Australian Shares Recommendations

Goodman Fielder (GFF) has a share price target of $1.85 from sharemarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Goodman Fielder (GFF) Fuel cost pressures likely to hurt

Event: Fuel costs another headwind:

Toll Holdings (TOL) has a share price target of $8.60 from Australian market analyst UBS.

Toll Holdings (TOL) Discount to fair value likely to continue

Earnings changes for Virgin Blue:

We are cutting our Toll EPS forecasts by 14% in FY09 to reflect our separately published Virgin Blue downgrades. Our transport earnings remain unchanged, although risk is probably to the downside given expectations for slowing economic growth and an inevitable lag inpassing through fuel cost rises.

We see three key share price drivers::

Origin Energy (ORG) has a share price target of $17.01 from Australian stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Origin Energy (ORG) declines revised BG offer, bring it on

Two LNG projects both want ORG gas:

Babcock & Brown (BNB) has a target price of $25.00 from Australian Stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Babcock & Brown (BNB) Now it's time to walk the walk

AGM reaffirms EPS growth target of 15%:

Origin Energy (ORG) is upgraded to Buy / Medium Risk and it has a $23.70 share price target from Australian stock analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Origin Energy Ltd (ORG): Still the King

Upgrade to Buy, target price $23.70 — ORG’s reserves upgrade today highlights the extent of the company’s leverage in what is clearly now a strategic resource base. We upgrade ORG to Buy / Medium Risk, with a 12- month target price of $23.70.

Here is an update on the Australian Mining Services Sector provided by Australian market analyst UBS.

Energy Boom – The Beneficiaries!

Here are the Macquarie Research Equities (MRE) highlights on some of the recent impacts experienced by the Australian Banking Sector.

Bank Opportunities

The Australian Banks outperformed the market by 3.3% last week, yet are still trading significantly below their November 2007 highs. Headlining recent developments in this area has been the proposed merger between WBC and SGB. Macquarie Research Equities (MRE) review the week in question and reaffirm their guidance for the sector. Click through to find out more…

Banking Sector Impacts

Boart Longyear (BLY) has a $2.47 share price target and an Outperform recommendation from Australian stock analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Boart Longyear (BLY) - Vindication at Last!

Macquarie Airports (MAP) has a reiterated BUY rating with a trimmed down target price of $3.67 from Australian stockmarket analysts from Citi.

Macquarie Airports (MAP): Buy Straw Hats in Winter

Crown (CWN) has a target price of $15.10 and a reiterated Outperform recommendation from Australian Stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Crown (CWN) : The Gaming Gem in Macau!