Mainfreight at Mercy of Economic Recovery Timing -- Market Talk

Dow Jones05-30

0006 GMT - Macquarie cuts its FY 2025 pretax profit forecasts for Mainfreight by 9%, taking the view that any economic recovery is likely to happen in 2H. In a note, the bank highlights signs that global freight volumes--especially seafreight--have stabilized, and says general freight rate increases are sticking to at least offset cost pressures. At the same time, macroeconomic headwinds remain strong. "Mainfreight has historically had a 40/60 pretax profit seasonality bias to the 2H trading period," says Macquarie. "We expect this shape again in FY 2025, with the bias perhaps being even more pronounced if a global economic recovery gains traction in Mainfreight's 2H25 trading period." (david.winning@wsj.com; @dwinningWSJ)

 

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