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Adam Fleck
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No-Moat Sims’ Fiscal 2019 Forecasts Reduced After 1H Earnings Disappoint; FVE Unchanged

Weak pricing for Zorba, a mixed, nonferrous scrap metal product, and soft sales volumes into China and Turkey impacted no-moat Sims Metal in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. Sims now expects to reveal first-half group EBIT of AUD 110 million next month. Second-quarter fiscal 2019 earnings are expected to be around 25% below the approximate AUD 63 million Sims achieved in the first quarter. With headwinds from Zorba pricing and Turkish ferrous volumes unlikely to abate near term, we reduce our ...
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Sims Ltd.

Sims Metal Management buys, processes and sells ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals and provides environmentally responsible solutions for the disposal of post-consumer electronic products, including information technology assets recycled for commercial customers. Co.'s product groups are: ferrous secondary recycling, which collects, processes and trades iron and steel secondary raw material; non-ferrous secondary recycling, which collects, processes and trades other metal alloys and residues; recycling solutions, which disposes post-consumer electronic products; and secondary processing and other services, which focuses on melting, refining and ingoting of certain non-ferrous metals.

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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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Adam Fleck

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