QAV 809 — The Reporting Season Red Flag

by Cameron Reilly | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this episode, we review recent half-year­ly results and mar­ket volatil­i­ty, dis­cussing notable move­ments in the dum­my port­fo­lio com­pared to the bench­mark, as well as sig­nif­i­cant shifts in com­modi­ties such as crude oil. We dive into report­ing-sea­son sur­pris­es from com­pa­nies like Qan­tas, Hel­lo World, Pep­per Mon­ey, and Karoon Ener­gy, explor­ing the lack of time­ly “con­fes­sion sea­son” dis­clo­sures and how that impacts invest­ment deci­sions. The top­ic of whether to pause stock pur­chas­es dur­ing report­ing sea­son is debat­ed, express­ing our frus­tra­tion over abrupt CFO depar­tures and earn­ings “shock” announce­ments. We con­clude with a “Pulled Pork” deep dive on min­ing ser­vices group Per­en­ti (PRN), ana­lyz­ing cash-flow quirks, fore­cast earn­ings, and over­all QAV met­rics.