ASX Announcements
2024 Macquarie Australia Conference Presentation
Company Presentation, Trading Update
- May 8, 2024
- 16 pages
Update - Dividend/Distribution - SUL
Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend Rate, Dividend Reinvestment Plan
- Mar 28, 2024
- 5 pages
This Month
McKinsey program leaves Bapcor in a hole
Instead of delivering the $100 million in extra profits promised, the strategy overhaul has left the automotive giant in disarray and profits sliding.
- Simon Evans
Ex-Bapcor boss braces for the worst after CEO no-show
“I should have sold a long time ago,” says former Bapcor CEO Darryl Abotomey, adding that it is disappointing to see the company go through more turmoil.
- Simon Evans
April
Super Retail legal action expands to at least four staff
Lawyers acting for employees say they offered to settle confidentially for less than a third of the $30 million to $50 million sought.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Ayesha de Kretser
Super Retail CEO and former exec accused of undisclosed relationship
The board and chief executive are expected to be named in a soon-to-be-lodged legal claim by Harmers Workplace Lawyers, Super Retail said.
- Carrie LaFrenz
VanEck expects ASX to hit 8300 by the end of 2024
The investment giant is betting on a comeback in real estate and retail stocks amid a more stable interest rate environment to help push the S&P/ASX 200 Index to eye-popping territory.
- Updated
- Joanne Tran
March
Seven ways to close your gender pay gap from bosses who did it
BOSS speaks to a range of companies that have been working hard to narrow pay disparities between men and women. This is what they did.
- Sally Patten
February
These companies nailed the gender pay challenge. It wasn’t easy
Companies such as Super Retail Group, Wesfarmers, PwC and Cotton On have the most balanced pay rates between men and women employees.
- Sally Patten
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Economists and investors are deeply divided – it may not end well
Investors pricing in tomorrow’s good news today may need to prepare for a test of faith, Barrenjoey’s Jo Masters says.
- James Thomson
Sell-off looms as strategists warn earnings set to disappoint
The ASX is trading at all-time high, yet investment banks are warning investors may get ahead of themselves this reporting season.
- Jenny Wiggins and Sarah Jones
Retailers bank on tax and rate cuts to overcome sluggish year ahead
The next year is expected to be one of the slowest in the past decade, with store owners already reporting sluggish sales in December and January.
- Carrie LaFrenz
January
Supercheap Auto, BCF sales jump as Rebel slows
Black Friday and Christmas trading was good for Super Retail Group, but higher wages, rent and electricity will dent margins in the first half.
- Carrie LaFrenz
December 2023
- Opinion
- Retail
Retailers hope for clearer skies after ‘perfect storm’ in 2023
The economy managed to avoid a recession this year, but the retail sector was not as fortunate, with real retail spending declining for three consecutive quarters.
- Sue Mitchell
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Stocks to watch as economists tip long RBA pause
By ending the year with rates on hold, the RBA sets up a puzzle for local investors in 2024: a prolonged pause or earlier-than-expected cuts?
- James Thomson
November 2023
- Opinion
- Retail
Why Black Friday discounts could come back to bite retailers
In a desperate attempt to boost lacklustre sales, retailers have turned what was originally a short, sharp shopping promotion into an extended margin-sapping clearance sale.
- Sue Mitchell
October 2023
- Opinion
- Retail
Rewards schemes race to beat new privacy laws
Changes to privacy laws could fundamentally change the way retailers collect and use customer data gleaned from loyalty programs.
- Sue Mitchell
August 2023
- Opinion
- Earnings season
The one thing almost everyone got wrong about profit season
We all know that interest rates have gone up a lot. Yet analysts struggled to forecast how much that will hurt corporate profits now and in the future.
- Updated
- Jonathan Shapiro
Profit season hits and misses | Property’s big problems | Is US inflation fight over?
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony pick through the hits and misses of reporting season, take a deep dive into the property sector, and look ahead to the Jackson Hole conference.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What we learnt: Goodman, Super Retail, Inghams, Amcor
The Chanticleer team examines Goodman Group’s data centre plan, Super Retail’s resilient sales, and Inghams Group which has got a debt monkey off its back.
- James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Retail
Retailers face triple-whammy challenge
The post-COVID normalisation in demand has coincided with a cost-of-living crunch and soaring costs, which will squeeze sales and earnings in 2024.
- Sue Mitchell
Rebel, Supercheap Auto sales boom but a slowdown is here
Super Retail Group has rewarded shareholders with a special dividend of 25¢ a share and a final dividend of 44¢.
- Carrie LaFrenz