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Johannes Faul
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Metcash Investor Day Exhibits Management’s Quality and Hardware’s Potential

Morningstar attended no-moat-rated Metcash’s Investor Day which focused on its hardware division, Independent Hardware Group, or IHG. An analyst briefing was followed by site visits to five stores across a wide spectrum of brands and ownership structures. We were impressed by the breadth and depth of management expertise, and the potential of the hardware business. However, we remain cautious on the outlook for Metcash’s core food and grocery business. We reiterate our fair value estimate of AUD...
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Metcash Limited

Metcash is a wholesaler and distributor, supplying and supporting independent retailers across the food, grocery, liquor and hardware industries. Co.'s reportable segments are as follows: Food and Grocery, which comprises the distribution of dry grocery, perishable and general merchandise supplies to retail outlets; Liquor, which comprises the distribution of liquor products to retail outlets and hotels; as well as Hardware, which comprises the distribution of hardware supplies to retail outlets and trade customers.

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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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Johannes Faul

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