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More About This Title TOP STOCKS 2015: A SHAREBUYER'S GUIDE TO LEADING AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES
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Top Stocks 2015: A Sharebuyer's Guide to Leading Australian Companies is the definitive guide to the best stocks to buy on the Australian sharemarket. With all the key information in an easy-to-read format, this book allows even inexperienced investors the chance to build an impressive portfolio. Cut through the noise and hype to find clear, objective information on each of Australia's top companies, with a focus on profitability, debt levels and dividends. Over 100 charts and tables give you easy access to each company's financial data in a format that allows for quick comparison, helping you make informed decisions about your financial future.
Every investor—no matter how big or small the portfolio—must look beyond share prices and examine key information about the companies they're considering as investments. In this 21st Edition, Martin Roth applies his tried-and-tested selection criteria and rigorous analysis to determine the best public companies in Australia for 2015. This resource profiles the companies that met a meticulous set of criteria, distilled to a concise selection of premium purchases across market sectors, allowing readers to:
Get individual, unbiased analysis of the latest results from top Australian companiesCompare sales and profit data, with in-depth ratio analysisStudy the comprehensive research detailing each company's overall outlookEasily visualize how each company measures up in tables that rank by financial dataWhy wade through individual company reports when all the information you need about the nation's best companies is bound in a single easy-to-read volume? Leave the complex data to the analysts and focus on the clear winners. With Top Stocks 2015, you get the data you need and the expert insight you trust.
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MARTIN ROTH is an internationally successful financial journalist. Based in Melbourne, he is one of Australia's leading authors of investment books.
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Preface 1
Introduction 11
PART I: the companies
1300 Smiles Limited 20
Adelaide Brighton Limited 22
ALS Limited 24
Amcom Telecommunications Limited 26
Ansell Limited 28
ANZ Banking Group Limited 30
ARB Corporation Limited 32
Aristocrat Leisure Limited 34
ASX Limited 36
Austbrokers Holdings Limited 38
Beyond International Limited 40
BHP Billiton Limited 42
Blackmores Limited 44
Breville Group Limited 46
Cabcharge Australia Limited 48
Caltex Australia Limited 50
Cardno Limited 52
Cedar Woods Properties Limited 54
Cochlear Limited 56
Collection House Limited 58
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 60
Credit Corp Group Limited 62
Crown Resorts Limited 64
CSL Limited 66
CTI Logistics Limited 68
Data#3 Limited 70
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited 72
DWS Limited 74
Euroz Limited 76
Finbar Group Limited 78
Flight Centre Travel Group Limited 80
G8 Education Limited 82
Greencross Limited 84
GUD Holdings Limited 86
GWA Group Limited 88
Hansen Technologies Limited 90
iiNet Limited 92
Infomedia Limited 94
Insurance Australia Group Limited 96
Integrated Research Limited 98
IOOF Holdings Limited 100
IRESS Limited 102
JB Hi-Fi Limited 104
Lend Lease Group 106
Macquarie Group Limited 108
MaxiTRANS Industries Limited 110
McMillan Shakespeare Limited 112
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited 114
Metcash Limited 116
Mineral Resources Limited 118
Monadelphous Group Limited 120
Money3 Corporation Limited 122
Mortgage Choice Limited 124
My Net Fone Limited 126
Myer Holdings Limited 128
MyState Limited 130
National Australia Bank Limited 132
Navitas Limited 134
NIB Holdings Limited 136
Nick Scali Limited 138
NRW Holdings Limited 140
Orica Limited 142
OrotonGroup Limited 144
Patties Foods Limited 146
Perpetual Limited 148
Platinum Asset Management Limited 150
Prime Media Group Limited 152
Ramsay Health Care Limited 154
RCG Corporation Limited 156
RCR Tomlinson Limited 158
Reckon Limited 160
Reece Australia Limited 162
Th e Reject Shop Limited 164
Retail Food Group Limited 166
Rio Tinto Limited 168
SAI Global Limited 170
Seek Limited 172
Servcorp Limited 174
Slater & Gordon Limited 176
SMS Management & Technology Limited 178
Sonic Healthcare Limited 180
STW Communications Group Limited 182
Super Retail Group Limited 184
Tassal Group Limited 186
Technology One Limited 188
Th orn Group Limited 190
Toll Holdings Limited 192
TPG Telecom Limited 194
Treasury Group Limited 196
Webjet Limited 198
Wellcom Group Limited 200
Westpac Banking Corporation 202
Woodside Petroleum Limited 204
Woolworths Limited 206
WorleyParsons Limited 208
Wotif.com Holdings Limited 210
PART II: the tables
A Market capitalisation 215
B Revenues 216
C Year-on-year revenues growth 217
D EBIT margin 218
E Year-on-year EBIT margin growth 219
F After-tax profi t 220
G Year-on-year earnings-per-share growth 221
H Return on equity 222
I Year-on-year return on equity growth 223
J Debt-to-equity ratio 224
K Current ratio 225
L Price/earnings ratio 226
M Price-to-NTA-per-share ratio 227
N Dividend yield 228
O Year-on-year dividend growth 229
P Five-year share price return 230
Q Non-interest income to total income 231
R Cost-to-income ratio 231
S Return on assets 231
