Lots of financial commentators out in the media all of a sudden preaching the virtues of diversification and defensive stocks. The same muppets who were advising us all to ‘stay fully invested’ and ‘lean towards growth stocks’ only a month ago…..they blow with the wind that lot.
It’s times like these that TLS is a pretty good place to be. Trump Tariffs barely relevant to this particular stock. I picked up a couple of parcels of TLS late last year when it looked a bit unloved and oversold. Over the past couple of years it just hasn’t been sexy enough amongst all the surging tech/growth stocks. But now as a safe defensive stock with a reliable dividend (and nearly all domestic earnings) it has held up well.
TLS is currently No.11 on the ASX by market cap - here is some analysis on how it’s performed against the Top 10.
Just holding its ground is a big outperform in the current market. A moderate capital gain just a bonus if it happens as the market rotates to defensive.
TLS will always be subject to a degree of government meddling and competitors will come and go picking away at its margins…..the likelihood of a burst of capital growth is almost zero but I think it could creep towards $4.50 in a shaky market with investors retreating to safety.
TLS is about as close to a fixed term deposit as a stock gets yet paying around a 6% grossed up dividend puts it well ahead. Here is it's dividend history over the past 5 financial years :
TLS will be finding its way back into the mix of many portfolios if these Trump related dramas continue - certainly worthy of its place in a
well diversified and balanced portfolio.
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$4.91 |
Change
0.010(0.20%) |
Mkt cap ! $55.90B |
Open | High | Low | Value | Volume |
$4.92 | $4.95 | $4.89 | $66.23M | 13.47M |
Buyers (Bids)
No. | Vol. | Price($) |
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8 | 65502 | $4.90 |
Sellers (Offers)
Price($) | Vol. | No. |
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$4.92 | 8934 | 3 |
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No. | Vol. | Price($) |
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6 | 60396 | 4.900 |
4 | 3106 | 4.890 |
18 | 276080 | 4.880 |
14 | 108116 | 4.870 |
9 | 119667 | 4.860 |
Price($) | Vol. | No. |
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4.920 | 5000 | 1 |
4.930 | 111059 | 6 |
4.940 | 63350 | 3 |
4.950 | 136218 | 40 |
4.960 | 51349 | 12 |
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