WBC.AX - Westpac Banking Corporation
| Previous Close | 29.54 |
| Open | 29.50 |
| Bid | 29.49 x 0 |
| Ask | 29.49 x 0 |
| Day's Range | 29.46 - 29.55 |
| 52 Week Range | 23.30 - 29.97 |
| Volume | 344,485 |
| Avg. Volume | 6,163,561 |
| Market Cap | 104.316B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.03 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 14.76 |
| EPS (TTM) | 2.00 |
| Earnings Date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 1.88 (6.34%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2019-05-16 |
| 1y Target Est | 28.82 |
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- Bloomberg
China’s Bond Traders Stuck With a Market That Just Doesn’t Move
(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.While most of the world’s bond markets swing between massive gains and losses, traders in China are getting increasingly stuck.Consider this: last week’s paltry 8 basis-point increase in the nation’s 10-year yield was the worst rout in five months, even as a return of risk appetite sank sovereign debt globally. It shows how little the bonds are moving, with the rate trading between 3% and 3.12% since August. This year’s range -- at just 42 basis points -- is set to be the narrowest in seven years.Improving sentiment in equities is now offsetting a dovish (yet not so dovish) central bank, meaning there’s little conviction either way among bond traders onshore. While the People’s Bank of China has tweaked multiple policies to support a slowing economy in recent months, it’s refrained from deploying the sweeping stimulus that some bond bulls had been hoping for.“The domestic bond market is stuck,” said Ming Ming, head of fixed income research at Citic Securities Co. “Monetary policy has remained steady, and policy makers have a higher tolerance for downward pressure on the economy.”Weaker-than-expected economic data on Monday will have bond traders looking for signs of easing from policy makers as soon as this week. Industrial output, retail sales and fixed-asset investment all rose less than anticipated in August.Frances Cheung, head of Asia macro strategy at Westpac Banking Corp., said the PBOC may cut the rate on medium-term lending facilities Tuesday as 265 billion yuan ($37.5 billion) of loans mature. Even if the rate is left unchanged, the central bank could lower the cost of borrowing with the loan prime rate on Sept. 20, she said.China’s bonds have had a relatively good few months amid a sell-off in the equity market, with the 10-year yield in August falling briefly below 3% for the first time since 2016. Their addition to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index has helped attract foreign investors, who have bought about $40 billion of the bonds this year through August. JPMorgan Chase & Co. will start a phased inclusion into its benchmarks from February.Still, the rally has been capped by concerns over credit risks, a volatile yuan and increasing supply. More than 2 trillion yuan of special government bonds will be sold this year by the end of September, and China is considering allowing regional authorities to sell more debt for infrastructure investment, people familiar with the matter have said.Beijing’s calibrated approach to stimulus has also kept bond bulls in check. China’s central bank this month cut the amount of money lenders need to deposit in reserves to the lowest level since 2007 - a move that will inject 900 billion yuan into the economy. It’s also been adding liquidity via open-market operations.Still, the PBOC hasn’t touched its one-year benchmark lending rate since 2015 even as weak economic data strengthened the case for further stimulus. It also passed on the opportunity to lower the rate for medium-term loans earlier this month. Its big overhaul of how loan rates are calculated only reduced costs by a small amount, and largely fell flat with the bond market.It all means Chinese bonds are unlikely to get much of a lift from monetary policy, according to Hao Zhou, a senior emerging markets economist at Commerzbank AG. He predicts the 10-year benchmark yield will end the year at 3.1%. The bonds traded at a yield of 3.09% as of 5:22 p.m. in Shanghai.“Bond yields will likely remain sticky for now,” he said.(Updates with bond price in penultimate paragraph)\--With assistance from Helen Sun, Jeffrey Black and Philip Glamann.To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Livia Yap in Shanghai at lyap14@bloomberg.net;Yuling Yang in Beijing at yyang329@bloomberg.net;Yinan Zhao in Beijing at yzhao300@bloomberg.net;Claire Che in Beijing at yche16@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Sofia Horta e Costa at shortaecosta@bloomberg.net, Tian ChenFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
- Reuters
Investing green is all the rage, but benchmarks still hazy
Global money managers and companies are rushing to meet a deadline to report on their carbon footprint, but the lack of a standard metric raises concerns their efforts could just be a box-ticking exercise in the transition from brown to green. From 2020, firms with some $118 trillion of funds under management - among 800 signatories to a United Nations pact - will make climate-risk related disclosures as an early step towards making the world a better place by 2030. The problem with assessing carbon footprints is that there are no universal criteria for benchmarking environmental, social and governance (ESG) - the key factors in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment.
- Moody's
Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited -- Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited
Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. "IMPORTANT NOTICE: MOODY'S RATINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY RETAIL INVESTORS. This publication does not announce a credit rating action and is not an indication of whether or not a credit rating action is likely in the near future.
- Simply Wall St.
Could Westpac Banking Corporation's (ASX:WBC) Investor Composition Influence The Stock Price?
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- Moody's
Westpac Banking Corporation, Hong Kong Branch -- Moody's announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of Westpac Banking Corporation
Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Westpac Banking Corporation and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. "IMPORTANT NOTICE: MOODY'S RATINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY RETAIL INVESTORS. This publication does not announce a credit rating action and is not an indication of whether or not a credit rating action is likely in the near future.
- Simply Wall St.
Did You Manage To Avoid Westpac Banking's (ASX:WBC) 19% Share Price Drop?
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- Thomson Reuters StreetEvents
Edited Transcript of WBC.AX earnings conference call or presentation 6-May-19 12:00am GMT
Half Year 2019 Westpac Banking Corp Earnings Call
- TheStreet.com
'Goga' Stocks Part 2: Throw A Line Overseas to Net Big Yields
In yesterday's column I introduced the concept of "Goga stocks" in honor of Goga Bitadze, the Georgian prospect who was overshadowed by Duke's Zion Williamson at NBA Draft media day. Well, Goga was selected 18th in last night's draft by the Indiana Pacers, and he is about to become a very wealthy 19 year old. As for finding Goga stocks -- high-yielding names that will act as ballast for the shorts in my new entity, Excelsior Capital Partners -- perhaps the young man's story is insightful in more than one way.
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Does Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) Have A Place In Your Dividend Stock Portfolio?
Could Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) be an attractive dividend share to own for the long haul? Investors are...
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- Moody's
Liberty Series 2019-2 -- Moody's assigns definitive ratings to Liberty's second RMBS transaction for 2019
Moody's Investors Service has assigned the following definitive ratings to the notes issued by Liberty Funding Pty Ltd in respect of Liberty Series 2019-2. "IMPORTANT NOTICE: MOODY'S RATINGS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE NOT INTENDED FOR USE BY RETAIL INVESTORS.
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Why Stitch Fix, Westpac Banking, and HDFC Bank Jumped Today
Political issues helped several overseas markets despite a down day in the U.S.
