SUL +12.34%: A solid result, although we initially thought we must have missed something when the stock surged above $20. It was likely a dearth of sellers who drove the price to fresh all-time highs before calm returned and the stock spent most of the day trading below $19.
Importantly, recent trading activity highlighted improving sales momentum into 1H26 for the key Supercheap Auto business – as expected, no FY26 guidance was given.
- Revenue of $4.07nbn came in just above expectations.
- NPAT of $232.4mn beat expectations of $217.7mn by +5.9%.
- They also announced a 30c special dividend in addition to its 34c dividend, both of them being fully franked.
We own SUL for both growth and income in two of our portfolios.