Top Stocks 2016: A Sharebuyers Guide to Leading Australian Companies

AUSTRALIA′S BEST–SELLING SHAREMARKET TITLE IS BACK IN ITS 22ND EDITION

Top Stocks 2016 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 top Australian companies, with a focus on profitability, debt levels and dividends. You′ll have easy access to each company′s financial data in a format perfect for quick comparison.

This resource profiles the companies that meet a meticulous set of criteria, distilled to a concise selection of premium purchases across market sectors. It gives you:

individual, unbiased analysis of the latest results from 94 of Australia′s leading companies comparative sales and profits data, as well as in–depth ratio analysis comprehensive research on each company′s overall outlook, and tables ranking all companies according to financial data.

Leave the complex data to the analysts and focus on the clear winners. With Top Stocks 2016, you get the data you need and expert insight you can trust.

Preface vii

Introduction xvii

PART I: the companies

1300 Smiles Limited 2

Acrux Limited 4

Adelaide Brighton Limited 6

ALS Limited 8

Amalgamated Holdings Limited 10

Ansell Limited 12

ARB Corporation Limited 14

ASX Limited 16

Austbrokers Holdings Limited 18

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited 20

Beyond International Limited 22

Blackmores Limited 24

Breville Group Limited 26

BT Investment Management Limited 28

Cabcharge Australia Limited 30

Cedar Woods Properties Limited 32

Coca–Cola Amatil Limited 34

Cochlear Limited 36

Codan Limited 38

Collection House Limited 40

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 42

Corporate Travel Management Limited 44

Countplus Limited 46

Credit Corp Group Limited 48

Crown Resorts Limited 50

CSL Limited 52

CSR Limited 54

Data#3 Limited 56

Decmil Group Limited 58

Domino s Pizza Enterprises Limited 60

DWS Limited 62

ERM Power Limited 64

Fantastic Holdings Limited 66

Finbar Group Limited 68

Flight Centre Travel Group Limited 70

G8 Education Limited 72

GBST Holdings Limited 74

Greencross Limited 76

GUD Holdings Limited 78

GWA Group Limited 80

Hansen Technologies Limited 82

Harvey Norman Holdings Limited 84

Infomedia Limited 86

Insurance Australia Group Limited 88

Integrated Research Limited 90

IOOF Holdings Limited 92

IRESS Limited 94

JB Hi–Fi Limited 96

Lend Lease Group 98

Macquarie Group Limited 100

Magellan Financial Group Limited 102

Metcash Limited 104

Mineral Resources Limited 106

Monadelphous Group Limited 108

Money3 Corporation Limited 110

Mortgage Choice Limited 112

Myer Holdings Limited 114

MyState Limited 116

National Australia Bank Limited 118

Navitas Limited 120

NIB Holdings Limited 122

Nick Scali Limited 124

Objective Corporation Limited 126

Orica Limited 128

OrotonGroup Limited 130

Patties Foods Limited 132

Perpetual Limited 134

Platinum Asset Management Limited 136

Prime Media Group Limited 138

RCR Tomlinson Limited 140

REA Group Limited 142

Reece Australia Limited 144

The Reject Shop Limited 146

Retail Food Group Limited 148

Rio Tinto Limited 150

SAI Global Limited 152

Seek Limited 154

Servcorp Limited 156

Seymour Whyte Limited 158

Sirtex Medical Limited 160

SMS Management & Technology Limited 162

Sonic Healthcare Limited 164

Super Retail Group Limited 166

Tassal Group Limited 168

Technology One Limited 170

Thorn Group Limited 172

TPG Telecom Limited 174

Treasury Group Limited 176

Vita Group Limited 178

Webjet Limited 180

Wellcom Group Limited 182

Westpac Banking Corporation 184

Woodside Petroleum Limited 186

Woolworths Limited 188

PART II: the tables

A Market capitalisation 193

B Revenues 194

C Year–on–year revenues growth 195

D EBIT margin 196

E Year–on–year EBIT margin growth 197

F After–tax profit 198

G Year–on–year earnings per share growth 199

H Return on equity 200

I Year–on–year return on equity growth 201

J Debt–to–equity ratio 202

K Current ratio 203

L Price/earnings ratio 204

M Price–to–NTA–per–share ratio 205

N Dividend yield 206

O Year–on–year dividend growth 207

P Five year share price return 208

Q Non–interest income to total income 209

R Cost–to–income ratio 209

S Return on assets 209

MARTIN ROTH is an internationally successful financial journalist. Based in Melbourne, he is one of Australia′s leading authors of investment books.