With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact the Australian economy, discover the high-quality Australian companies that have not only survived but thrived during this time, reporting year-on-year profits regardless of the financial markets.
Top Stocks 2022 is the definitive guide to the best stocks to buy on the Australian sharemarket. With easy access to key information, this book allows even inexperienced investors the chance to build and grow an impressive portfolio. With a focus on profitability, debt levels and dividends, you’ll find each company’s financial data in a format perfect for quick comparison.
By only profiling companies that meet a meticulous set of criteria, distilled to a concise selection of premium purchases across market sectors, Top Stocks 2022 gives you: - comprehensive, unbiased analysis of the latest results from 91 of Australia’s leading companies - comparative sales and profits data, as well as in-depth ratio analysis - detailed research on each company’s overall outlook, and tables ranking all companies according to financial data.
With Top Stocks 2022, you get the analysis you need and expert insight you can trust.
Table of Contents
Preface v
Introduction xiii
Part I: the companies
IPH Limited 92
IRESS Limited 94
JB Hi-Fi Limited 96
Jumbo Interactive Limited 98
Macquarie Group Limited 100
Magellan Financial Group Limited 102
McMillan Shakespeare Limited 104
Medibank Private Limited 106
Metcash Limited 108
Michael Hill International Limited 110
Mineral Resources Limited 112
Monadelphous Group Limited 114
Money3 Corporation Limited 116
Newcrest Mining Limited 118
NIB Holdings Limited 120
Nick Scali Limited 122
Objective Corporation Limited 124
OFX Group Limited 126
Orica Limited 128
Orora Limited 130
Pacific Smiles Group Limited 132
Pendal Group Limited 134
Perpetual Limited 136
Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited 138
Platinum Asset Management Limited 140
Premier Investments Limited 142
Pro Medicus Limited 144
PWR Holdings Limited 146
REA Group Limited 148
Reece Limited 150
Regis Resources Limited 152
Reliance Worldwide Corporation Limited 154
Rio Tinto Limited 156
Sandfire Resources Limited 158
Schaffer Corporation Limited 160
Servcorp Limited 162
Seven Group Holdings Limited 164
SG Fleet Group Limited 166
Smartgroup Corporation Limited 168
Sonic Healthcare Limited 170
Steadfast Group Limited 172
Super Retail Group Limited 174
Supply Network Limited 176
Technology One Limited 178
Virtus Health Limited 180
Wesfarmers Limited 182
Part II: the tables
A Market capitalisation 187
B Revenues 188
C Year-on-year revenues growth 189
D EBIT margin 190
E Year-on-year EBIT margin growth 191
F After-tax profit 192
G Year-on-year earnings per share growth 193
H Return on equity 194
I Year-on-year return on equity growth 195
J Debt-to-equity ratio 196
K Current ratio 197
L Price/earnings ratio 198
M Price-to-NTA-per-share ratio 199
N Dividend yield 200
O Year-on-year dividend growth 201
P Five-year share price return 202
