Top Stocks 2012 A Sharebuyer's Guide to Leading Australian Companies, 18th Edition

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