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Mark Taylor
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Woodside's First-Half 2016 Beats Target on Capitalised Interest, AUD 34 Fair Value Unchanged

We make no change to our AUD 34 per share fair value estimate despite increasing our 2016 earnings forecasts by 25% to AUD 1.02 per share. Stronger earnings expectations follow better-than-anticipated underlying first-half 2016 NPAT, down 48% to USD 340 million versus our USD 237 million forecast. The outperformance is noncash, a function of higher-than-expected capitalisation of interest, not impactful to fair value. It is important to the dividend though, the standard 80% payout on higher earn...
Underlying
Woodside Petroleum Ltd

Woodside Petroleum is engaged in hydrocarbon exploration, evaluation, development, production and marketing. Co.'s operating segments include: North West Shelf Project, which is engaged in the exploration, evaluation, development, production and sale of liquefied natural gas, pipeline natural gas, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil from the North West Shelf ventures; Pluto LNG, which is engaged in the exploration, evaluation, development, production and sale of liquefied natural gas and condensate in assigned permit areas; Australia Oil; Browse FLNG; and Wheatstone LNG. As of Dec 31 2015, Co. had proved reserves of 1.15 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

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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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Mark Taylor

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