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Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX:MND) enters FY27 with record FY26 revenue of $2.98 billion, a 52.1% profit increase and more than $680 million of new contracts secured since year-end. The engineering services group is also carrying a disputed claim worth about $200 million and a sizeable exposure to fossil-fuel markets.

TAL Daiichi Life Australia has tabled a conditional $11.80-per-share proposal to acquire the 79.5% of Challenger it does not already own. The approach arrives as Challenger reports a 52% jump in first-quarter sales, but remains non-binding and subject to due diligence, regulatory approval and a board recommendation.

Bounty Oil & Gas reported a larger FY2026 loss and weaker production, while reshaping its portfolio around Queensland oil development and a proposed deepwater Liberia entry. The strategy is backed by fresh equity, but depends on further funding, regulatory progress and a production sharing contract that has not yet been finalised.

Cynata Therapeutics has opened a fully underwritten $913,000 entitlement offer to fund adviser, director and consultant fees, offer costs and working capital. Eligible shareholders can buy three new shares for every eight held, with free options attached.

Austco Healthcare is pursuing its largest acquisition to date, combining a real-time monitoring software business with an aged care nurse call specialist in a deal worth up to an estimated $19.3 million. The transactions would add debt, recurring revenue and integration risk as the company expands beyond its core Tacera platform.

Coventry Group’s Q1 FY27 EBITDA nearly doubled to A$5.4 million as cost reductions and margin gains began to outweigh modest sales growth. Leverage has also halved from its March peak, although the strategic review has yet to produce a transaction.

Resimac Group delivered a stronger FY26, with normalised NPAT up 26% to $49.9 million and total assets under management reaching a record $16.5 billion. The result supports higher ordinary dividends, but the lender is still managing asset finance run-off, ASIC hardship proceedings and longer-term funding risks.

Maggie Beer Holdings will retain Hampers and Gifts Australia after deciding third-party proposals failed to reflect the business's value. The decision shifts the focus from a potential sale to a turnaround strategy for a business that generated $41.4 million in FY26 sales but only a 2.5% EBITDA margin.

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.

Vysarn delivered another year of rapid earnings growth, with revenue rising 31% and net profit after tax climbing 41% to $15.11 million. The bigger test now is whether its $65.3 million capital raise and Welltech acquisition can turn a growing collection of water businesses into a genuinely national platform.

Arrow Minerals is seeking to expand its Pilbara iron ore footprint to more than 1,600 square kilometres through the Turee Creek acquisition and 12 new exploration applications. The land grab comes with historical high-grade results, but all relevant tenure remains pending and no resource has been defined.

Australian Vintage has returned to positive operating cash flow, but its FY26 statutory loss widened sharply after a $27 million inventory write-down and deferred tax charge. The wine group is betting that Poco Vino growth, further restructuring and lower stock levels can convert the cash improvement into debt reduction in FY27.