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Gareth James
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REA Group Defies Gravity with Stunning 1Q Result

Our decision to downgrade our fiscal 2019 earnings forecasts for narrow-moat-rated REA Group in October, following the earnings downgrade by Domain and broader decline in the Australian real estate market, was hasty considering the strength of REA Group’s first-quarter result. We expected REA Group would be impacted by weaker listings and slower real estate turnover but the 17% increase in revenue in the first quarter demonstrates the company’s pricing power, underpinned by a network effect base...
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REA Group Ltd

REA Group is a multinational digital advertising company, based in Australia, that specializes in property. Co. provides a range of premium property listings as well as products for markets adjacent to property such as utility connections, and advertising solutions for property developers and display media advertisers. Co. operates residential, commercial and share property websites, realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au and flatmates.com.au, Chinese property site myfun.com, and iProperty Group which owns a number of property portals in Asia. Co. also maintains significant shareholdings in Move, Inc. in the United States and PropTiger in India.

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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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Gareth James

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