Preface vii
Introduction xiii
Part I: the companies
Adelaide Brighton Limited 2
Amcom Telecommunications Limited 4
Ansell Limited 6
ANZ Banking Group Limited 8
APN News & Media Limited 10
ARB Corporation Limited 12
ASG Group Limited 14
ASX Limited 16
Ausdrill Limited 18
Austbrokers Holdings Limited 20
Austin Engineering Limited 22
BHP Billiton Limited 24
Blackmores Limited 26
Bradken Limited 28
Cabcharge Australia Limited 30
Caltex Australia Limited 32
Campbell Brothers Limited 34
Cardno Limited 36
Cash Converters International 38
Cedar Woods Properties Limited 40
Coal & Allied Industries Limited 42
Cochlear Limited 44
Codan Limited 46
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 48
Computershare Limited 50
Consolidated Media Holdings Limited 52
Count Financial Limited 54
Country Road Limited 56
Credit Corp Group Limited 58
CSL Limited 60
Data#3 Limited 62
David Jones Limited 64
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited 66
DWS Advanced Business Solutions Limited 68
Equity Trustees Limited 70
Euroz Limited 72
Fantastic Holdings Limited 74
Finbar Group Limited 76
Fleetwood Corporation Limited 78
Flight Centre Limited 80
GUD Holdings Limited 82
GWA Group Limited 84
Harvey Norman Holdings Limited 86
Hunter Hall International Limited 88
iiNet Limited 90
IMF (Australia) Limited 92
Incitec Pivot Limited 94
Industrea Limited 96
Infomedia Limited 98
IOOF Holdings Limited 100
IRESS Market Technology Limited 102
Lend Lease Group 104
Little World Beverages Limited 106
Lycopodium Limited 108
M2 Telecommunications Group
Limited 110
Macarthur Coal Limited 112
Melbourne IT Limited 114
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited 116
Metcash Limited 118
Mineral Resources Limited 120
Monadelphous Group Limited 122
Mortgage Choice Limited 124
National Australia Bank Limited 126
Navitas Limited 128
Newcrest Mining Limited 130
Nick Scali Limited 132
Oakton Limited 134
Orica Limited 136
OrotonGroup Limited 138
Patties Foods Limited 140
Perpetual Limited 142
QBE Insurance Group Limited 144
Reckon Limited 146
Reece Australia Limited 148
Retail Food Group Limited 150
Ridley Corporation Limited 152
Rio Tinto Limited 154
SAI Global Limited 156
Sedgman Limited 158
Seek Limited 160
Select Harvests Limited 162
SMS Management & Technology
Limited 164
Sonic Healthcare Limited 166
STW Communications Group
Limited 168
Super Retail Group Limited 170
Tabcorp Holdings Limited 172
Tassal Group Limited 174
Tatts Group Limited 176
Technology One Limited 178
Ten Network Holdings Limited 180
Thorn Group Limited 182
Toll Holdings Limited 184
Treasury Group Limited 186
The Trust Company Limited 188
UGL Limited 190
Webjet Limited 192
Westpac Banking Corporation 194
Wide Bay Australia Limited 196
Woodside Petroleum Limited 198
Woolworths Limited 200
WorleyParsons Limited 202
Wotif.com Holdings Limited 204
Part II: the tables
A Market capitalisation 209
B Revenues 210
C Year-on-year revenues growth 211
D EBIT margin 212
E Year-on-year EBIT margin growth 213
F After-tax profit 214
G Year-on-year earnings-per-share growth 215
H Return on equity 216
I Year-on-year return on equity growth 217
J Debt-to-equity ratio 218
K Current ratio 219
L Price/earnings ratio 220
M Price-to-NTA-per-share ratio 221
N Dividend yield 222
O Year-on-year dividend growth 223
P Five-year share price return 224
Q Non-interest income to totalincome 225
R Cost-to-income ratio 225
S Return on assets 225
