Report
Mark Taylor
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Robust mining activity drove ALS's growth but diversification is partially reducing cyclicality.

Underlying NPAT for the half-year to September 2016 fell 11% to AUD 51 million, in line with our expectations but near the low end of AUD 50 million-AUD 55 million guidance. The result excludes a modest AUD 2 million post-tax restructuring charge. We make no change to our fair value estimate or to our fiscal 2017 net profit forecast. Our forecast implies a second half underlying result of AUD 58 million, at the high end of company guidance of AUD 50 million-AUD 60 million. The interim dividend o...
Underlying
ALS Ltd.

ALS is a testing services provider. Co. operates four testing service divisions: Minerals, which provides assaying and analytical testing services and metallurgical services for mining and mineral exploration companies; Life Sciences, which provides analytical testing data to assist consulting and engineering firms, industry, and governments; Energy, which provides services to the black coal and oil and gas industries such as coal sampling, analysis and certification, hydrocarbon formation evaluation services, well services and related analytical testing; and Industrial, which provides the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors with testing, inspection and asset care services.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Mark Taylor

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