PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Earnings including Domino's Pizza Enterprises, Fortescue, Iress, WiseTech & Woolworths
Appen (APX AT) - Co. FY (USD) loss rose 9% Y/Y to 21.8mln (prev. loss 20.0mln Y/Y), rev. fell 1% Y/Y to 233.4mln, adjusted rev. rose 4% Y/Y to 230.8mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA AT) - Co. to retrain workers for AI age as job cuts loom. (AFR)
Domino's Pizza Enterprises (DMP AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) profit rose to 40.9mln (prev. 39.8mln Y/Y), underlying profit rose 2% Y/Y to 60.1mln, underlying EBIT rose 1% Y/Y to 101.5mln, network sales fell 2% Y/Y to 2.04bln, dividend AUD 0.25 (prev. AUD 0.24), co. has lost potential private equity suitors leaving the USD 2bln company to navigate its turnaround alone. (Dow Jones Newsplus/The Australian)
Droneshield (DRO AT) - Co. FY (AUD) net profit 3.5mln (prev. loss 1.3mln Y/Y), rev. rose 277% Y/Y to 216.5mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Fortescue (FMG AT) - Co. H1 (USD) net profit rose 23% Y/Y to 1.91bln, rev. rose 10% Y/Y to 8.44bln, underlying EBITDA rose 23% Y/Y to 4.49bln, dividend AUD 0.62 (prev. AUD 0.75), guidance reaffirmed. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Helloworld (HLO AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) rev. rose 10% Y/Y to 108.6mln, net profit rose to 30.6mln (prev. 27.8mln Y/Y), underlying EBITDA rose 12% Y/Y to 30.5mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Iress (IRE AT) - Co. FY (AUD) net profit fell 11% Y/Y to 79.3mln, rev. fell 7% Y/Y to 556.3mln, dividend AUD 0.13 (prev. AUD 0.10). (Dow Jones Newsplus)
IVE Group (IVG AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net profit fell 10% Y/Y to 24.3mln, rev. fell 6% Y/Y to 479.1mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
Paragon Care (PGC AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) net loss rose to 21.3mln (prev. loss 18.5mln Y/Y), rev. rose 3% Y/Y to 1.90bln, underlying EBITDA rose 3% Y/Y to 49.0mln. (Dow Jones Newsplus)
WiseTech Global (WTC AT) - Co. H1 (USD) net profit fell 36% Y/Y to 68.1mln, rev. rose 76% Y/Y to 672.0mln, underlying net profit rose 2% Y/Y to 114.5mln, dividend 6.8 cents (prev. 6.7 cents), guidance reaffirmed, Co. is to cut 2,000 jobs or 30% of workforce in AI shift. (Dow Jones Newsplus/Straits Times)
Woolworths (WOW AT) - Co. H1 (AUD) statutory net profit fell 49% Y/Y to 374mln, profit before significant items rose 16% Y/Y to 859mln, group sales rose 3.4% Y/Y to 37.1bln, dividend AUD 0.45 (prev. AUD 0.34). (Dow Jones Newsplus)