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Australian Industrials - There's Still More Meat on the Carcass

  • Global optimism has added fuel to valuation premiums in a broad measure of Australian Industrial stocks over the past 5 months. But it has not boosted the revenue outlook which remains weak. EPS growth in these stocks still depends on continuing cost-out.
  •  Many of them have a good track record in delivering cost-out, which has made them attractive momentum plays even on a modest EPS outlook. BSL, QAN, CSR, DOW, NUF, BKW and AMC have been the star performers.
  •  Stocks with large and frequent impairment charges have generally delivered lower returns. ORI, ALQ, SPO and ORA have all had a history of large and frequent impairment charges and this has detracted from performance. BXB and FBU joined the club following the H117 results.
  •  Cost management performance measured either historically or against peers suggests WOR, FBU, ORA, QUB, CIM, MND, IPL, SVW and GNC have the ability and industry pressure to ramp-up cost-out to provide a surprise lift in EPS leading into the upcoming reporting season.
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Macro Strategy Advisors Pty Ltd
Macro Strategy Advisors Pty Ltd

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  • The business is a Proprietary Limited Australian company that is owned and fully operated by Shane Lee from a small office in Sydney’s CBD.
  • Shane worked for 17 years in Sydney-based senior research roles (economist, equity strategist and bond strategist) in global and regional investment banks and a domestic commercial bank prior to starting Macro Strategy Advisors. These roles straddled the asset classes making him uniquely positioned to advise multi-asset investors. He worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) for 3 years as a housing, commercial property and equity market analyst and a liquidity forecasting specialist.  He worked as a structural engineer in Queensland for 10 years prior to his career at the RBA. 

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  • Our low cost base relative to our competitors allows us to provide a quality product at a reasonable cost.
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