TWE Is Back In The Buy Zone

Since posting a high of $19.90 on September 4th, shares of TWE have slipped over 12% lower and hit $17.40 in early trade today.

Our ALGO engine triggered a buy signal for TWE on Tuesday at $17.60.

This “higher low” pattern is referenced to the $16.50 low posted on May 30th.

According to a directors interest notice last week, the company Chairman, Paul Rayner, bought 18,700 shares at around $18.70, which lifted his personal interest to over 260,000 shares.

It’s our base case that TWE can continue to build on the strong FY 2018 results and the share price represents good value at current levels.

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Keep TWE On The Radar, Look To Buy Lower

Shares of TWE have been trading actively since the release of their full-year results on August 15th.

It seems investors are weighing up the negative impact of increased trade tensions between the US and China against the positive bottom line news over the last year.

TWE posted a NPAT of $360 million for FY 2018, which was an increase of 33% on the prior year.

The strongest component of the report was in Asia, which reflected a 23% rise in volume and a 12% increase in net sales.

As such, the biggest risk for TWE is a material slow down in demand from their Asian customers.

On balance, we see scope for a pull back into the the $17.20 area and a medium-term upside target of $20.00

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Stay Long Treasury Wine Estates

It was just over a month ago that TWE shares were hammered from $20.00  down to $15.60 in just a matter of days.

The catalyst for the 20% drop was a report that TWE’s business model had caused a glut of lower grade wines in China and the local franchisees were not happy.

However, CEO Mike Clarke was quick to step in and stridently defend the company’s distribution structure and future earnings trajectory.

So far this year, earnings in Asia are up 48% to $117 million, 8% in North America to $100.4 million, 17% in Europe to $24 million, and 28% in Australia and New Zealand to $68.2 million.

Technically, the internal momentum indicators are pointing higher and we see the next key resistance point near the $17.50 level, before returning to the $20.00 handle over the medium-term.

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Buy The Dip In Treasury Wine Estates.

Shares of TWE continue to rebound off of last week’s spike low of $15.65 and have reached $16.60 in early trade today.

The panic about a glut of Australian wine in China, combined with some minor licensing issues in the region appear to be overstated.

TWE officials have reassured shareholders that they are confident in their business model in China and the company will maintain positive earnings momentum globally.

Considering that TWE has been one of the best growth stocks on the ASX over the last 3 years, and traded as high as $20.20 just over a week ago, we suggest investors look to add to holdings at current levels.

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Keep TWE On The Radar

Since posting an all-time high of $18.09 on February 22nd, shares of TWE have slipped over 6% lower and touched the $16.84 level yesterday.

We consider TWE one of the best growth stocks on the ASX, but with a P/E of over 35X we prefer to buy it at lower levels.

From a technical perspective, we see good support in the $16.35/40 area and will advise on entry levels in subsequent postings.

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Look For A Pull Back In TWE

Since hitting an intra-day low of $14.55 on January 16th, shares of TWE have rallied over 20% to a high of $17.75 yesterday.

Upgrades from several analysts combined with lower tax rates in the USA have given the shares a strong boost.

However, in a recent preview to their half-yearly results, CEO Mike Clarke suggested that there will be a major overhaul to their US distribution network.

Early estimates are that these changes could lower earning by $47 million to $655 million in 2018.

In addition, internal momentum indicators are now showing an overbought condition above $17.00.

We suggest looking to buy TWE on a pull back into the $15.30 area.

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ALGO Update: Strong Start For Treasury Wines

Shares of TWE have started the week 2.5% higher today and have traded back above the $16.00 level.

Our ALGO engine triggered a buy signal at $14.80 on January 11th.

Several wire firms included TWE on recent buy lists, citing the company’s solid sales and growth projections into 2018.

In addition,  we expect TWE will benefit from the  lower tax rate for their USA-based business.

Based on the daily charts, we expect the next area of resistance near the previous all-time highs of $16.55.


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ALGO Update: New Buy Signal In TWE

Treasury Wine Estates has been included in our Top 50 Model Portfolio since September 2014, when the shares were priced at $4.90.

The ALGO engine has triggered several buy signals since then and we have bought and sold this stock successfully for customer accounts over the last 3 years.

We noticed that ALGO buy signals have occurred on a “higher low” pattern and after an approximate 10% pull back in the share price.

Our ALGO engine triggered a buy signal at the ASX close yesterday at $14.80.

Prior to yesterday’s signal, the most recent buy signal was on July 12th at $12.30. This signal was on a “lower high” pattern and about 10% below the June 16th high of $13.75

Similarly, yesterday’s buy signal at $14.80 pencils out to a 10% correction from the December 20th high at $16.55.

Fundamentally, we believe that TWE has a very solid growth and distribution model and new highs above $16.55 will be reached over the medium term.

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ALGO UPDATE: Buy The Dip In Treasury Wine Estates

Shares of Treasury Wine Estates are down over 1% in early trade at $15.60.

This is almost $1.00 lower than their all-time high of $16.55 posted on December 20th.

TWE shares rose close to 50% in calendar year 2017 on increasing revenue and strategic acquisitions in Australia, Europe and the USA.

Our ALGO engine triggered a buy signal in TWE on July 11th at $12.45 and in our Top 50 model portfolio since September 2014.

We suggest adding to long TWE positions on this pullback to the $15.50 area for a move back above $16.50 over the medium-term.

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Will The US Tax Reform Destabilize Global Banks?

A key part of the US Tax Reform passed last week includes giving US companies a tax break on profits earned and kept in banks overseas.

As per the legislation, US firms can now repatriate offshore earnings at a tax rate of 15.5%, compared with the previous rate of 35%.

In 2005, the Bush administration had a similar “tax amnesty” when over 50 US firms sent back about $350 billion in profits earned overseas.   

In an interview last week, Mr Trump estimated that the total amount of US corporate profits on deposit offshore is between $3 and $5 trillion. 

This is a pretty wide spread. But considering that just 5 tech firms (Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and Oracle) are estimated to be holding over $650 billion offshore, it’s clear that the repatriation numbers will be much higher than in 2005. 

In fact, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, announced that they intend to repatriate over $250 billion during 2018, which is over 70% of the 2005 total spread across 50 firms. 

The most obvious impact of this massive transfer of funds will be the boost in demand for US Dollars. The amnesty plan in 2005 triggered a 12% rally in the USD Index from 81.00 to over 90.00 from March to July.

However, with some EU and Japanese banks already teetering from bad debts and non-performing loans, the short-term implications could be devastating to the banks that have been holding the cash that Mr Trump wants back.

We believe that with just one company like Apple draining $20 billion a month from the European banking system, there will be a negative impact on the health of many EU banks.

At this point we don’t have any clear numbers reflecting the amount of money being held in Australian banks, but we would expect the general strengthening of the USD, on a global basis, will see the AUD/USD retreat back into the lower .7000 handle.

ASX listed stocks which will benefit from the lower Aussie dollar include RHC, QAN, TWE, RIO and NCM.

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