Latest Asset Impairments News

Universal Store has opened FY27 with 9.3% growth in direct-to-customer sales, led by a sharp lift from Perfect Stranger. The retailer is maintaining its plan for 16 to 20 new stores despite continued weakness in CTC’s wholesale channel.

Australian Mines has moved its Flemington scandium project into a larger pre-feasibility study while Boa Vista drilling adds a second growth track. But the FY2026 annual report also records a A$7.1 million loss, A$5.0 million in impairments and a material uncertainty over continued funding.

Bapcor says its operational reset is beginning to show through, with first-quarter Trade sales up 2.5%, margins improving and net debt falling to $116 million. The recovery remains early, however, with Retail still under pressure and FY27 earnings weighted heavily to the second half.

Cue Energy delivered $19.8 million in operating cash flow and maintained its dividend in FY2026, despite lower profit, shrinking reserves and asset impairments. With Horizon Oil now controlling 57.03% of the register, the company enters FY2027 with a new board and an unusually busy drilling schedule.

Treasury Wine Estates has reiterated its FY27 earnings guidance after a bruising year marked by a $1.1 billion statutory loss, a suspended dividend and a major US reset. Early trading indicators are improving, but the recovery now depends on execution across costs, inventory, supply and the Americas review.

Victor Group Holdings’ audited FY2025 accounts were materially worse than its preliminary figures, with loss before tax rising to AUD 9.33 million from AUD 275,449. Newly recognised impairments and a sharp increase in depreciation turned preliminary comprehensive income of AUD 48,679 into a AUD 9.06 million loss.

TerraCom’s securities will remain suspended from ASX quotation after the company failed to lodge its annual report for the year ended 30 June 2026. Reinstatement now depends on the report being filed and ASX considering it appropriate to resume trading.

Civmec delivered double-digit earnings growth in FY26, with its new defence arm helping lift the order book to A$1.4 billion. The stronger profit came alongside a sharp working-capital squeeze that left operating cash flow negative after investment in growth.

Lakes Blue Energy reported a $19.67 million FY26 loss, ended the year with just $433,804 in cash and disclosed a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. Its key Wombat-5 well found gas-bearing zones but failed to establish commercial deliverability, leaving the company dependent on further remediation, flow testing and capital.

Energy World Corporation has reported a US$448.2 million FY2026 loss after impairing its Pagbilao power plant and Australian assets, while the group’s survival remains tied to completing a staged US$350 million turbine sale. The audited report also recasts the Pagbilao LNG Hub as the centrepiece of the company’s next phase, but flags material uncertainty around going concern.

TerraCom has been suspended from trading while it completes audited FY2026 results expected to include material impairments to its South African and Australian assets. The company has not yet disclosed the size or effect of those write-downs.

Pioneer Minerals has warned of a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern after closing FY2026 with just A$80,302 in cash. The company is relying on a proposed A$2.5 million capital raising while pushing its Idaho tungsten-gold-gallium project towards maiden drilling.