Asciano Ltd

5.16
CHANGE
-0.01 (-0.19%)
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VOLUME
3.6M
DAY'S HIGH
5.23
DAY'S LOW
5.055
Asciano Limited is a national rail freight and ports operator in Australia. The Company operates in four segments: Pacific National Coal, Pacific National Rail, Terminals & Logistics and Bulk & Automotive Port Services (BAPS). Pacific National Coal division is a coal haulage operator, offering rail haulage services for the export and domestic coal markets in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. Pacific National Rail division is an intermodal rail provide... continued
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Asciano Ltd
Asciano Limited is a national rail freight and ports operator in Australia. The Company operates in four segments: Pacific National Coal, Pacific National Rail, Terminals & Logistics and Bulk & Automotive Port Services (BAPS). Pacific National Coal division is a coal haulage operator, offering rail haulage services for the export and domestic coal markets in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. Pacific National Rail division is an intermodal rail provider and a major provider of bulk rail services, transporting containerised, steel, general freight, bulk freight including grain, magnetite and aggregates. Patrick division is a provider of port related services to importers, exporters and shipping lines, accounting for approximately half of Australia’s containerised stevedoring, as well as bulk, auto and general stevedoring.

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FN Arena Broker Call Headlines - 23 May 2013
MAY 23, 2013
BA-Merrill Lynch rates as Upgrade to Buy, Medium Risk from Neutral (1) - Target $5.85 (was $5.60).
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Current dividend yields are equally disappointing across the peer group. Rail freight and port operator Asciano (ASX: AIO) is on a forward PE of nearly 16 times and also a yield around 2%. Asciano’s fellow port operator Qube Logistics (ASX: QUB) is trading on a hefty 22.5 times and a yield of 2.5%. While the three freight companies mentioned above are all trading near their 52-week highs, logistics and transport company Toll Holdings (ASX: TOL) is still feeling the pressure of tough economic conditions with its shares a long way from their high. Toll is currently trading on a forward PE of just 12.6 times and a yield close to 5%.
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MAY 13, 2013
Broker Rating Order Company Old Rating New Rating Broker Upgrade 1 AUSDRILL LIMITED Neutral Buy CIMB Securities 2 BORAL LIMITED Sell Neutral JP Morgan 3 COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED Neutral Buy JP Morgan 4 DOWNER EDI LIMITED Neutral Buy Credit Suisse 5 FLETCHER BUILDING LIMITED Neutral Buy Credit Suisse 6 JB HI-FI LIMITED Neutral Buy CIMB Securities 7 SONIC HEALTHCARE LIMITED Neutral Buy Deutsche Bank Downgrade 8 ALUMINA LIMITED Neutral Sell JP Morgan 9 AP Eagers Limited Buy Neutral CIMB Securities 10 ARDENT LEISURE GROUP Buy Neutral CIMB Securities 11 BORAL LIMITED Buy Neutral BA-Merrill Lynch 12 CFS RETAIL PROPERTY TRUST Neutral Sell UBS 13 COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED Neutral Sell CIMB Securities 14 COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED Buy Sell BA-Merrill Lynch 15 DOWNER EDI LIMITED Buy Neutral Macquarie 16 ERM POWER LIMITED Buy Neutral Macquarie 17 FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED Neutral Sell JP Morgan 18 GUILDFORD COAL LIMITED (GUF) Buy Neutral UBS 19 INVOCARE LIMITED Buy Neutral JP Morgan 20 LYNAS CORPORATION LIMITED Buy Neutral JP Morgan 21 MACQUARIE ATLAS ROADS GROUP Buy Neutral Macquarie 22 NRW HOLDINGS LIMITED Buy Neutral Deutsche Bank 23 SEEK LIMITED Buy Sell Deutsche Bank 24 SEVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Buy Neutral Macquarie 25 SUPER RETAIL GROUP LIMITED Buy Sell CIMB Securities 26 WHK GROUP LIMITED Neutral Neutral UBS 27 WORLEYPARSONS LIMITED Neutral Sell Deutsche Bank   Recommendation Positive Change Covered by > 2 Brokers Order Symbol Previous Rating New Rating Change Recs 1 CLO 67.0% 100.0% 33.0% 3 2 JBH - 38.0% - 13.0% 25.0% 8 3 ALQ - 29.0% - 13.0% 16.0% 8 4 MQG 14.0% 29.0% 15.0% 7 5 ASL 29.0% 43.0% 14.0% 7 6 AZJ 50.0% 63.0% 13.0% 8 7 AGO 50.0% 63.0% 13.0% 8 8 ORI 75.0% 88.0% 13.0% 8 9 AIO 63.0% 75.0% 12.0% 8 10 FBU 13.0% 25.0% 12.0% 8 Negative Change Covered by > 2 Brokers Order Symbol Previous Rating New Rating Change Recs 1 SUL 14.0% - 43.0% - 57.0% 7 2 CCL 13.0% - 25.0% - 38.0% 8 3 ALS - 33.0% - 67.0% - 34.0% 3 4 SDM 67.0% 33.0% - 34.0% 3 5 SEK - 13.0% - 38.0% - 25.0% 8 6 LYC 50.0% 25.0% - 25.0% 4 7 NWH 67.0% 43.0% - 24.0% 7 8 SVW 80.0% 60.0% - 20.0% 5 9 AAD 40.0% 20.0% - 20.0% 5 10 GBG - 20.0% - 40.0% - 20.0% 5   Target Price Positive Change Covered by > 2 Brokers Order Symbol Previous Target New Target Change Recs 1 JBH 12.669 14.773 16.61% 8 2 MQG 36.880 41.437 12.36% 7 3 SUL 11.014 11.569 5.04% 7 4 ALQ 10.027 10.333 3.05% 8 5 AAD 1.520 1.562 2.76% 5 6 SHL 13.561 13.861 2.21% 8 7 CLO 1.373 1.403 2.18% 3 8 FXJ 0.586 0.598 2.05% 8 9 IPL 3.296 3.333 1.12% 8 10 AZJ 4.337 4.381 1.01% 8 Negative Change Covered by > 2 Brokers Order Symbol Previous Target New Target Change Recs 1 GBG 0.244 0.202 - 17.21% 5 2 SDM 1.170 0.970 - 17.09% 3 3 DML 1.125 0.933 - 17.07% 3 4 CCL 14.394 13.183 - 8.41% 8 5 LYC 0.798 0.735 - 7.89% 4 6 SVW 12.546 11.564 - 7.83% 5 7 ASL 2.650 2.464 - 7.02% 7 8 NWH 2.458 2.314 - 5.86% 7 9 ORI 27.651 26.680 - 3.51% 8 10 WOR 26.668 26.185 - 1.81% 8   Earning Forecast Positive Change Covered by > 2 Brokers Order Symbol Previous EF New EF Change Recs 1 FBU 34.978 37.105 6.08% 8 2 FLT 217.325 229.513 5.61% 8 3 MQG 297.400 309.429 4.04% 7 4 CTX 158.686 164.957 3.95% 7 5 JBH 112.710 116.900 3.72% 8 6 FXJ 7.038 7.200 2.30% 8 7 CLO 10.433 10.667 2.24% 3 8 WBC 219.738 223.750 1.83% 8 9 ILU 21.399 21.749 1.64% 8 10 MGR 10.777 10.920 1.33% 6 Negative Change Covered by > 2 Brokers Order Symbol Previous EF New EF Change Recs 1 MAH 1.200 - 0.050 - 104.17% 4 2 SGM 22.757 7.157 - 68.55% 7 3 BLD 14.766 11.368 - 23.01% 8 4 DLS 37.033 29.525 - 20.27% 4 5 AAX 37.620 31.400 - 16.53% 5 6 QAN  
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