Regular readers would be familiar with the advice: buy shares for cheap when the market is down.
Well, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is 5% down in 2022. So investors should be out there madly snapping up bargains like they’re at the Boxing Day sales, right?
In reality, this is not happening.
“The conversations I’m having with many clients at the moment [are] they are sitting on the sidelines or unwilling to invest more capital due to market uncertainty,” Nucleus Wealth senior financial adviser Sam Kerr said on a blog post.
“The number one cause is fear. Fear of the future, fear of the unknown and fear of a downturn.”
This fear is natural, according to Kerr. One just needs to take a deep breath and look at the cold hard facts.
“This uncertainty is just human psychology playing out, and often it is irrational when looking at the positive drivers for business and property over the long term.”
Was there no uncertainty in the past?
The first thing investors should remind themselves is the situation now is not any different to the past.
“There has always been uncertainty in many forms,” said Kerr.
“There have been wars, famines, booms and busts, almost every imaginable event under the sun and markets have always gone on to make all-time new highs.”
“Volatility is just the risk that you have to take to achieve those higher long term expected returns from growth assets,” said Kerr.
“You have to embrace uncertainty if you want to reap the rewards that markets can offer.”
Even though share prices represent the worth of businesses, in the short term they’re set by supply and demand for a particular stock.
“This is independent of the fundamental value of the underlying securities,” Kerr said.
“So in the short term, anything can happen. But over the long term, the returns that tend to show up are very likely to be positive and reflective of business growth.”
The folly of dollar-cost averaging
So there are volatility risks of being in the market. What about the risks of being out of the market?
Kerr reckons having your money doing nothing, especially in this zero-interest rate climate, is not ideal.
“With capital sitting in cash in the current climate you are receiving a negative real return after inflation is taken into account, which is not a great strategy,” he said.
“You might be waiting for a pullback that never comes. You may miss the boat and markets might take off again and you miss out on potential gains.”
There are many experts who espouse dollar-cost averaging as a way to protect oneself from volatility in ASX shares.
But actually, Kerr quoted a Vanguard white paper that concluded 2 out of 3 times investors are better off investing a lump sum than spreading it out over time.
It seems dollar-cost averaging is more mental relief than financial nous.
“Vanguard’s research shows that investors get better outcomes by lump-sum investing as they have more capital in the market for longer,” said Kerr.
“This may be more difficult psychologically if you are concerned about the value of your investment decreasing in the short term but gives you better long term outcomes more often than not.”
The share market symbolises human achievements, according to Kerr, and that will not abate regardless of pandemics and inflation.
“People are always going to innovate and create new products and services and bring them to the market,” he said.
“My bet is that history will likely repeat itself and we will look back at this time in the future and wonder what everyone was worrying about and were very glad we invested for the long term when we did.”
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The Motley Fool chats with fund managers so that you can get an insight into how the professionals think. In this edition, SG Hiscock portfolio manager Rory Hunter recalls the faith he had in one ASX share that was never repaid.
Looking back
MF: Is there a move that you regret from the past? For example, a missed opportunity or buying a stock at the wrong timing or price.
RH: Plenty. I’d actually say the opportunities that you don’t end up buying, that end up generating significant returns, are probably almost the hardest to stomach.
We’d like to think that we manage the risk in the portfolios with positioning but, on the flip side, it’s hard to stomach when you like a stock and you don’t pull the trigger. All the best portfolio managers are the ones that are always ready to pull the trigger.
But I’d say in terms of investments that I’ve made that have been big mistakes, possibly iSelect Ltd(ASX: ISU), which would have been about 3 or 4 years ago now.
I remember looking at the business and seeing that there was margin compression, because their revenue was shifting away from the life insurance business, which was the highest margin segment. I was convinced that they could generate enough volume in other segments to actually still grow overall profit, despite that margin compression.
The reality is they didn’t grow volumes enough. That was one mistake. But the other mistake was that whenever you see margin compression in a business, it’s very rare that you see the share price continue to perform, because investors just ascribe another multiple to the business. So it’s very hard for the business to actually grow a profit and the share price to perform.
But also, in the face of that, you get multiple compression. In the face of multiple compression, as I pointed to earlier, you’ve got to grow profit at an extraordinary rate, just to keep the share price at a relatively elevated level. That was a big mistake and we lost a lot of money in iSelect.
I try to make sure that when it comes to actually buying businesses, as soon as we like something, we get it worked on as quickly as possible, because speed to market is a major advantage in this space, if you’ve got it. And that speaks to why we don’t run investment committees at SGH. Yeah, we very much think that you back the team, and you back the research and the management who are willing to do that. Speed to market is a big advantage.
MF: Especially in those smaller cap companies, it really can make a huge difference, can’t it?
RH: Without a doubt. It’s a thing that we love about this space, that there’s so much imperfect pricing. You don’t actually have to dig that far below the surface, to find it.
There’s just so many opportunities out there in that universe. Well, in the small cap space, it’s almost 2,000 stocks.
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Baby Bunting could be a dividend share to buy according to the team at Morgans.
As the only national specialty retailer of maternity and baby goods, the broker believes Baby Bunting is well placed to take market share away from non-specialist competitors such as department stores and to build its presence online.
It also sees the company’s recent entry into New Zealand as an extra growth driver and potentially even a template for further geographic expansion in the future.
In light of this, the broker is forecasting solid earnings and dividend growth over the coming years. In respect to the latter, Morgans has pencilled in fully franked dividends per share of 15 cents in FY 2022 and 19 cents in FY 2023. Based on the current Baby Bunting share price of $5.34, this implies yields of 2.8% and 3.6%.
Morgans has an add rating and $6.20 price target on its shares.
Another ASX dividend share that could be in the buy zone is telco giant Telstra. Especially with its outlook now arguably the best it has been in a decade.
This is due to the success of its transformational T22 strategy and the exciting new T25 strategy that will replace it later this year. Management expects the latter to drive solid growth in the coming years. This potentially puts Telstra in a position to increase its dividend for the first time in many years.
Morgans is also very positive on Telstra. It notes that industry dynamics have turned positive and believes the sum of the parts is worth more than the current share price. The broker currently has an add rating and $4.56 price target on its shares.
In respect to dividends, Morgans is forecasting fully franked dividends per share of 16 cents in FY 2022 and FY 2023. Based on the current Telstra share price of $4.08, this will mean yields of 3.9% for investors.
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On Wednesday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) was on form again and charged notably higher thanks largely to gains in the banking sector. The benchmark index rose 1.15% to 7,268.3 points.
Will the market be able to build on this on Thursday? Here are five things to watch:
ASX 200 to open higher
The Australian share market looks set to have another good day on Thursday following a strong night on Wall Street. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is expected to open the day 0.4% or 30 points higher this morning. In late trade on Wall Street, the Dow Jones is up 0.9%, the S&P 500 is up 1.4%, and the Nasdaq has risen 1.85%.
NAB Q1 update
The National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) share price will be on watch today when it releases its first quarter update. According to a note out of Bell Potter, its analysts are forecasting close to $1.59 billion in cash earnings and around 49 cents cash earnings per share in during the first quarter of FY 2022.
Oil prices rise
Energy shares including Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) and Woodside Petroleum Limited(ASX: WPL) could have a decent day after oil prices pushed higher. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price is up 0.5% to US$89.82 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price is up 1% to US$91.72 a barrel. Analysts are warning that oil prices could hit US$120 if Russia invades Ukraine.
AGL half year update
The AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL) share price will be in focus today when it releases its half year results this morning. The energy company is widely expected to post an ugly set of numbers after facing a very tough half. According to a note out of Morgans, its analysts expect AGL’s first half earnings to sink to $97 million.
Gold price rises
Gold miners Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) and Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) could have a decent day after the gold price pushed higher. According to CNBC, the spot gold price is up 0.4% to US$1,835 an ounce. Traders were buying gold after the US dollar and treasury yields softened ahead of the release of key US inflation data.
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Technology surely is a wonder, isn’t it? Think about it: in the last 20 years or so, a plethora of technological advances mean our lives are now more integrated with software and code than ever.
More than 40% of the world’s population now has access to the internet and more than 90% of the world’s data was generated within just the past 2 years. (Although most of this comes in the form of digital media – photos, social media, customer data, etc.)
Much of the recent growth stems from infrastructure upgrades and also technological advances, including a vast improvement in internet speeds.
The chart above shows how internet speeds have increased in the last 10-12 years across all major nations.
It seems this has helped drive people’s integration with the technological stratosphere — and not the other way around.
Enter the metaverse. It’s a term you’ve probably heard thrown around investor circles lately, especially with the rise in speculative digital assets such as cryptocurrencies. Not to mention, a huge tech company with a similar name – but it’s a relatively new term nonetheless.
Long has been our fascination with the idea of a ‘digital reality’, a technological utopia of sorts. Think of the success of The Matrix franchise — and we still quote lines from Orwell’s 1984.
But, as with anything new, there comes an element of fear and angst. The metaverse isn’t immune. It hasn’t exactly got investors running for the hills. (It hasn’t quite attained “weapons of financial mass destruction” status, as Warren Buffet once labelled derivatives in his 2022 annual report), but there are reservations.
However, the metaverse is an intriguing new aspect of reality that looks set to stick around for a while.
So what is it? Will there be one big metaverse or a multitude, as some suggest? There are many questions still to be answered, even by the experts.
In this article, we’ll deconstruct the metaverse and help you, as an investor, understand how to potentially make a bold entrance. Or a small one, whatever suits. Either way, it seems imperative that we know a bit more about the topic. Strap in, let’s take a look.
What is the metaverse?
The word ‘metaverse’ was apparently first coined in the 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash where author Neal Stephenson used the term to describe a 3D virtual world.
According to a definition on Bloomberg Intelligence, today’s version of the metaverse is a digital reality that combines numerous aspects of digital media, enabling users to interact virtually.
This includes augmented reality (AR), online gaming, virtual reality (VR), cryptocurrencies, and even social media.
Another definition has it a new phase of “interconnected virtual experiences”.
Perhaps the boldest claim to date, however, is that it’s touted as the next evolution of the internet — the internet 2.0.
Although it sounds similar to VR and AR, the metaverse is actually quite different. It aims to replicate a real-world experience for users, whereas VR is entirely fictional or story-based.
That means it is also different from the internet in that it uses real-time 3D visualisation software to blend the physical and virtual worlds.
Picture an online world where everyday activities such as grocery shopping, buying and selling of real estate, business meetings, and even education include all of the sensory elements of reality – only they occur in these ‘3D virtual spaces’, that is, in the metaverse.
Basically, the metaverse is the real world transposed online into a digital version. Except it incorporates additional capabilities that we, as mere mortal humans, can’t perform in real life.
On that basis, yes, one needs to ‘enter’ the metaverse which, at this point in time, is achieved through computers and/or other tech devices.
It may sound crazy to think we would enter a digital world to do things we already do in real life, right? Well, it’s happening — and both companies and investors alike are making a splash in the digital universe as well.
Perhaps the most popular metaverse move of late has been the former Facebook’s pivot into the new online world. The company even changed its name to Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and shifted its focus entirely onto the metaverse.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in his founder’s address, in 2021, that in the metaverse, we’ll be able to do just about anything imaginable. Literally anything.
For instance, Zuckerberg claimed we’ll be able to “teleport instantly as a hologram to be at the office without a commute, at a concert with friends, or in your parent’s living room to catch up”.
We’ll also have the opportunity to “create new experiences that don’t really fit how we think about computers or phones today”, he wrote.
In fact, Meta even goes so far to say that by “creating a sense of virtual presence, interacting online can become much closer to the experience of interacting in person”.
How big is the metaverse? How big will it grow?
Interest is piquing from the public on the topic as well. Data from google trends shows that searches on the term ‘metaverse’ spiked in September last year and have remained elevated since. No doubt, much of this activity came from Meta (nee Facebook)’s name change around the same time.
Nevertheless, data compiled by digital marketing company Mrs Digital finds people are still quite uncertain about the metaverse based on specific search terms. This suggests the concept is still in its infancy and that adoption has been slow to date.
However, data compiled by Statista, PWC, Bloomberg Intelligence, and venture capital company Epyllion, claim the metaverse could reach a value of $800 billion by 2024/25, growing at an average of 13% per year until then.
Given the rise of gaming software and social media advertising, the market could triple that size in the not-too-distant future. Epyllion even suggests “this is a $10–$30 trillion opportunity that will manifest in a decade or decade and a half”.
More analysis from Bloomberg suggests that mentions of the word ‘metaverse’ have increased more than 4 times in third-quarter US earnings transcripts.
In a note from December, US investment bank Jefferies also believes it to be a multi-trillion opportunity, stating it will create the biggest disruption to human life ever seen.
“A single metaverse could be more than a decade away, but as it evolves, it has the potential to disrupt almost everything in human life,” its analysts wrote.
Jefferies also notes that our younger generations will likely spearhead the metaverse’s rise, specifically those aged between 9 and 24, otherwise known as Generation Z.
What will the metaverse involve?
Right now the biggest revenue opportunity in the metaverse exists for game and software developers, live events, user-generated content, social ads, social networks, and those using VR/AR.
The assumption is that enormous opportunities will arise in these markets within the metaverse, especially for entities that can blend their physical and virtual worlds.
According to analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence, the biggest opportunities sit within gaming and software sales as well as the development of new gaming hardware.
It is estimated this subsector of the market could reach $412 billion in value by FY24. It was already valued at $275 billion in 2020. Within this figure, roughly 70% of earnings come from software and services sales.
Game makers are generating sales via play-to-collect and play-to-earn games that use blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Dogecoin.
These features could be incredibly profitable and lead to innovation, according to technology analyst Matthew Kanterman of Bloomberg.
Not only that, for live events such as concerts and sports, the metaverse provides an opportunity to host these on a digital platform, showing them in a 3D virtual world. This also represents additional opportunities for game makers with some already holding concerts inside their games, according to Kanterman.
According to data obtained from Bloomberg, Statista and PWC, the revenue opportunity in films, sports, and live music could exceed $200 billion in the next 3 years.
How to invest in the metaverse?
To track the sector’s performance, there is the Ball Metaverse Index. It’s managed by an expert council and maps companies into 7 categories that are weighted towards the metaverse.
The index has a market cap of $87 trillion and contains mostly media and tech-weighted companies. It has underperformed the benchmark so far this year, alongside global tech indices.
According to research compiled by Bloomberg, companies exposed to the metaverse in the Ball Index have outperformed the MSCI ACWI Index of Developed and Emerging markets since 2018.
The same list of companies also gained around 6% during the previous quarter on average, according to this research. Who are these companies? Here’s a list of the top 10 main players by market capitalisation in the table below, from Bloomberg:
Name
Country of Domicile
Apple Inc
United States
Microsoft Corp
United States
Meta Platforms Inc
United States
NVIDIA Corp
United States
Tencent Holdings Ltd
China
Walt Disney Co/The
United States
Sea Ltd
Singapore
Sony Group Corp
Japan
Snap Inc
United States
NetEase Inc
China
The breakdown is quite concentrated by industry. It appears that around 60% of current revenue activity in the metaverse is made up by the media, followed by tech and semiconductors at 25%. Financial services and consumer discretionary also account for 3% each.
By region, the lion’s share of metaverse activity is focused on the US with Asia and Europe making up the remainder, Bloomberg says.
It seems those investors wanting exposure to the metaverse might want to pay attention to these large-cap stocks that are already involved with the space.
However, a number of metaverse-specific ETFs have surfaced in recent months, giving investors diversified exposure to the sector.
The Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF (NYSEAMERICAN: METV) launched back in June and aims to track the performance of the Ball Metaverse Index.
It has struggled recently amid the tech selloff in 2022 and was trading at US$12.72 at last check.
The Fount Metaverse ETF (NYSEARCA: MTVR) is another US incorporated ETF that tracks the performance of the Fount Metavese Index. It has shown similar returns of late and is now trading at US$21.62.
The Subversive Metaverse ETF (CBOE: PUNK) also provides investors exposure to short the metaverse, by performing a daily short of 40 shares on Meta/Facebook’s share price.
It was formed within the last few months. With Meta erasing over $200 billion in market cap in just a few hours last week on its earnings miss, we can all guess how PUNK must have performed lately. It is shown on the chart below in mint-green, towards the right-hand side.
In fact, there are now 282 listed funds concentrated on the metaverse, according to data compiled from Bloomberg Intelligence.
What’s next?
By all accounts, the metaverse is set to see a period of increased adoption over the next few years. It appears that many new entrants will make their presence felt and innovators will find ways to capitalise on the newly-formed free market.
For us, as investors, there’s the opportunity to enter as a company-specific play or via the numerous ETFs that have launched lately.
However, it’s early days and there are many uncertainties, a fact widely acknowledged among sophisticated investors.
Jefferies reckons it’s the younger generation that will drive growth in the space. Yet a poll conducted by market research firm The Harris Poll found only around 40% of generation Zs see the metaverse as becoming part of our lives in the next decade.
But the research also found around 70% of generation Zs and millennials would be interested in knowing more about or interacting with the metaverse.
The question is whether both individuals and investors are willing to part with their hard-earned money and place it in the realms of the digital world.
Facebook’s investment into the space adds a layer of credibility. However, investor interest has so far remained relatively sparse, even with the new ETFs.
Of course, time will tell where the direction of the metaverse takes us and there’s certainly nothing wrong with sitting on the sidelines and watching it all unfold in the meantime.
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Altium is an electronic design software provider behind the Altium 365 and Altium Designer platforms. These best in class platforms have put Altium in a strong position to benefit greatly from the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT) and AI markets. These markets are expected to underpin strong demand for electronic design software over the next decade. Earlier this week, Bell Potter upgraded Altium’s shares to a buy rating with a $40.00 price target.
Goodman is one of the world’s leading integrated commercial and industrial property companies. Thanks to the success of its focus on investing in and developing high quality industrial properties in strategic locations, close to large urban populations and in and around major gateway cities globally, Goodman has been growing at a consistently strong rate for many years. Pleasingly, with demand for its properties continuing to grow and its development pipeline filled to the brim, the future looks bright for Goodman. Citi is very positive on the company and has a buy rating and $27.50 price target on its shares.
Life360 is a relatively new addition to the ASX 200. The growing technology company was added to the index following Oil Search’s merger with Santos Ltd(ASX: STO). And with the company boasting 33.8 million monthly active users of its eponymous Life360 mobile family app, it’s not hard to see why Life360 is included in the illustrious index. From these users, the company delivered a 48% year on year increase in Annualised Monthly Revenue (AMR) (excluding acquisitions) to US$120.1 million during the third quarter. Bell Potter appears confident this strong growth will continue and has put a buy rating and $13.51 price target on its shares.
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Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) is planning for Fortescue Future Industries to build a massive solar and wind energy farm.
For readers that haven’t heard of FFI, Fortescue says it’s taking a global leadership position in green energy and green technology with a vision to make green hydrogen the most globally traded seaborne commodity in the world.
Fortescue’s massive renewable energy plan
Fortescue Future Industries is planning to build a very large renewable energy hub for up to 5.4GW of generation capacity from and solar. It will include 340 wind turbines according to reporting to The Australian.
The idea is that this huge green energy producer will send power to the Eliwana mining operations with 170km of power transmission.
FFI is also planning to install a very large battery as well.
How big is this project? According to reporting, if it produces 5.4GW then this would be approximately the same amount of power for WA’s South West Integrated System, which reportedly powers the south west of WA, including Perth.
How much carbon emissions will this actually save?
The Australian reported Fortescue Future Industries has outlined in documents lodged with the WA environmental regulator how much greenhouse gas emissions it thinks will be reduced with the construction of this renewable energy project:
The implementation of the proposal will enable Fortescue to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by at least 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2030 in line with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2C compared to pre-industrial levels.
Establishment of the Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub is a critical component of achieving net zero emissions from Fortescue mining operations by 2030.
Construction works will commence following receipt of all necessary approvals and are anticipated to run for approximately seven years. Renewable energy generation and electricity transmission infrastructure will be progressively constructed and commissioned in stages.
It is building a global green energy manufacturing centre in Gladstone, Queensland. The first stage is a large electrolyser manufacturing facility.
Fortescue Future Industries has entered into a master development agreement with the State of Papua New Guinea that will enable FFI to undertake feasibility studies on a portfolio of major green energy and hydrogen projects.
It has also entered into an agreement with AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL) to undertake a feasibility study to repurpose infrastructure at the Hunter Valley Liddell and Bayswater coal-fired power stations to generate green hydrogen.
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Today, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) climbed further out of its recent January dip. At the end of the session, the benchmark index finished 1.14% higher at 7,268.3 points.
Only two sectors left investors in the red on the ASX today. These losses were seen in energy and materials, which were pulled down by weakness in oil and iron ore prices. Fortunately, the remaining sectors more than made up for the underperformers. The tech sector was a standout from the crowd, posting a 4.2% gain.
The question is: which shares delivered the biggest returns to investors on the ASX today? Here are the top ten stocks that came through for investors:
Top 10 ASX shares countdown today
Looking at the top 200 listed companies, Computershare Ltd (ASX: CPU) was the biggest gainer today. Shares in share registry operator surged 11.24% on its solid first half result, which included an upgraded guidance. Find out more about Computershare here.
The next biggest gaining ASX share today was Dicker Data Ltd(ASX: DDR). The computer products distributor jumped 7.76% after announcing plans to pay shareholders a fully-franked final dividend of 15 cents per share. Uncover the latest Dicker Data details here.
Today’s top 10 biggest gains were made in these ASX shares:
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The past 30 days have been rough on the Woolworths Group Ltd(ASX: WOW) share price despite the company’s silence.
However, its direct competitor, fellow supermarket giant Coles Group Ltd(ASX: COL) hasn’t suffered the same pressure.
The Coles share price has tracked roughly in line with the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO), falling 2.64% over the past 30 days – 0.24% more than the index’s own slump.
Meanwhile, the Woolworths share price has stumbled into a hole, tumbling 7.25% since this time last month.
As of Wednesday’s close, stock in Woolworths is swapping hands for $34.41. At the same time, a share in Coles will set an investor back $16.62.
Let’s take a look at why the ASX’s biggest supermarket has been lagging its smaller rival lately.
Why has the Woolworths share price underperformed Coles?
There’s no clear reason why the Woolworths share price has underperformed that of Coles over the past 30 days. However, broker expectations might be playing a part.
Coles also acknowledged that it was struggling with supply chain issues by announcing a recruitment drive and reinstating product limits. Additionally, the media reported Coles faced significant staff shortages at its distribution centres, too.
Woolworths share price snapshot
Looking back over the past 12 months, the Woolworths share price has outperformed Coles by almost 7%. Woollies shares are down 2.19% compared to the Coles share price, which is down 9.13%.
Over the long term, Woolworths is the stand-out with a 60% gain in its shares over 5 years compared to Coles at 30%.
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REX Airlines and Qantas subsidiary QantasLink have entered a public spat over a new flight route between Sydney and Broken Hill.
But it seems the dispute hasn’t dampened investor sentiment for the companies’ shares. Both airlines are having a good week on the ASX so far.
The Regional Express Holdings Ltd(ASX: REX) share price has surged 23% in just the last 3 trading days. Meanwhile, the Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX: QAN) share price has gained more than 6%.
Let’s take a look at what’s behind the squabble.
Broken Hill competition
REX Airlines is not happy about Qantas operating in what it sees as its own regional market. QantasLink will be flying between Broken Hill and Sydney for the first time from 8 April.
The airline will schedule return flights between the two destinations in its 50-seat Q300 aircraft twice a week.
In comments on ABC radio, REX deputy chair John Sharp described Qantas’s decision to fly into the regional town as “retaliation”.
Qantas obviously isn’t happy with Rex going into the domestic airline business, flying in competition with them in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide.
So in retaliation they’ve been moving into our regional market, our traditional market.
However, QantasLink CEO John Gissing had his own words for REX, stating:
We hear a lot about that airline. Some people in aviation call them the cockatoo airline, lots of squawking. But sometimes you can’t work out what they’re actually on about.
Despite the public spat, both Qantas and the Regional Express share price are well in the green this week. The Qantas share price has been buoyed by news Australia’s international borders will open. As Motley Fool Australia reported yesterday, Qantas is looking to restart flights to more overseas destinations on the back of the announcement.
Meanwhile, Regional Express has received $250 million from the NSW government to secure its base in Sydney.
In an announcement shared with the market on Monday, REX said the package would create 2,500 jobs in NSW. REX deputy chair Sharp commented:
Without the state’s substantial assistance, Rex’s expansion plans in the State would never have materialised under this climate of pandemic and many new jobs would not be created.
NSW premier Dominic Perrottet added:
By supporting Rex Airlines to expand its Sydney headquarters we are not only creating thousands of new jobs, but signalling to the world that NSW is open and ready to welcome travellers.
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