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Sharesight20 top 20 trades on ASX - FY18/19

by Sam Hando, Sharesight | Jul 17th 2019

In addition to our weekly, monthly and yearly Sharesight20 snapshots -- here’s our second Sharesight20 Australian financial year trading snapshot. Here we look at the top 20 trades made by Sharesight users on the ASX during the 2018/19 financial year.

Sharesight20 top 20 ASX trades FY18/19

Top 20 ASX trades 20182019 financial year

Let’s dive into the FY2018/19 news behind the top 20:

Afterpay Touch (ASX: APT)

Jul 19 2018 - Afterpay reported a 289% increase in sales from the previous year
Aug 16 2018 - Share price at all time high ahead of ‘Afterpay Day’
Aug 24 2018 - Afterpay announced it was expanding into the UK, share price jumping 21%
Jan 18 2019 - Share price increased 10% after underlying sales were up 140%
Feb 25 2019 - Afterpay shares surged 19.2% as it proposed to block bad borrowers
Feb 26 2019 - Share price down 5% with lower than expected half year results, with an after tax loss of $22 million
Jun 12 2019 - Successful completion of $317.2m market cap raise

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Jun 30 2019 - Share price dropped 9.9% with Visa’s (NYSE: V) announcement of installment payment capabilities

National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB)

Nov 1 2018 - NAB’s full-year cash profits fell 14%
Feb 4 2019 - Banking royal commission final report released with key recommendations
Feb 7 2019 - CEO and Chairman announced resignations after banking royal commission
Apr 18 2019 - Compensation payouts topped $1 billion
May 2 2019 - NAB cut dividend from 99c to 83c
May 18 2019 - Big four banks surged after election with coalition win
May 21 2019 - Introduction of Apple pay as mobile payment service

Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS)

Aug 15 2018 - Cut dividend payment from a total payout of 31c to only 22c
Aug 16 2018 - Full year profits fell 8% from last year
Aug 22 2018 - TPG and Vodafone merger announcement (which would result in the reduction of competition for Telstra) lead to a 7% increase in share price
Dec 10 2018 - Invested $387 million to secure themselves as the largest 5G provider
Jan 29 2019 - Share price jumped 7.8% after TPG announced it will not create its own mobile network
Feb 13 2019 - Underwhelming first half FY19 with profits down 14.4%

Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC)

Aug 24 2018 - Share price fell with their decreasing net interest margin
Sep 4 2018 - Fined $35 million for home loan breaches
Sep 27 2018 - $235 million earnings hit with an increase in provisions to refund customers
Feb 5 2019 - Share price surged with royal commission final report
Mar 19 2019 - Announced decision to leave financial advice sector, slashing 900 jobs
May 18 2019 - Big four banks surged after election with coalition win

BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)

Jul 18 2018 - BHP beat annual production target with an 8% jump in production
Aug 21 2018 - Sold US onshore oil and gas assets for heavy loss
Nov 1 2018 - BHP announced US$10.4 billion shareholder return program including special dividend and off-market buyback
Nov 6 2018 - Derailed runaway iron ore train after it traveled 92km without a driver
Nov 19 2018 - $529 million tax settlement with the ATO
Dec 18 2018- Class action approved over 2015 Brazilian dam collapse
Jan 9 2019 - BP approved $US1.3 billion Gulf of Mexico oil expansion
Mar 5 2019 - Joins Bill Gates’ investment to reduce CO2 emissions
Apr 17 2019 - BHP cut iron ore production after cyclone hit

Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA)

8 Aug 2018 - Full-year cash net profits down 4.7% from the previous year, largely due to the royal commission penalties
Oct 31 2018 - Announced a plan for the sale of Colonial First State Global Asset Management for $4.1 billion
Nov 19 2018 - Admitted to prioritising profits over customers
Feb 4 2019 - ASIC banned CBA’s financial planning business from charging any fees
Feb 6 2019 - Reported a 6% fall in net profit after half-year results released
May 18 2019 - Big four banks surged after election with coalition win

Appen (ASX: APX)

Nov 15 2018 - Full year earnings upgrade announcement
Feb 25 2019 - Reported a revenue increase of 120% with an after tax increase of 148% from previous year
Mar 11 2019 - Announced plan to pay up to $428 million for acquisition of the AI company Figure Eight Technologies
Mar 12 2019 - Share price fell 9.2% after $258 million capital raise as investors were ‘cautiously optimistic’
Apr 9 2019 - Successful capital raise of $15 million was 3.4 times oversubscribed

A2 Milk Company (ASX: A2M)

Aug 22 2018 - Full year net profit increase of 116% with 68% increase in sales
Sep 3 2018 - Announcement of new China E-Commerce Laws effective 1 January 2019
Oct 10 2018 - Nestle announced new A2 baby formula launch challenging A2 Milk
Feb 20 2019 - Milk supplier upgraded its outlook with strong China demand
Jun 5 2019 - China announced policy changes to reduce international supply of baby formula in their market

CSL Limited (ASX: CSL)

Aug 15 2018 - Reported a 29% growth in annual profit, increasing their dividend from 72c to 92c
May 16 2019 - Appointed Paul McKenzie as chief operating officer
Jun 11 2019 - Goldman Sachs tipped growth of share price to climb to $223 (currently $212.50)
Jun 21 2019 - $350 million one-off hit due to moving its own distribution into China (ASX Announcement)

Australian Foundation (ASX: AFI)

Jul 24 2018 - Net profit was up 13.7% to $279.0 million from the previous year
Jan 21 2019 - Announced special dividend ahead of potential Labor Party's franking credit changes

ANZ Banking Group (ASX: ANZ)

Oct 31 2018 - Full year net profit of $6.4 billion, same as previous year
Feb 5 2019 - Share price up 7% after the release of the Royal Commission Report
May 1 2019 - Reported a half year net profit increase of 2%
May 2 2019 - Goldman Sachs downgraded rating to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’
May 18 2019 - Big four banks surged after election with coalition win
Jun 17 2019 - CEO David Hosc left bank after official review of his personal expenses

Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG)

Jul 3 2018 - Stopped advisors receiving commissions for selling company products
Jul 25 2018 - Announced the retirement of current CEO Nicholas Moore and appointment of new CEO Shemara Wikramanayake
Nov 16 2018 - Profit upgrade as full year profits expected to be up 15% on prior year
Apr 30 2019 - Announced the closure of its Canadian cash equities trading and research business
May 2 2019 - Reported a record $3 billion full year profit, a 17% increase from previous year
May 3 2019 - CEO warned 2019/20 profits will be slightly lower than previous years

Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA)

Jul 10 2018 - Record portfolio growth of 41% from the previous year
Aug 16 2018 - Announcement of expansion of business into New Zealand
Sep 7 2018 - Completed $70 million capital raise to further fund international expansion (ASX announcement)
Feb 24 2019 - Surpassed the $1 billion market cap level, reporting a 45% jump in revenue
May 28 2019 - Citibank initiated analyst coverage of Nearmap’s shares
Jun 18 2019 - Macquarie Group tipped Nearmap’s share price to hit $4.22 within the next 12 months

Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG)

Jul 26 2018 - Broke their export record shipping 46.5 million tonnes of iron ore in June quarter
Aug 6 2018 - Reduced stake in Atlas Iron from 19.9% to 11.4%
Aug 20 2018 - US$340 million expansion of Eliwana mine
Oct 25 2018 - $500 million share buyback with ‘weak’ share price
Feb 2 2019 - Due to the Vale dam disaster in Brazil, Fortescue Metals will benefit from an increase iron ore prices
Feb 20 2019 - Fortescue almost tripled its dividend payout to 30 cents
Mar 21 2019 - Joined self-driving car technology race with plans to establish a research and test center
Apr 2 2019 - Approval of new $3.6 billion Iron Bridge project
May 22 2019 - Approval of $US287 million extension of Solomon iron ore mine with Queens Valley development
Jun 14 2019 - Formed partnership to acquire ‘more copper ground’ near Olympic Dam

Bellamy's Australia Ltd (ASX: BAL)

Aug 29 2018 - Announced plans for a refresh of its brand, declaring a revenue target of $500 million by 2021
Dec 3 2018 - Tensions between US & China ease as G-20 went well, resulting in an 11% increase in share price
Jan 15 2019 - Goldman Sachs downgraded shares from a ‘buy’ rating to a ‘neutral’ rating
Feb 27 2019 - 26.3% decline in half year net profits profits from previous year
Apr 24 2019 - Share price jumped 24.3% after approval to sell products in China

Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO)

Aug 1 2018 - Acquired the Canadian tech company Hubdoc for $94 million
Sep 5 2018 - Launched an open-banking API for easier integration with banks
Nov 8 2018 - First half net loss grew to $NZ28.6 from the previous years loss of $NZ19.6
May 15 2019 - Appointed New President of the Americas
May 16 2019 - Reported a $1.4 million profit for the second half of the financial year, sending their share price to all-time high
May 16 2019 - CEO stated that in three to five years Xero will be a true multinational firm with ‘disciplined growth’
May 27 2019 - Founder and former CEO Rod Drury sold $116 million of shares

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