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Emerging Companies Portfolio

For those seeking higher growth investments

About the Emerging Companies Portfolio

About The Portfolio

The newest Market Matters Portfolio that searches for small & mid capitalisation emerging stocks (ex-100) that show strong underlying growth characteristics. This is a higher risk portfolio and investors should expect greater volatility in returns.

Portfolio Performance
Portfolio 1M 3M 1y 3y pa 5y pa ITD PA*
EMERGING COMPANIES 3.94% 13.87% -1.41% 7.81% 2.00% 4.35%
SMALL ORDS ACCUMULATION 1.30% 8.94% 9.47% 9.15% 7.89% 3.96%
VALUE ADD +2.64% +4.93% (10.85%) (1.34%) (5.89%) +0.39%
* Inception date 31/01/2020
Portfolio Holdings trade now
CODE NAME WEIGHT (%) RISK TERM BUY DATE BUY PRICE ($) LAST PRICE ($) DIVIDENDS ($) DAILY CHANGE (%) GAIN / LOSS (%)
A1M AIC Mines 4 High Medium 26/07/2024 0.35 0.31 1.64 -11.43
ABB Aussie Broadband 6 Moderate Medium 25/11/2021 4.82 4.47 0.12 -0.89 -4.77
ARB ARB Corp 5 Moderate Medium 19/02/2025 39.49 33.23 -1.22 -15.85
CAT Catapult Group 4 High Medium 22/08/2023 1.43 6.63 0.00 363.64
CNI Centuria Capital 4 Moderate Long 9/11/2022 1.60 1.87 0.30 0.54 35.63
HMC HMC Capital 5 Moderate Long 11/02/2025 9.68 3.53 0.08 -1.67 -62.71
HSN Hanson Technologies 4 High Medium 10/12/2024 5.41 6.09 0.06 1.33 13.68
JLG Johns Lyng Group 4 High Medium 26/07/2024 5.51 3.90 .04 0.00 -28.49
LTR Liontown Resources 4 High Medium 22/05/2024 1.44 0.80 2.56 -44.44
NCK Nick Scali 4 Moderate Medium 26/07/2024 14.90 19.37 0.43 0.73 32.89
NEC Nine Entertainment 4 Moderate Medium 9/11/2022 2.03 1.70 0.30 -0.29 -1.48
PDN Paladin Energy 4 High Medium 27/02/2024 9.62 6.24 0.48 -35.14
PNI Pinnacle Investment Group 4 Moderate Long 12/03/2025 17.85 22.00 -1.70 23.25
PXA PEXA Group 4 Moderate Long 02/08/2023 12.45 15.73 -0.94 26.35
RUL RPMGlobal Holdings 6 High Medium 10/12/2024 3.05 3.34 -0.89 9.51
RDY ReadyTech 4 High Long 22/03/2023 3.02 2.20 -3.08 -27.15
RPL Regal Partners 4 Moderate Medium 9/11/2022 2.89 2.95 0.34 1.03 13.84
SDR Siteminder 6 High Medium 11/02/2025 5.80 5.18 -0.58 -10.69
SLX Silex Systems 3 High Medium 22/03/2023 3.80 4.24 -0.24 11.58
ZIP Zip Co 4 High Medium 21/05/2025 1.99 3.25 0.62 63.32
Portfolio cash position: 13%
Recent Sales trade now
Company code STOCK NAME ACTIVITY RISK TIME HORIZON EXIT DATE ENTRY PRICE ($) CLOSE PRICE ($) DIVIDENDS ($) GAIN / LOSS (%)
SRG SRG Global Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 18/06/2025 0.81 1.55 0.12 86
CRN Coronado Resources Sold 3% position High Medium 18/06/2025 1.37 0.145 0.09 -82
VAU Vault Minerals Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 31/03/2025 0.32 0.45 40.63
VAU Vault Minerals Trimmed 2% Moderate Medium 19/02/2025 0.32 0.4 25
BAP Bapcor Sold 5% position Moderate Medium 19/02/2025 6.27 4.67 0.51 -17.38
BWP BWP Trust Sold 4% position Low Medium 11/02/2025 3.75 3.42 0.18 -4
HLO Helloworld Travel Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 11/02/2025 2.19 2.03 0.07 -4.1
CXL Calix Sold 4% position High Long 11/02/2025 4.22 0.51 -87.9
ZIP Zip Co Sold 3% position High Medium 10/12/2024 1.77 2.88 62.71
ANG Austin Engineering Sold 3% position High Medium 10/12/2024 0.47 0.52 9.61
AD8 Audinate Sold 6% position Moderate Medium 10/12/2024 12.92 7.83 -39.39
C79 Chrysos Corp Sold 6% position High Medium 10/10/2024 6.41 5.39 -15.91
SRG SRG Global Trimmed 1% Moderate Medium 26/07/2024 0.69 0.925 34.05
SFR Sandfire Resources Sold 5% position Moderate Low 26/07/2024 6.26 8.32 32.91
ANG Austin Engineering Trimmed 1% High Medium 26/07/2024 0.47 0.64 36.2
PXA PEXA Group Trimmed 1% Moderate Long 26/07/2024 12.45 13.77 10.6
EML EML Payments Sold 4% position High Medium 26/07/2024 3.36 0.905 -73.06
BCB Bowen Coking Coal Sold 4% position High Medium 26/07/2024 0.295 0.044 -85.08
SLX Silex Systems Trimmed 1% High Medium 22/05/2024 3.8 6.53 71.84
SFR Sandfire Resources Trimmed 1% Moderate Long 22/05/2024 6.26 9.94 58.79
SRG SRG Global Trimmed 1% Moderate Medium 22/05/2024 0.69 0.9 0.06 39.13
CNI Centuria Capital Trimmed 2% Moderate Long 22/05/2024 1.6 1.77 0.14 19.38
FCL Fineos Sold 4% position High Medium 22/05/2024 2.51 1.65 -34.26
GL1 Global Lithium Sold 4% position High Long 22/05/2024 2.55 0.37 -85.49
ABB Aussie Broadband Trimmed 2% Moderate Medium 27/02/2024 4.82 4.61 -4.36
PDN Paladin Sold 4% position High Long 15/01/2024 0.75 1.31 74.67
PDN Paladin Trimmed 2% High Long 11/01/2024 0.75 1.17 56
PMV Premier Investments Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 11/01/2024 24.78 26.89 2.99 20.58
PPS Praemium Sold 4% position Moderate Long 11/01/2024 0.765 0.39 0.07 -39.87
AD8 Audinate Trimmed 1.5% Moderate Medium 20/11/2023 8.94 15.04 68.23
LYC Lynas Rare Earths Ltd Sold 4% position High Medium 20/11/2023 8.6 6.77 -21.28
AD8 Audinate Trimmed 2% Moderate Medium 22/08/2023 8.43 12.06 43.06
BAP Bapcor Trimmed 1% Moderate Medium 22/08/2023 6.78 6.56 0.46 3.54
CAJ Capitol Health Sold 5% position Moderate Medium 22/08/2023 0.4 0.23 0.04 -32.5
SBM St Barbara Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 05/07/2023 0.935 0.545 -41.71
SFR Sandfire Resources Sold 4% position High Medium 20/04/2023 3.93 6.95 76.84
NXT NEXTDC Sold 4% position High Short 13/04/2023 8.67 12.13 39.91
SHV Select Harvests Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 22/03/2023 6.39 4.08 -36.15
PNI Pinnacle Investment Management Sold 6% position Moderate Medium 01/02/2023 9.58 9.9 0.25 5.95
SFR Sandfire Resources Trimmed 2% High Medium 8/12/2022 3.87 5.38 39
ASB Austal Ltd Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 8/12/2022 3.3 2.14 0.3 -26.06
STA Strandline Resources Sold 3% position High Medium 9/11/2022 0.25 0.41 64
PLS Pilbara Minerals Sold 4% position High Medium 9/11/2022 2.69 5.53 105.58
LOV Lovisa Holdings Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 9/11/2022 15.48 24.01 0.41 57.75
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Opinions for stocks held in the Emerging Companies Portfolio

Paladin Energy (PDN) $6.91

PDN was hit hard last week on lower-than-expected FY26 guidance, and yesterday's BOE shocker extended the pullback to almost 18% in five trading days.

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Shawn’s Trade Idea: Paladin Energy (PDN) $7.23

On the stock level, I am currently looking for ideas that have no/little correlation to the ASX – and PDN certainly flits that particular bill after retreating over the last year while the ASX200 has posted new all-time highs.

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PEXA Group (PXA) $15.09

PXA +16.53%: Stormed higher after it signed a deal with the UK’s National Westminster Bank to facilitate mortgage transactions on its platform.

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Paladin Energy (PDN) $7.39

PDN +1.93%: was hit yesterday on lower-than-expected FY26 guidance, though it recovered some of the loss today as the company did the rounds. We had them in this morning, and we came away from the meeting with more confidence about what comes next.  

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Paladin Energy (PDN) $7.25

PDN -11.26%: The June quarter update showed a decent recovery given rain events earlier in the year, though the FY26 guidance disappointed and highlighted continued operational underperformance.

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Johns Lyng Group (JLG) $3.90

JLG +22.64%: Rallied strongly today after we finally heard the price that private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) are willing to pay to take it off the boards.

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RPM Global (RUL) $3.18

The provider of software solutions to the mining industry has had a volatile year, like many small caps, trading from below $2.40 to a high above $3.30, nearly a 40% trading range.  The business has been a lot more stable than the share price gyrations would imply, and while there has been some large pieces of one-off news, such as the sale of their consulting business in April for $63mn,

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Actions for stocks held in the Emerging Companies Portfolio

LTR
UPDATED 29/07/2025 17:53
MM is long & cautiously bullish LTR
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PDN
UPDATED 29/07/2025 09:18
MM is cautiously long and bullish PDN
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PDN
UPDATED 28/07/2025 17:28
Trade Idea: Buy Paladin Energy Ltd (PDN) at $6.80 with stops at $6.45 – 5% risk.
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PXA
UPDATED 25/07/2025 10:00
MM remains long & bullish PXA
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PDN
UPDATED 25/07/2025 09:59
PDN
UPDATED 25/07/2025 09:59
MM is adding to PDN in the Active Growth & Emerging Companies Portfolios– targeting a 4% portfolio weight
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PDN
UPDATED 25/07/2025 09:55
MM remains long but is now cautious toward PDN
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HSN
UPDATED 14/07/2025 17:16
MM remains long and bullish HSN
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JLG
UPDATED 11/07/2025 17:13
MM sees the PEP bid as highly likely to complete
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RUL
UPDATED 10/07/2025 10:05
MM remains long & bullish RUL in the Emerging Companies Portfolio
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