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Smartgroup has delivered a robust half-year 2025 performance, marked by strong revenue growth, expanding customer base, and strategic advances in digital services and electric vehicle leasing.

Smartgroup Corporation has reported a robust first half of 2025, with a 12% rise in NPATA and nearly half of new car leases now electric vehicles. The company’s strategic digital initiatives and strong customer growth underpin its confident outlook.

ImpediMed Limited has posted a 23% increase in revenue for the 2025 financial year, yet its net loss widened by 17%, with no dividends declared. The company’s financials, audited by Ernst & Young, reveal a complex picture of growth paired with escalating costs.

Trajan Holdings delivered solid FY2025 results with revenue up 7.4% to $166.5 million and improved profitability despite transient costs and a biotech syringe loss. The company refinanced debt and set an optimistic FY2026 guidance range.

IDP Education’s FY25 results reveal a 14% revenue decline amid a 29% drop in student placement volumes, but strong price growth and cost discipline underpin a multi-year transformation aimed at future profitability.

IDP Education reports a 14% revenue decline in FY25 due to policy restrictions impacting student volumes, while unveiling a multi-year transformation program aimed at cost reduction and digital innovation.

Trajan Group Holdings Limited reported a 7.4% increase in revenue to $166.5 million for FY25, marking a significant turnaround with a return to profit after tax attributable to owners of $2.2 million. The company also reduced net debt and improved EBITDA by 26.2%, driven by organic growth and strategic acquisitions.

IDP Education Limited reported a 15% revenue decline and a 66% drop in net profit for FY25, driven by sustained policy restrictions across key international student markets. The company is responding with a multi-year transformation program focused on cost reduction and AI-driven innovation.

AI-Media Technologies marked FY25 as a pivotal year, transitioning to a technology-led business with 63% of revenue from tech products and launching LEXI Voice. The company expanded its global footprint to 36 countries and set ambitious targets for FY29.

AI-Media Technologies has accelerated its transformation into a technology-led business, reporting a 19% increase in technology revenue and launching its AI-powered LEXI Voice product in FY25.

Ai-Media Technologies reported a 2.1% revenue decline to $64.86 million in FY25, driven by a strategic shift to technology sales and a 25% drop in services revenue. Despite a higher net loss, underlying EBITDA rose 11%, reflecting progress in its SaaS transformation and global expansion.

Everest Metals has received $150,000 from the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia to advance rubidium extraction at its Mt Edon project, aiming to establish Australia’s first commercial rubidium industry and reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains.