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Johannes Faul
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JB Hi-Fi’s Stellar Sales Growth Didn’t Translate to Higher Margins, Leaving Investors Underwhelmed

JB Hi-Fi’s fiscal year profit guidance suggests lower year-on-year operating margins and reinforces our view of an increasingly fierce competitive environment. We maintain our forecast of flat operating margins over the next decade and reiterate our AUD 23 per share price target, with shares screening as overvalued.
No-moat-rated JB Hi-Fi reported impressive sales growth in its core JB Hi-Fi Australia business, following a strong Christmas trading period with like-for-like sales increasing by 9....
Underlying
JB Hi-Fi Limited

JB Hi Fi is engaged in the retailing of home consumer products. Co. provides a range of brands with particular focus on consumer electronics, software including music, games and movies, whitegoods and appliances.

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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.

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Johannes Faul

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