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Grant Slade, CFA
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CSR's Balance Sheet Impeccable as Downturn in Australian Residential Construction Accelerates

While lost market share in roofing product categories and softer-than-expected aluminium earnings saw no-moat CSR’s fiscal 2019 full-year earnings come in below our forecast, we’re unsurprised by the direction as earnings come off a cyclical high. Net income of AUD 178 million, inclusive of the discontinued Viridian Glass operations, was around 7% short of our forecasts. Australian residential construction activity continues to cool in 2019. The recent pace of decline in housing starts has been ...
Underlying
CSR
CSR

CSR is engaged in the manufacture and supply of building products in Australia and New Zealand. Co. operates in four segments, Building Products, Glass, Aluminium and Property. The Building Products segment consists of Lightweight Systems, Insulation, AFS walling systems, Bricks, and Roofing. The Glass segment includes the operations of Viridian, an architectural glass provider and manufacturer of float glass and hardcoated performance products. Products from the aluminium business include aluminium ingot, billet and slab.. The Property segment sells former operating sites.

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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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Grant Slade, CFA

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