PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Earnings deluge including Ansell, Aurizon, Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, BlueScope Steel, JB Hi-Fi, New Hope, Stockland & Treasury Wine
Ansell (ANN AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net 88.8mln (prev. 55.0mln Y/Y), rev. 1.03bln (prev. 1.02bln Y/Y). (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Aurizon Holdings (AZJ AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net rose 16% Y/Y to Profit AUD 237mln, rev. rose 4% Y/Y to 2.1bln, Co. extends buy-back by AUD 100mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Australian Clinical Labs (ACL AT) - Co. H1 net fell 52% Y/Y to AUD 5.6mln, revenue fell 1% Y/Y to AUD 365.4mln, CEO Melinda McGrath will not renew her contract which concludes August 30, Co. has an extensive CEO recruitment process underway. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
A2 Milk (A2M AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net rose 9.4% Y/Y to 112.1mln, rev. rose 18.8% Y/Y to 993.5mln. (Motley Fool)
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank (BEN AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net 230.6mln (prev. 216.8mln Y/Y), rev. 1.02bln (prev. 949.0mln Y/Y). (Dow Jones Newsplus)
BlueScope Steel (BSL AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net 390.8mln (prev. 179.1mln Y/Y), sales rev. from continuing ops rose 4% Y/Y to 8.22bln, intends to spend AUD 310mln on buyback, or other returns if share repurchases limited. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Centuria Capital (CNI AT) - Co. looks to have outbid rivals to snag a 50% stake in two World Square office towers for AUD 450mln. (The Australian)
Coronado Global Resources (CRN AT) - Co. Logan coal-mining operation in the US is operating at a loss and will need to be idled if the company can't secure profitable offtake arrangements. (Dow Jone Newsplus)
GPT Group (GPT AT) - Co. FY (AUD) net 981mln (prev. 200.7mln Y/Y), oper. profit rose 5.5% Y/Y to 650.5mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
GWA Group (GWA AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net profit rose 15% Y/Y to 24.7mln, rev. rose 2% Y/Y to 214.1mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
JB Hi-Fi (JBH AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net rose 7.1% Y/Y to 305.8mln, rev. rose 7.3% Y/Y to 6.09bln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
New Hope (NHC AT) - Co. Q3 Underlying EBITDA was flat Q/Q at 106.9mln, Run-of-Mine Coal Output rose 4.8% Q/Q to 4.1mln tons. (Newswires)
oOh!media (OML AT) - Co. FY (AUD) net fell 54% Y/Y to 16.9mln, rev. rose 8.8% Y/Y to 691.4mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Qube Holdings (QUB AT) - Macquarie Asset Management consortium is to acquire the Co. for AUD 5.20 cash per share. (Newswires)
Rio Tinto (RIO AT) - Co. announced that all work and activities at its SimFer iron-ore mine in Guinea had been suspended, following a fatal incident. (Baha Breaking News)
Stockland (SGP AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net profit rose 19% Y/Y to 292mln, rev. rose 23% Y/Y to 1.25bln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE AT) - Co. H1 AUD Statutory Net Loss AUD 649.mln, revenue fell 17% Y/Y to 1.3bln, Co. suspends interim dividend. (Dow Jones Newsplus)