed at risk of the cancer returning after surgery.

According to reporting in the Australian Financial Review (AFR), a bunch of professional fund managers are backing the Telix share price for growth.

They include Antares Capital Broadcap Australian Equities Fund, Platinum Asset Management, Perennial Partners, Fidelity, Acorn Capital, and Wilson Asset Management.

Jefferies, Wilsons, Taylor Collison, and Bell Potter all rate Telix a buy with share price valuations between $8.50 and $10.70.

Maiden profit ahead for Telix

According to the article, Wilsons expects Telix to make a $32.8 million loss in FY23 before a maiden profit of $7.7 million in fiscal 2024.

Healthcare analyst Andrew Hamilton from the Antares Capital Broadcap Australian Equities Fund said:

We still think [Telix] shares have further upside. I think that first [June] quarter of commercial sales in Illuccix show it’s a great product. It entered the market and got very good awareness of PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) imaging. They’ve done a great job on execution, manufacturing, logistics, awareness and the commercial pipeline. For it to all work is a fantastic effort, we expect sales will accelerate.

Platinum Asset Management bought Telix at its initial public offering (IPO) in October 2017. At the time, Telix was selling at a price of 65 cents per share.

Platanium Healthcare analyst Dr Bianca Ogden said:

We’ve always been fans of using imaging as a diagnostic. Because it’s the easiest way to visualise something. We liked the idea when Telix started out to do this properly and consolidate the industry. And we’ve always invested in the targeted radiotherapy industry as a whole.

Is Illuccix approved for prostate cancer therapy in Australia?

Yes — the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) gave commercial approval for Illuccix in November 2021. It’s the first prostate-specific radioactive imaging agent to get approval here.

The Telix share price gained 8.13% on the day of the announcement.

According to the article, Telix has another treatment for prostate cancer. It also has treatments for brain cancer and renal cancer that are in Phase 2 or Phase 3 clinical trial stage.

Hamilton said:

From a valuation perspective the biggest thing in their locker is their prostate cancer therapy drug, TLX 591. That’s just at the start of Phase 3 trials, so it’s obviously a number of years away. But it still has global leadership in an emerging field, so it’s not a one trick pony. It has a deep pipeline, and we think other products coming behind look good.

The Telix share price is down 4.7% in 2022. This compares to an 8.5% dip in the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO).

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The Australian share market is home to a number of companies with strong long term growth potential.

Two that could be particularly well-placed for growth are listed below. Here’s what you need to know about these ASX shares:

Allkem Ltd (ASX: AKE)

The first ASX growth share to look at is lithium miner Allkem. It owns a collection of high-quality assets including Olaroz, Mt Cattlin, and the Sal de Vida brine project.

Thanks to sky high lithium prices, Allkem has delivered significant sales and profit growth in FY 2022. Pleasingly, this looks likely to continue in FY 2023 thanks to ongoing strength in prices, the end of older supply contracts at much lower prices, and increasing production.

And the latter isn’t about to stop any time soon. Management is aiming to triple its production by 2026 and ultimately maintain a 10% share of global supply in the future.

Morgans is very bullish on Allkem. Its analysts have an add rating and $16.72 price target on its shares.

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP)

Another ASX growth share that could be in the buy zone is Domino’s.

It is one of the largest pizza chain operators in the world with almost 900 stores across ANZ region, over 1,300 stores in Europe, and over 1,000 stores in Asia.

But management isn’t stopping there. It has set itself a target of 6,650 stores by 2033, which is over double its current footprint. If Domino’s delivers on this and continues delivering same store sales growth, this will bode well for its growth over the next decade.

And while the company is going through a difficult period at the moment, the team at Citi believe investors should be patient and focus on its long term growth opportunity.

Citi has a buy rating and $92.95 price target on Domino’s shares.

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