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Month: February 2020

Flight Centre (FLT) -2.38% The travel bookings company briefly halted trading mid-afternoon today to update the market ahead of their 1st half result talking up the first 6 months of the year, but pouring cold water on full year guidance as the coronavirus impacts travel. the company expects first half to come in slightly ahead […]

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REA Group (REA) +3.1% REA Closed higher today despite what was on most accounts a difficult first half. Trading on a huge 40x earnings, REA saw profit fall 13% to $152.9m in the first half of the year, around 6% below consensus data, on a decline in listings weighing on earnings. The company noted residential […]

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Nick Scali (NCK) +10.80%; shot to new 52-week highs today despite falling sales in both LFL and overall metrics as well as falling margins. Nick Scali noted a slip in sales back in October last year, blaming slowing housing sales and renovations for a drop in foot traffic, and subsequently guided the market lower. Today […]

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Coles (COL) -0.12%; provided the market with a trading update this morning ahead of their official half year numbers due out in a fortnight. The update was a positive one for Coles’ supermarkets, showing 3.6% same store sales growth for the second quarter with the Christmas trade period exceeding expectations. The strong supermarket numbers were backed up […]

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Service Stream (SSM) -9.09%: The essential network services provider reported after market on Wednesday, and on Thursday they were hit hard, down around 9.09%. The result was a decent one, inline with prior guidance however it seemed the market had gotten slightly ahead of itself. Macquarie put out a bullish note a few days ago […]

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**This is an extract from the Market Matters Morning Report from 3 February. Subscribers have the opportunity to ask questions of the Market Matters team throughout the week. Click here to get access to the full report and more Question 3 “Hi Team, Thanks for a great and profitable service over the last year or […]

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