Quote Originally Posted by peat View Post
yes it is slightly better than I expected but I remain dubious. anything other than the market operations business is likely to remain insignificant in my humble opinion

The improvement was largely provided by cost reductions.... which isnt a long term way to grow a business

I was more encouraged by the comments from the new CEO with his campaign to improve listings. But need to see evidence of this first to consider a worthwhile investment

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought their dividend was more than their earnings. .....
dividends were higher in 2016 due to costs blow out, historically they have not been higher and should revert to the norm this year.

like i was saying they havent increased div since 2014 it will be 2018 next yr - guess they thought all there business buys they needed to fund the growth.lol
so i would think after 6 mths of reviewing there business and developing strategic strategy going forward ( be very interesting ) if they go for more of the same as last 3 yrs expect no increase if they go for improving what they got and doing it better the clue is to watch the dividend no increase or mention of increase would suggest a lack of faith in there new strategy and more than likely just a pr exercise.

anyway check out asx results stellar just released these people are really good at running an exchange