Afterpay – FY20 Earnings

Afterpay is under Algo Engine buy conditions after generating the first of a series of buy signals starting in November 2019.

FY20 sales $11bn, income $519m, EBITDA $44m and the net loss after tax $23m.

Momentum continued into 1H21 as expected and active customers increased to 10m.

Market cap now stands at more than 30x forward revenue.

Alumina – Earnings Review

Alumina is under Algo Engine buy conditions and is a current holding in our ASX 100 model.

We recently focused on adding AWC to portfolios at $1.50 per share and have become somewhat concerned regarding the implications of the ATO back tax issues the company now faces.

Taking a closer look at 1H20 earnings, underlying NPAT was above consensus at $US88.

China’s recovery continues to support pricing momentum and AWC has lagged the alumina price rebound. Over the next 1 – 2 years, China is expected to have a metallurgical alumina deficit.

With the above in mind, we expect the $1.50 support level to hold but suggest a stop-loss on a break below.

The stock remains under review although we acknowledge the bullish outlook among institutional analysts.

FY21 dividend yield is 2.2%.

Spark – Valuation Review

Spark Infrastructure is under Algo Engine buy conditions following the higher low support at $2.10.

1H20 earnings delivered slightly better growth than expected with full-year DPS guidance unchanged at $0.135. EBITDA increased 4% to $430m.

Cash flow was weaker than expected and we see slight downside pressure on the dividend in FY21 & FY22.

Ansell – FY20 Earnings

Ansell is under Algo Engine buy conditions and is a current holding in our ASX 100 model.

FY20 earnings showed revenue up 8% to US$1.64bn, and EBIT up 4% to US$220m. The company upgraded FY21 guidance for 8% underlying EPS growth.

ANN should continue to see strong top line growth and we recommend investors add to the position on the next Algo Engine buy signal.

Forward dividend yield is 2.2%.

SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund

SPDR S&P GLOBAL DIVIDEND is a holding in our “ASX All ETF” model portfolio.

We see value at the current $15.50 price range.

The S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats is designed to measure the performance of high dividend yielding companies within the
S&P Global Broad Market Index (BMI) that have followed a policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years.