Top Stocks 2021
Description
AUSTRALIA'S BEST-SELLING SHAREMARKET TITLE RETURNS IN ITS 27th EDITION
With the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic bringing about Australia's first recession in 29 years, discover the high-quality Australian companies that have continued to thrive, reporting year-on-year profits regardless of the financial markets.
Top Stocks 2021 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. Through 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 2021 gives you:
- Comprehensive, unbiased analysis of the latest results from 90 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 2021, you get the analysis you need and expert insight you can trust.
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MARTIN ROTH is an internationally successful financial journalist. Based in Melbourne, he is one of Australia's leading authors of investment books.
Content
Preface vii
Introduction xv
1300SMILES Limited 2
Accent Group Limited 4
Adairs Limited 6
Adbri Limited 8
Altium Limited 10
Alumina Limited 12
Ansell Limited 14
ARB Corporation Limited 16
Aristocrat Leisure Limited 18
ASX Limited 20
AUB Group Limited 22
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited 24
Australian Ethical Investment Limited 26
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited 28
Baby Bunting Group Limited 30
Bapcor Limited 32
Beach Energy Limited 34
Beacon Lighting Group Limited 36
BHP Group Limited 38
Brambles Limited 40
Breville Group Limited 42
Brickworks Limited 44
Class Limited 46
Clover Corporation Limited 48
Cochlear Limited 50
Codan Limited 52
Collins Foods Limited 54
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 56
Credit Corp Group Limited 58
CSR Limited 60
Data#3 Limited 62
Dicker Data Limited 64
DWS Limited 66
Evolution Mining Limited 68
Fiducian Group Limited 70
Fortescue Metals Group Limited 72
GUD Holdings Limited 74
GWA Group Limited 76
Hansen Technologies Limited 78
Harvey Norman Holdings Limited 80
IDP Education Limited 82
Infomedia Limited 84
Integral Diagnostics Limited 86
Integrated Research Limited 88
InvoCare Limited 90
IPH Limited 92
IRESS Limited 94
JB Hi-Fi Limited 96
Jumbo Interactive Limited 98
Lifestyle Communities Limited 100
Macquarie Group Limited 102
Magellan Financial Group Limited 104
McPherson's Limited 106
Medibank Private Limited 108
Mineral Resources Limited 110
MNF Group Limited 112
Money3 Corporation Limited 114
Mortgage Choice Limited 116
NIB Holdings Limited 118
Nick Scali Limited 120
Northern Star Resources Limited 122
Objective Corporation Limited 124
OFX Group Limited 126
Orica Limited 128
Pacific Smiles Group Limited 130
Pendal Group Limited 132
Perpetual Limited 134
Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited 136
Platinum Asset Management Limited 138
Pro Medicus Limited 140
PWR Holdings Limited 142
Ramsay Health Care Limited 144
REA Group Limited 146
Regis Resources Limited 148
Rio Tinto Limited 150
Sandfire Resources NL 152
Schaffer Corporation Limited 154
SeaLink Travel Group Limited 156
Select Harvests Limited 158
Servcorp Limited 160
Service Stream Limited 162
SG Fleet Group Limited 164
Smartgroup Corporation Limited 166
Super Retail Group Limited 168
Supply Network Limited 170
Technology One Limited 172
Vita Group Limited 174
Wesfarmers Limited 176
Westpac Banking Corporation 178
Woolworths Group Limited 180
Part II: the tables
A Market capitalisation 185
B Revenues 186
C Year-on-year revenues growth 187
D EBIT margin 188
E Year-on-year EBIT margin growth 189
F After-tax profit 190
G Year-on-year earnings per share growth 191
H Return on equity 192
I Year-on-year return on equity growth 193
J Debt-to-equity ratio 194
K Current ratio 195
L Price/earnings ratio 196
M Price-to-NTA-per-share ratio 197
N Dividend yield 198
O Year-on-year dividend growth 199
P Five-year share price return 200
Q Non-interest income to total income 201
R Cost-to-income ratio 201
S Return on assets 201
