By PAUL PANCKHURST
Investors will be watching to see if Nuplex's annual result shows the company kept its eye on the financial ball while on the acquisition trail in Australia, says adviser Mark Gander, of sharebroking firm JBWere.
The manufacturing company reports on Thursday.
Nuplex has said it is trying to quickly integrate the assets of the Australian-listed Asia Pacific Specialty Chemicals after a successful takeover bid.
The reporting season brings a flurry of annual results. Tomorrow, it is the turn of the Natural Gas Corporation.
A Dow Jones news report quotes a consensus of five analysts as forecasting a net profit of $34.8 million for NGC, bouncing back from last year's $302 million loss.
Fletcher Challenge Forests reports on Thursday, although investors have already had an insight via the figures disclosed in the Grant Samuel report on the rejected central North Island forestry deal.
That report showed operating revenue of $664 million and earnings after tax of $64 million for the year to June 30 - but with the result hit by unusual items of $315 million after a write-down of loans to the Central North Island Forestry Partnership.
Also fronting up with annual results are Ports of Auckland (tomorrow), Force Corporation (Wednesday), Wrightson (Thursday) and Michael Hill International (Friday).
Mainfreight announces a first quarter result on Wednesday.
Brokers report a steady, light market.
Investors keen to see if Nuplex Aussie foray pays off
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