Author: Harry Watt
UWL +27.3%: this morning The Australian reported that the telco had received a takeover offer from an unnamed bidder. Shares were placed in a trading halt soon after the open, and by mid-afternoon the company had confirmed that infrastructure group Morrison & Co had put forward a $4.50/sh offer
ELD +11%: the agricultural services business jumped to more than decade-highs today on the back of a strong trading update. Full year guidance was given for the first time in FY22 for the September year end, the company predicting EBIT growth twice as strong as consensus estimates.
MYR +24%: reporting their first half results for 6 months to 29 January, the department store surprised to the upside for the first time in a while. Profits were up 55% on last year after stripping out jobkeeper, with sales +8.5%.
NIC -4.75%: briefly traded to a 4 month low early in the session before the ASX halted trading in the shares just before 11AM. Major shareholder Tsingshan has been short at least 200koz of nickel forcing the price significantly higher in the recent sessions.
AGL -1.75%: Over the weekend, the Cannon-Brookes / Brookfield consortium increased their bid for AGL from $7.50 to $8.25 before the AGL board formally rejected the offer, saying it still undervalued the group.
SIG -2%: surprisingly tough finish to the day for Sigma who substantially upgraded guidance for their FY22 result due out at the end of the month. The pharmaceutical wholesaler upgraded EBITDA guidance to 10-15% growth for the year against previous guidance of -10%
DUB -4.76%: cloud call recording and AI business Dubber reported aftermarket yesterday to wrap up the reporting period. The result was largely pre-released at the quarterly update in January with Revenue and ARR growth known.
Z1P Trading Halt: The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) company was in a trading halt today following the announcement of their 1H22 results, the acquisition of competitor Sezzle (SZL) and a ~$200m equity raise priced at $1.90.
COL +3.17%: A good set of 1H22 results today for Coles, particularly in the context of where the share price has traded over the past 6 months, down from ~$19 to below $16 on concerns around supply chain issues.
HUB +4.84%: Delivering a great set of results on a day when the market gets clobbered is never going to get the outcome it deserves, however HUB finished up ~5% in a market that fell -1% within a sector that led the decline down by -3.20%. This morning HUB released 1H22 results that were broadly in line at revenues and well ahead of expectations in terms of underlying EBITDA
