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The Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) share price is one of few  S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shares in the green today, up 1.09% to close at $40.98. 

Why is the Woolworths share price holding up?

The US market has experienced a defensive rotation into sectors including utilities and consumer stables while technology, communication services and consumer cyclicals are heavily sold down. A similar scenario looks to be playing out on the ASX today, with the S&P/ASX Consumer Staples (INDEXASX: XSJ) up 0.52%, in stark contrast to the S&P/ASX Information Technology (INDEXASX: XIJ) down 4.25%. 

Two announcements have also bolstered the supermarket giant’s shares. A demerger update and news from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) regarding its proposed acquisition of foodservice supplier, PFD Food Services. 

Bullish broker notes on demerger 

Brokers have provided notes regarding yesterday’s update on Woolworth’s demerger plans with the Endeavour Group to create two independent and ASX-listed companies.

Macquarie noted that Woolworths would maintain an ongoing partnership with Endeavour and retain a 14.6% shareholding. The broker notes that Woolworths will have a positive net cash position of $75 million post demerger, while approximately $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion of net debt will sit with the Endeavour Group business.

With an improved balance sheet, the broker believes Woolworths will explore capital management options and may return up to $1.6 billion to $2.0 billion to shareholders. With that in mind, Macquarie retained an outperform rating with a target price of $44.50. 

Similarly, Morgan Stanley highlighted the plans for potential capital management. Its earnings estimates for the company remain unchanged, retaining its overweight rating with a $44.00 target price. 

Credit Suisse was the only broker note to retain a neutral rating. According to the broker, there weren’t many surprises in the demerger.

Credit Suisse views the potential return of $1.6 billion to $2.0 billion in surplus cash post demerger to be within investor expectations. Post demerger, the broker notes that Woolworths will be debt-free and is proposing capital management with its surplus cash position. A target price of $38.05 was maintained. 

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Kerry Sun has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of Woolworths Limited. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell by over 1% to 7,097 points. 

Here are some of the highlights from the ASX today:

Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT)

Many of the ASX’s leading growth names suffered from a selloff today. One of the biggest declines in the ASX 200 was the Afterpay share price which fell by 8.7%.

Other growth peers also suffered. The Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) share price fell by 9.1%, the Redbubble Ltd (ASX: RBL) share price declined 8.2%, the Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX: PBH) share price dropped by 7.2% and the A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) share price went down by another 6.4%.

Boral Limited (ASX: BLD)

Boral was one of the limited number of ASX 200 shares to go up today, rising by 3.4%.

What caused the gain? You may have seen yesterday that Boral received a takeover approach from Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: SVW).

Today, Boral recommended to shareholders that they reject the takeover offer by taking no action.

The offer was for $6.50 per share, which was a nil premium to the last closing price.

Boral’s leadership noted that there were a number of conditions attached to the offer. The committee of independent Boral directors believe that the offer is opportunistic, undervalues the company and unanimously recommended the offer is rejected.

The ASX 200 share’s management said that the company is committed to the strategic goals including the transformation targets set across the group and the ongoing process in relation to its North American portfolio.

DEXUS Property Group (ASX: DXS)

Dexus sent the APN Property Group Ltd. (ASX: APD) share price rocketing 47.5% higher after launching an all-cash takeover of 91.5 cents per security. That translates to an equity value of $320 million and an enterprise value of $308 million.

APN manages a number of different ASX-listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) as well as unlisted property and securities funds.

As at 31 December 2020, APN had $2.9 billion of funds under management (FUM) and $134 million of co-investments in its managed vehicles.

On completion of this transaction, Dexus will have a funds management portfolio of $23.9 million.

Dexus said that this deal will give access to a complementary and scalable business with a high-quality team and like-minded investment philosophy. It will be immediately accretive to adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) per security after the deal is completed in FY22.

The property business also said that there’s potential to realise cost and revenue synergies and achieve margin expansion across the platform.

Dexus CEO Darren Steinberg said:

This transaction supports our strategic initiative of expanding and diversifying our funds management business, increasing our suite of funds on offer outside of wholesale funds into listed REITs, real estate securities funds and unlisted direct property funds. The transaction also expands out investor network to include retail and high net worth capital.

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The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of Nearmap Ltd. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of and recommends Pointsbet Holdings Ltd. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Afterpay and Nearmap Ltd. The Motley Fool Australia owns shares of and has recommended A2 Milk. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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Motley Fool Australia Chief Investment Officer Scott Phillips joined Peter Stefanovic on Sky News First Edition this morning for the key economic news of the day: This evening’s federal budget, and yesterday’s record close for the ASX 200.

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Earlier today the Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) share price briefly touched on a 52-week high of $11.18 before market weakness dragged it lower.

When the insurance and banking giant’s shares hit that level, it meant they were up a sizeable 12% since the start of the year.

Can the Suncorp share price keep on climbing?

Despite the strong form of the Suncorp share price in 2021, one leading broker believes it still has plenty of gas in the tank.

According to a note out of Goldman Sachs this morning, its analysts have retained their buy rating and $12.05 price target on the company’s shares.

Based on the current Suncorp share price of $10.98, this price target implies potential upside of approximately 10% over the next 12 months.

And if you include the 5.4% fully franked dividend yield the broker is forecasting over the next 12 months, this potential return stretches beyond 15%.

What did Goldman say?

Goldman Sachs has responded to the release of Suncorp’s general insurance investor day update this morning.

It commented: “A very brief 3Q21 update suggests improved rate/volume trends in Australian personal lines have carried from 1H21 into 3Q21, reinvigorated broker originations have supported a return to growth in the bank from February, digital interactions have continued to increase (1H21 home/motor digital sales +10%) and SUN has strong reinsurance cover for the remainder of the year (we estimate SUN is on the cusp of its FY21 aggregate cover).”

The broker notes that Suncorp’s insurance business and efficiency targets remain the same, which bodes well for the future.

Goldman explained: “SUN’s three year targets for the insurance business remain unchanged, calibrated to a GI underlying margin of 10-12% by FY23 (GSe 10.0%), while efficiency targets also remain unchanged, where SUN is targeting a group cost base of A$2.8bn over FY21/FY22, before reverting to A$2.7bn in FY23. SUN has however provided more colour around the drivers of margin expansion plus source of cost savings to FY23.”

Overall, the broker was pleased with the update and believes its investment thesis remains intact.

It concluded: “On balance, our first take of material released this morning suggests no immediate risks to our FY21 estimates. In FY23 we forecast an underlying margin of 10.0%, where we appear to be slightly ahead of VA consensus at 9.7%. A shift to the mid-point of SUN’s margin target would represent around 6% upside to our cash EPS, and on balance with claims management optimisation the most meaningful driver of SUN’s expected margin trajectory, we expect any outer year upside to consensus margin expectations today will be dependent on how convincing, clear and tangible SUN frames opportunities in this morning’s presentation. Maintain Buy.”

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Although the Australian share market has climbed to a new high this week, not all shares are performing as positively.

Two ASX shares that are trading significantly lower than their 52-week highs are listed below. Here’s why now could be a good time to invest:

Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX: BVS)

The Bravura share price has underperformed over the last 12 months. It is down a disappointing 39% from its 52-week high.

The provider of software products and services to the wealth management and funds administration industries has had a difficult time over the last two years. This has been driven by Brexit and COVID-19 uncertainty.

The good news, though, is that trading conditions appear to be improving. For example, last week the company was able to reaffirm its guidance for FY 2021 net profit after tax of $32 million to $35 million and second half revenue growth of 10% half on half.

This went down well with Goldman Sachs. In response to its update, the broker retained its buy rating and lifted its price target on the company’s shares to $3.90.

Goldman Sachs believes the opportunity for Bravura remains compelling in the UK and Australia. It also expects its emerging microservices ecosystem strategy to transform the business to a subscription-based model and drive growth.

Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: KGN)

This ecommerce company’s shares have also fallen heavily from their highs. The Kogan share price is down 60% from its 52-week high.

Investors have been selling Kogan’s shares due to concerns over its valuation and outlook. In respect to the latter, the company’s recent trading update revealed a sharp slowdown in its revenue growth and a reversal in its profit growth. This was driven by COVID-19 tailwinds easing and inventory issues.

However, this could be a buying opportunity for long-term focused investors. Credit Suisse recently retained its outperform rating and trimmed its price target to $17.93.

The broker believes the issues it is facing are only temporary and remains positive on its long term growth potential. And with Credit Suisse forecasting earnings per share of 46.4 cents in FY 2022, Kogan’s shares are changing hands for a respectable 22x FY 2022 earnings now.

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James Mickleboro does not own any shares mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of Bravura Solutions Ltd and Kogan.com ltd. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Bravura Solutions Ltd and Kogan.com ltd. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (ASX: VTH) shares were on the rise today. By the market’s close, the Vitalharvest share price was trading 2.38% higher at $1.29. This came after the company announced it has accepted the latest buyout offer from Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) subsidiary Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management. 

Vitalharvest is an investment trust. The company’s objective is to provide unitholders with exposure to real agricultural property assets with earnings profiles exposed to the growing global demand for nutritious, healthy food.

Takeover background

Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management (MAFM) has been in a tug-of-war over Vitalharvest shares with private equity firm Roc since earlier this year. 

The tussle has now reached its eighth offer, with Vitalharvest accepting Macquarie’s revised offer of $1.28 per Vitalharvest share. It’s still possible, however, that Roc may submit yet another offer, further impacting the Vitalharvest share price.

For what it’s worth, the Vitalharvest board has once again determined that it is in the best interests of its shareholders to accept the Macquarie proposal. Vitalharvest has already agreed to amend the scheme implementation deed – the original of which is now more than a month old – to reflect the terms of the eighth Macquarie proposal.

Other than price, this latest deal is on substantially the same terms as the existing scheme implementation. 

Vitalharvest wants to wrap this up

While some long-term investors may be enjoying this unfolding story, and the rising Vitalharvest share price, the company appears to be anxious to end the stalemate, according to its release:

Consistent with maximising unitholder value and unitholders receiving any consideration on a timely basis, Vitalharvest is seeking to bring this process to a conclusion as quickly as possible in the best interests of unitholders and is conscious that any further meeting deferrals could cause implementation to be delayed past the end of the financial year.

Vitalharvest will update unitholders on the new meeting date which Vitalharvest is looking to hold as soon as possible and is anticipated to be held by early June. Vitalharvest will provide a revised date for the meeting and any further supplementary disclosure as soon as possible.

Vitalharvest share price snapshot

The Vitalharvest share price has been riding the wave of increasing takeover offers this past month, rising by almost 8%. More broadly, the company’s share price has risen by around 75% over the past 12 months. 

Based on its current valuation, the company has a market capitalisation of around $233 million.

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The Podium Minerals Ltd (ASX: POD) share price is wobbly today after the company revealed two new drilling targets at Parks Reef Deeps.

It’s been a bumpy ride for Podium shares today after gaining more than 16% yesterday. In late afternoon trade, the Podium share price has plunged from trading 6% higher at 53 cents to land right back where it started at 50 cents apiece. 

Podium is an exploration and resources development company focused on platinum group metals, gold, and nickel-copper sulphides. The company’s project profile includes its Parks Reef project in Western Australia, the WRC nickel and copper sulphide project, and various others.

Podium gets government backing

Podium has secured permission and funding from the West Australian government’s infrastructure and exploration fund to drill two diamond drilling holes in Parks Reef, part of the Murchison pastoral land in rural WA. 

Under the deal, the state government will pay 50% of the drilling costs (around $150,000) in boring the two 750m deep holes. This will allow Podium to test potential mineral deposits in Parks that run down more than 500 metres beneath the surface.

The company noted that recent successful drilling programs have identified “high-grade zones” hosting platinum, palladium and rhodium and iridium.

The Podium share price rocketed at the beginning of last week after the company revealed high-grade rhodium and iridium was intersected in Park. Podium’s next two holes will dive twice as deep, and a third hole is planned further outside of the area.

Management comments

Podium executive chair Clayton Dodd noted the government’s support, saying:

The company would like to express its gratitude to the State Government… for selecting Podium as a suitable applicant and for the financial assistance to drill an exciting new dimension to the Parks Reef PGM project.

By successfully intersecting the reef at such depths would clearly demonstrate the vast dimensions of the mineralised horizon and any variability in PGM grades and may provide invaluable vectors toward higher grade sectors along the extensive 15km PGM strike length of the reef.

Podium share price snapshot

The Podium share price has been a big performer of late, rising more than 35 cents in the past 6 weeks, a quadrupling in value. The Podium share price has risen 2,375% in the past 12 months.

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There are a lot of options for investors on the Australian share market. To narrow things down, I have picked out two ASX shares that have been tipped as buys this month.

Here’s what you need to know about them:

Adore Beauty Group Limited (ASX: ABY)

With the shares of Australia’s leading online beauty retailer losing half of their value since their IPO, they could be well worth a closer look today.

That decline has been driven by a selloff of ecommerce shares, weakness in the tech sector, and concerns over the valuations of high PE stocks.

A note out of Morgan Stanley last week reveals that its analysts believe the selloff has created a buying opportunity. The broker has an overweight rating and $5.00 price target on its shares.

While it acknowledges that the next six months could be tough due to the cycling of significant sales growth from a year earlier, it remains positive on the long term. Particularly given how Adore Beauty is the leader in a structural growth market.

ResMed Inc. (ASX: RMD)

Another ASX share to look at is ResMed. It is a sleep treatment-focused medical device company that has been growing at a consistently strong rate for years.

This has been driven by its industry-leading products, growing software business, and the increasing awareness of sleep disorders. Pleasingly, the company is just about to release a new CPAP device, AirSense 11.

It has been tipped as a key driver of growth in the coming years and is expected to lead to users of older devices upgrading for better outcomes.

One broker that is a fan of the company is Credit Suisse. Earlier this week it retained its outperform rating and $29.00 price target on the company’s shares.

It has suggested that around a fifth of machines bought between FY 2015 and FY 2019 could be upgraded to the new technology.

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The Tietto Minerals Ltd (ASX: TIE) share price is in the green today. At the time of writing, shares in the gold-focused company are trading at 31 cents each – up 6.9%. At one point during intraday trading, the Tietto share price surged by as much as 12.06% before partially retreating.

By comparison, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is currently trading 1.23% lower for the day.

Today’s price rise comes after the company announced “multiple shallow high-grade gold” results from a recent drill at its Côte d’Ivoire gold mine.

Let’s take a closer look at today’s news.

What’s boosting the Tietto share price?

In a statement to the ASX, Tietto Minerals says initial drill results at its Abujar Gold Project are promising.

Highlights from the results include a:

• 5-metre-wide ore with 109g per tonne of gold.
• 4-metre-wide ore with 26g per tonne of gold.
• 12-metre-wide ore with 3.3g per tonne of gold.
• 3-metre-wide ore with 8.4g per tonne of gold.

The company claims drilling results show a “contiguous zone of shallow ultra-high-grade” gold with a 200m strike.

Tietto says it had $52 million of cash on hand at the end of March and, as such, is “very well positioned” to fast-track and pursue further development of the Abujar Gold Project.

Management commentary

Tietto managing director Dr Caigen Wang said:

Our infill drilling program at AG South has again exceeded our expectations with multiple ultra-high grade gold hits, including a project best intercept of just over 1m at 0.53kg/t gold in the holes reported today.

These high impact holes have potential to add material shallow high‐grade ounces early in the mine schedule, which we expect to be positive for our open pit optimisation. 

Once the infill program is completed, we intend to use our diamond drill rigs to test the multitude of exploration targets around our proposed mill at Abujar to drive future resource growth.

Gold commodity pricing

Presently, gold is trading on the commodities market at US$1,836 per troy ounce. It’s up 3.24% this week and 5.98% this month, but down 3.18% since the beginning of the year.

The website Trading Economics expects the price of gold to continue to slide over the next 12 months. It tips the precious metal to be around US$1,700 in one year’s time. Moving forward, the gold price could have a material effect on the Tietto share price, as most commodity prices do for mineral explorers.

Tietto share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, the Tietto share price has fallen by 18.4%. The company hit its 12-month low of 28.5 cents only last week.

Tietto Minerals has a market capitalisation of $141.4 million.

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In afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record a very disappointing decline. At the time of writing, the benchmark index is down 1.05% to 7,097.9 points.

Four ASX shares that are falling more than most today are listed below. Here’s why they are sinking:

A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M)

The A2 Milk share price is down a 5.5% to $5.75. Investors have been selling the infant formula company’s shares after it downgraded its FY 2021 guidance for the fourth time on Monday. Adding to the selling pressure were a number of bearish broker notes this morning. One of those came from Credit Suisse, which has retained its underperform rating and slashed its price target on the company’s shares to just $5.00.

Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT)

The Afterpay share price is down a disappointing 9% to $88.92. Investors have been selling Afterpay and other tech shares on Tuesday after the tech-focused Nasdaq index sank lower during overnight trade. The Nasdaq index ended the session with a 2.55% decline. At the time of writing, the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX) is down 3.8%.

Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA)

The Nearmap share price has fallen 7.5% to $1.69. As well as coming under pressure by the tech selloff, legal issues are weighing on the aerial imagery technology and location data company’s shares. Nearmap was hit with legal proceedings from rival Eagle View last week. It alleges patent infringement in relation to its roof estimation technology.

REA Group Limited (ASX: REA)

The REA Group share price is down 4% to $153.93. Profit taking appears to be weighing on this property listings company’s shares this morning. Not even a bullish broker note out of Macquarie has been able to stop the decline. Its analysts have retained their outperform rating and lifted their price target to $179.10.

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James Mickleboro has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns shares of Nearmap Ltd. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Afterpay, Nearmap Ltd., and REA Group Limited. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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