Another day of reporting on the ASX has drawn to a close. That means it is time for us to summarise some of the big-name results you might have missed on the ASX today.

We’ll quickly unpack today’s results and then wrap things back up for tomorrow:

Those that reported on the ASX today

WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC)

Shares in WiseTech had an eventful day after the logistics software company reported its FY21 full-year results. A blockbuster result pushed the share price to an all-time high of $57.31 before entering a trading halt following an ASX price query. After resuming trade, the share price lost its momentum to settle the day up 26% to $45.60.

The takeaway points:

• Total revenue up 18% (or 24% in constant currency) to $507.5 million
• CargoWise revenue increased 26% to $331.6 million
• Acquisition revenue rose 6% to $175.9 million
• Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) jumped 63% to $206.7 million
• Net profit after tax doubled to $105.8 million
• Free cash flow up 149% to $139.2 million, underpinning a 141% increase in its final dividend to 3.85 cents per share

Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX: BVS)

The Bravura share price suffered a dramatic fall following its reporting of full-year results for FY21. Shares in the financial software solutions provider sank 15.96% lower after reporting a reduction in revenue and earnings.

The takeaway points:

• $243 million of revenue –11% less than that of FY20
• Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation (EBIDTA) down 15% to $49.3 million
• Operating cash flow of $52.7 million
• Net profit after tax of $34.6 million – down 14% on that of FY20
• 6-cent per share final dividend (unfranked)

Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: SVW)

Lastly, the Seven Group share price stumbled on the ASX today despite reporting a reasonable performance in its FY21 result. The news of Kerry Stokes retiring after the annual general meeting in November may have influenced the 7.56% fall in shares on Wednesday.

The takeaway points:

• $4.8 billion on trading revenue – 6.1% more than that of FY20
• Underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $792.1 million, up 7.3%
• Operating cash flow of $622.4 million, up 15.6%
• Fully franked final dividend of 23 cents per share (10% more than FY20). That brings the company’s full year dividends to 46 cents

ASX shares reporting next week

It was another busy day on the ASX for reporting. However, tomorrow can lay claim to its own set of exciting companies that are slated to release full-year results.

Some of the big-name companies set to release their financials tomorrow include The A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M), Appen Ltd (ASX: APX), Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (ASX: FLT), Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC), Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW), and Tyro Payments Ltd (ASX: TYR).

To see the full line-up, check out our ASX Reporting Season Calendar.

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In late trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record a small gain. At the time of writing, the benchmark index is up 0.2% to 7,520.4 points.

Four ASX shares that have failed to follow the market higher today are listed below. Here’s why they are sinking:

Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX: BVS)

The Bravura share price has crashed 17% to $3.13 following the release of its full year results. In FY 2021, the financial technology company reported an 11% decline in revenue to $243 million and a 14% reduction in net profit after tax to $34.6 million. The latter was at the low end of its guidance range. However, the main drag on its shares appears to be the shock departure of its CEO Tony Klim. He will leave the business next week after 13 years.

Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: NEC)

The Nine share price has fallen 9% to $2.70. This was despite the media company reporting a 76% increase in net profit after tax to $2278 million for FY 2021. As strong as this was, it was slightly lower than expectations. Also weighing on its shares was management’s operating expense guidance for FY 2022.

Reece Ltd (ASX: REH)

The Reece share price has crashed 11% to $22.32. This follows the release of the plumbing parts company’s full year results after the market close on Tuesday. While that result was in line with the market’s expectations, management’s uncertain outlook is weighing on its shares. Particularly given the lofty multiples they trade on.

Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P)

The Zip share price is down 3% to $7.11. This morning Zip released its full year results and reported a 150% increase in revenue to $403.2 million. This was driven by a 178.5% jump in transaction volume to $5.8 billion, which was underpinned by a 247.5% increase in customer numbers to 7.3 million. The company also revealed that so far in FY 2022 total transaction value was up 58% in Australia and 240% in the United States. As positive as this was, its increasing costs appears to have spooked investors.

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The Althea Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: AGH) share price has returned to trading today only to get smoked by investors. The cannabis company provided an update to market on its latest capital raising efforts.

At the time of writing, Althea shares are down a sizeable 10.53% to 25.5 cents. In comparison, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is up 0.34% to 7,799 points.

What did Althea announce?

A reason for the steep fall in the Althea share price could be an impending share dilution by the company.

According to today’s announcement, Althea advised it has successfully completed an institutional placement, raising $10.64 million before costs.

Both new and existing institutional and sophisticated investors signalled strong interest to support Althea’s growth plans.

As a result, around 44.35 million shares will be issued to participating investors at a price of 24 cents each. This represents a 15.8% discount on the last closing price of Althea shares before going into a trading halt on 23 August.

Althea will use the proceeds of the placement to fund a range of growth initiatives across the company’s pharmaceutical business. This includes supporting further expansion in Australia, Europe, and other international markets. Furthermore, Althea will use part of the funds for general working capital expenses.

Althea group CEO Joshua Fegan commented:

We are very pleased to have received strong interest for this capital raising. The additional funding will fuel a range of strategic growth initiatives in our pharmaceutical business, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our new and existing shareholders for their support. We look forward to updating the market with news regarding our progress in established territories, as well as our ongoing international expansion.

About the Althea share price

Attributing to today’s loss, the Althea share price has given up 40% of its value since the beginning of 2021. Looking at a larger time frame, the company’s shares haven’t fared much better, down 30% over the past 12 months.

On valuation grounds, Althea has a market capitalisation of around $66.9 million, with approximately 262 million shares on issue.

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The Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV) share price is up 1.9% in late afternoon trading to $2.13 per share.

The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO), meanwhile, is struggling to hold on to its earlier gains, though currently still up 0.2%.

Polynovo is under the microscope today as the ASX medical device developer gets set to deliver its full year 2021 financial results (FY21) tomorrow.

With investors keenly awaiting Thursday’s results, we look back to how the Polynovo share price moved following the release of its FY20 results.

What did Polynovo report in FY20?

The Polynovo share price fell 6.5% on 26 August 2020, the day the company reported its FY20 results.

The fall came despite a 104% increase in sales revenue reported over the year, to $19.1 million. Revenue grew across the company’s markets, with particularly strong growth in the United States.

Likely contributing to Polynovo shares falling after last year’s results was the 28.8% year-on-year increase in operating expenses which reached $22.6 million. The company reported an operating loss of $1.1 million and a net loss after tax of $4.2 million.

Polynovo finished off FY20 with a cash balance of $11.6 million.

No guidance was offered for FY21. However, management said at the time they planned to reinvest funds back into the business for new product development and to expand into new markets.

Polynovo share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, Polynovo’s share price is down 10%. By comparison the ASX 200 is up 22% since this time last year.

Year-to-date, the Polynovo has yet to recover from the sharp falls it suffered in January. Its shares are down 45% in 2021.

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The Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) share price has been storming higher on Wednesday. Shares in the Aussie tech company are up more than 8% following yesterday’s surge.

With the Aussie data company set to release earnings tomorrow, let’s take a look at how the company’s share price reacted last time it reported.

Why the Appen share price slumped 7% last time it reported

Appen reported its full-year earnings back on 24 February 2021. Shares in the Aussie data company sank 7% following the update despite reporting a 12% jump in revenue to $599.9 million.

The “WAAAX” company reported underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) up 8% to $108.6 million while underlying net profit edged 1% lower to $64.6 million.

Appen even announced a 50% franked dividend of 5.5 cents per share as part of the full-year update. However, investors were not impressed with the Appen share price sinking 7% lower throughout the day.

It was a similar story back following Appen’s half-year 2020 earnings as well. Shares in the Aussie data company fell 11.1% lower on 27 August 2020 despite a 25% increase in revenue to $306.2 million.

Appen reported underlying EBITDA up 6% to $49.1 million with a 3% decline in underlying net profit after tax to $28.9 million. The company announced a 4.5 cents per share and 50% franked interim dividend up 12.5% from the previous year.

Once again, however, the Appen share price sank lower. Investors will be hoping that tomorrow’s half-year results update is the one that reverses the recent trend for the Aussie data company.

If the recent market moves are anything to go by, investors have high hopes for Thursday’s update. The Appen share price has surged more than 8% higher on Wednesday and is now up more than 18% in the last 5 days.

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The Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) share price is taking off today as the company reminds Australians they could be flying again soon.

While the airline’s latest ad has some Australians feeling a bit down, it seems to have had the opposite effect on the Qantas share price. The airline’s shares are up 5.3% today, swapping hands for $4.87 apiece.

Let’s take a closer look at the advert that’s got Australia bawling.

Qantas tugs on Australians’ heartstrings

The Qantas share price is in the green while Aussies are feeling a bit blue.  

Locked down Australians have flocked to Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) to share that Qantas’ heartfelt ad had them sobbing as they imagined a future where international travel is once again the norm.

The advert is set to an exclusive rendition of Tones And I’s single Fly Away and shows images of Australians travelling overseas to see loved ones, go to Disney Land, and even get married.

By this point, I shouldn’t need to warn you to get the tissues ready before having a squizz at the marketing move that might be boosting Qantas’ share price today:

And it seems Australians are suckers for punishment. The ad is currently at the #3 spot on YouTube’s trending list.

The ad is part of Qantas’ Be Rewarded campaign. The campaign is aiming to encourage Australians to get a COVID-19 jab. In return for rolling up their sleeves, Qantas is offering Australians loyalty points and flight vouchers. Additionally, 10 vaccinated Australians will win free travel for a year.

The campaign follows Qantas’ decision to mandate that its employees must receive a COVID-19 vaccine unless they have a medical exemption.

Qantas share price snapshot

Today’s gains aren’t quite enough to get the Qantas share price back into the green.

Right now, Qantas’ shares are trading for just 0.9% less than they were at the start of 2021. However, they have gained 26% since this time last year.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is enjoying a decent day of trading this Wednesday. The ASX 200 is currently up 0.16% to 7,515 points at the time of writing. However, in what might be some trepidation about it’s earnings report tomorrow, the Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC) share price is not enjoying the same treatment. Ramsay shares are currently trading at the rather unfortunate share price of  $66.66, down 0.48% for the day.

So as I just mentioned, Ramsay is scheduled to report its full-year earnings for FY2021 tomorrow morning. But while we wait with bated breath for these numbers, let’s check out what the Ramsay Health Care share price did last time the company had an appointment with its investors.

So Ramsay reported its half-year earnings back in February of this year, 25 February to be precise.

Here’s a summary of what the company reported at the time:

• Revenues of $5.9 billion, a 6.6% fall over the previous corresponding period (pcp).
• Statutory net profit of $226 million, a 12.5% drop over the pcp.
• Diluted earnings per share (EPS) came in at 96.9 cents, a decline of 21.1% over the pcp
• Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $583.8 million, a 4.2% slump.
• An interim dividend of 48.5 cents per share, fully franked, 21.1% lower than Ramsay’s previous interim payout.

How did the Ramsay Health Care share price respond?

Despite these numbers showing a significant hit from the coronavirus outbreak, investors responded enthusiastically to these earnings back in February. As we covered at the time, investors sent Ramsay shares up around 8% in the first few hours of trading following this release. As it stands today, Ramsay shares are around 5.5% higher than the day before this report became public 6 months ago.

At the current Ramsay share price, the company has a market capitalisation of $15.32 billion, a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 62.96 and a dividend yield of 0.72%.

This company is up 6.88% year to date in 2021 so far, but is only up 1.07% over the past 12 months. Disappointingly for its investors, the Ramsay share price is also down close to 12% over the past 5 years.

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All eyes are on Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT) shares on Wednesday following the release of the company’s highly anticipated FY21 results.

Afterpay released some classic growth figures, including a 90% jump in underlying sales to $21.1 billion, a 62% uplift in active customers to 16.2 million, and a 77% increase in active merchants to 98,200.

From a financial perspective, the company’s revenue increased 78% to $924.7 million, while its loss after tax widened to $159.4 million compared to a loss of $22.9 million in FY20.

With FY21 said and done, let’s take a look at what might drive the Afterpay business in FY22.

Cross-border shopping

Cross-border shopping has become an emerging growth driver for the Afterpay business. This allows Afterpay customers access to Afterpay merchants internationally with accompanying foreign exchange conversions.

The company’s FY21 results highlighted cross-border trade sales increasing ~120% during FY21 as more merchants and customers access the offering. That’s in addition to a ~350% increase in merchant uptake on cross-border features against the prior corresponding period.

Cross-border trade delivers pleasing benefits to merchants, with Afterpay saying that cross-border shoppers transact ~24% more frequently than domestic-only and with up to a ~13% increase in sales.

It will be interesting to see how cross-border trade will influence its future growth, especially as the feature is now available across all operating regions.

Driving growth across North America

For the first time, North America exceeded Asia-Pacific as the company’s largest region as measured by underlying sales.

The company said that expansion within North America, the world’s largest retail region, continues at an impressive rate. That’s despite growing off a larger base.

US developments include the launch of Afterpay’s in-store card. This delivered an underlying sales run rate of ~$400 million based on July 2021 trading.

In addition, Afterpay launched its Canada operations in August 2020, with a current sales run rate of ~$211 million.

Successful launch in Europe

Afterpay successfully launched in Italy, Spain and France in March this year with a reported ~450 brands now live.

The company said that Germany is a “priority region for a retail-led expansion”.

Something brewing in Asia?

Afterpay’s commentary for its growth plans in Asia has largely remained the same for the past 12 months.

This includes establishing an in-region team in Singapore and “exploring opportunities to leverage Tencent Holdings‘ network and relationships”.

The company’s FY21 results reiterate its position in Asia, citing a “strategic foothold in Singapore”.

What might be surprising was its point about an “expanding Shanghai office”.

Afterpay share price snapshot

The Afterpay share price has displayed whipsaw-like action for most of 2021, up 13.5% year to date.

Investors might have to say goodbye to their Afterpay shares, with the Square (NYSE: SQ) takeover offer on track to be finalised in Q1 of calendar year 2022.

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The Ridley Corporation Ltd (ASX: RIC) share price is soaring after the company released its earnings for the financial year 2021 (FY21).

Right now, the Ridley share price is $1.23, 7.89% higher than its previous close.

Ridley share price jumps on 2 cent dividend

Here’s how the stock feed producer performed through FY21:

• $927.7 million in revenue, 4.1% less than the prior corresponding period.
• Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) up 16.1% to $69.1 million
• After tax profit of $24.8 million, up from a $10.8 million loss in FY20
• Resumed paying dividends with a 2 cent final dividend

Over FY21, Ridley reported $79 million of gross profit, up 18% on those of FY20. It also saw its operating cash flow increase 107% to $82.4 million.

Ridley’s bulk stockfeed segment reported EBITDA before significant items of $32.4 million, down 5% from FY20. However, FY20 saw the segment’s income bolstered by ‘drought feeding’.

The company’s packaged feeds and ingredients segment has EBITDA before significant items of $46.5 million. That represents a 32% increase on the prior corresponding period.

Additionally, the company’s inventory is back to pre-COVID-19 levels.

Ridley ended the period with $39.9 million of cash and $83.1 million of debt.

What happened in FY21?

It’s been a quiet run in FY21 for Ridley and its share price. Although, it did sell some assets.

The company sold surplus land at Lara and Moolap for a pre-tax profit of $3.7 million.

In April, it also sold its wholly owned, non-operating, and Singapore-incorporated subsidiary Novacq International Pte Ltd for no profit or loss.

Ridley also announced it was to sell its Tasmanian extrusion facility in May. However, the sale was finalised after the financial year ended.

What’s next for Ridley?

Here’s what might drive the Ridley share price in FY22:

Ridley’s FY21 included several sales that have occurred since the end of the financial year just been and will be added to its FY22 results.

First off, the company sold its Tasmania-based Westbury extrusion plant for $54.85 million earlier this month. A $7 million profit from the sale will be noted in Ridley’s FY22 results.

Additionally, a $2.2 million contract for the sale of its former feedmill at Bendigo was signed on 27 July. Another sale contract, this time for its former feed mill at Mooroopna worth $1.65 million, was completed on 13 August.

The sales will generate a pre-tax gain on sale of around $2.6 million in FY22.

Ridley also outlined its growth plan in its FY21 results.

The company plans to undergo a $4 million plant commissioning in the first half of FY22. The plant will produce land animal protein concentrates.

Ridley will also launch Food for Dogs in speciality pet stores in April, and its Cobber range into rural grocery from the first half of FY22. Additionally, it plans to supply grocery house brands in FY22. It expects to launch a Novacq prawn feed, developed by CSIRO, in FY22.

The company will also increase its asset utilisation and expand its Narangba facility.

Finally, it plans to launch its Ridley Direct, which will see an ingredients sales desk selling to livestock producers who mix feed on farm.

Additionally, Ridley plans to spend $15 million over FY22 and FY23 on a series of small projects to extend its product offerings, de-bottleneck its capacity, and reduce costs.

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The Reece Ltd (ASX: REH) share price is down around 12%. Yesterday, the business reported its FY21 result.

What was in the Reece FY21 result?

Reece reported that its sales revenue increased 4% to $6.27 billion. In Australia and New Zealand, revenue increased by 9% to $3.15 billion, while in the US, revenue went up 11% to US$2.33 billion on a constant currency basis.

The plumbing business revealed that normalised earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), which excludes acquisition costs, rose 11% to $720 million. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) grew 20% to $493 million.

The Australian division saw the EBITDA margin expand by 100 basis points to 15.7%. Management explained this happened because of a combination of sales volume and operational discipline.

Net profit after tax (NPAT) increased by 25% to $286 million, although earnings per share (EPS) rose by 10% to 44 cents.

Reece decided to double the final dividend per share to 12 cents per share. That sent the total dividend per share up by 50% to 18 cents per share. At the current Reece share price, that translates to a grossed-up dividend yield of 1.2%.

Leadership commentary

The Reece CEO and managing director Peter Wilson said:

FY21 presented many challenges. The evolving environment due to the pandemic, the Texas freeze and the Australian bushfires tested us. But it’s also shown how resilient our business is.

This year, we cemented our 2030 vision – to be the trade’s most valuable partner, helping them succeed in a digital world. We’ll do this by being brilliant at the fundamentals of our operations, being both strategic and opportunistic to grow the business and fostering a culture of innovation. This approach, coupled with construction activity being at an all-time high, and our customers being busier than ever, has led to record results for the group.

What do brokers think of the Reece share price?

Brokers seem to be fairly negative on the business’ valuation.

For example, Morgan Stanley has a price target on Reece of $16. That suggests the broker thinks the Reece share price will fall almost 30% over the next 12 months.

Morgan Stanley notes that Reece is doing well, but it is priced too expensively, in the broker’s opinion.

Based on the broker’s projection, Reece is valued at 35x FY23’s estimated earnings.

Citi also rates the Reece share price as a sell, with a price target of $13.50. That suggests that Reece shares could fall as much as 40% over the next 12 months, if the broker is right.

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