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Friday 26 June 2026

Transurban Group|TCL|Industrials

Transurban after the North America update: toll-road durability meets project risk

Transurban was the cleanest after-hours hook in the ASX large-cap tape because the new information arrived where the valuation debate already lives: long-life concession cash flows, leverage, and whether North America is a growth option or a drag on returns. The company lodged a price-sensitive North America update…

Pilbara Minerals Limited|PLS|Materials

The option the market is marking down

Pilbara Minerals is in today’s coverage because the market treated the lithium producer as a live debate again. The ASX Markit feed showed PLS down about 6.3% at A$5.04 on heavy volume late in the Australian session, only days after two primary documents put the central question in plain sight: management’s 19 June…

Judo Capital Holdings Limited|JDO|Financials

The credit reset is the story, not a footnote

Judo's midday story is not the 1.6% share-price move. The larger point is that a specialist SME bank has just had to separate two truths that can sit uncomfortably together: loan growth and margin momentum remain strong, while asset quality has deteriorated enough for management to reset FY26 cost-of-risk…

Vault Minerals Limited|VAU|Materials

Vault Minerals: the gold hedge is gone; now the cash conversion test begins

Vault Minerals is in today's coverage because of one short announcement with a large analytical consequence. On 26 June the company said it had accelerated settlement of the last 10,233 ounces of gold hedges scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of FY2027, paying A$31.2 million from a cash balance that stood at…