Ramsay Health Care (RHC) has reported a 12.7% lift in Core Net Profit after Tax of $542.7 million, while posting a weaker than expected $488.9 million full-year net profit for the 2017 financial year. Show More
Juliana Roadley
Medibank Private Limited (MPL) reported group net profit of $449.5 million, better than markets had expected for the 2017 financial year. The headline result was boosted by stronger investment returns helping to offset lower revenue from its Medical health division. Medibank’s full year result was impacted by a fall... Show More
Energy producer, Santos Limited (STO) reported a net profit of US$156 million for the first half of 2017 against a US$5 million loss in 2016. The company has been in a rebuilding phase over the last 18 months and is well on the way to meeting its renewed strategy under... Show More
Northern Star Resources (NST) reported a slightly better than expected record net profit result of $215.3 million, up 42% on the prior year. The headline profit result included the 26.4 million from its Plutonic mine sale in October 2016. Show More
ASX Limited (ASX) the operator of Australia's primary national securities exchanges reported FY17 numbers today. Underlying earnings for the year were slightly higher, boosted by greater trading volumes on the back of a lift in volatility and strong futures trading volumes. The ASX marked the 30th anniversary of its formation... Show More
Australia’s largest listed telco, Telstra (TLS) reported a softer than expected set of full year numbers and also advised the market it would be cutting its dividend payout ratio in the future. Revenue for the year fell 2.7%, total income also fell by 4.9% and its mobile revenue decreased... Show More
West Australian based energy firm, Woodside Petroleum’s (WPL) half year results were largely in line with expectations. Investors were happy to see the first half dividend coming in higher than expected. Show More
Australia’s largest listed gold producer, Newcrest Mining Limited (NCM) posted a slightly weaker than expected full year underlying profit result. Net profit fell 7% to US$308 million. Underlying profit did increase by 22% boosted by an average lift in US$ per ounce of gold. The lift in price was offset... Show More
Aurizon Holdings posted a lower than expected profit after tax for the 2017 financial year. Aurizon’s underlying performance was impacted by Cyclone Debbie & weak demand for regular freight. Show More
AGL Energy has posted a better than expected full year underlying profit of $802m - a 14.4% increase on the prior year. The result was boosted by solid demand, better base prices for wholesale electricity & higher margins. Show More
Carsales.com posted a record 2017 full year profit. The result was slightly higher than market expectations with revenue growing by 8% over the year to $372.1 million. Show More
Financial investment firm IOOF Holdings Limited (IFL) posted a stronger than expected second half profit for the 2017 financial year. Underlying profit increased by 13% over the half, but over the full year it was down just over 1%. Show More
Suncorp Group’s (SUN) cash profit for FY17 came in lower than expected as it continued to spend on its refresh strategy. SUN posted a 3.6% rise in group NPAT to $1,075m, helped by a lift in insurance premiums & tight cost management. Show More
Rio Tinto has reported an interim underlying profit of $US3.94b, up from US$1.56b a year ago. The result was slightly lower than consensus forecasts. Its interim dividend jumped to a record US$1.10 per share, compared to US$0.45 a year ago. Show More
Global education service provider Navitas (NVT) posted a weaker than expected full year profit of $80.3 million, down 11% year on year. Show More
Westpac has posted a 3% rise in first-half cash profit to $4.02bn, in-line with market expectations. The result was boosted by its increased mortgage lending and performance of its institutional banking business. Show More
Macquarie Group has reported a full-year profit of $2.22 billion - ahead of Bloomberg consensus forecasts of $2.13 billion. The result was boosted by its trading and capital markets divisions. Show More
The National Australia Bank has reported a 2.3% rise in first-half cash profit to $3.29 billion and held its interim dividend at $0.99 per share. Show More
ANZ has unveiled a first-half cash profit of about $3.4 billion, just below analyst expectations of a $3.5 billion profit. Show More