Report
Gareth James
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

ASX's capital-light business model and dominant market position underpin reliable dividends.

We increase our fair value estimate for wide-moat ASX Ltd by 5% to AUD 45.00 per share following several changes to our financial model including a lower discount rate. We have reassessed our fiscal 2017 earnings forecasts following the reasonably weak third-quarter result and have lowered our underlying net profit after tax, or NPAT, forecast by 6% to AUD 438 million. However, we believe fiscal 2017 earnings weakness has been driven by cyclical challenges within the primary and secondary capita...
Underlying
ASX Limited

ASX is a multi-asset class and exchange group. Co.'s principal activities are: providing securities exchange and ancillary services; derivatives exchange and ancillary services; central counterparty clearing services; and registry, depository, settlement and delivery-versus-payment clearing of financial products. Co. services companies and other issuers that list equity and debt securities on the exchange, as well as retail and institutional investors that invest in and trade those securities. While its operations are primarily based in Australia, Co. services both domestic and international customers, and some of its services are accessible from offshores.

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.

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Gareth James

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