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CHALLENGER LTD

9.500

+0.0500.53%

Volume:1.86M

Turnover:17.55M

Market Cap:6.50B

PE:13.75

High:9.500

Open:9.380

Low:9.340

Close:9.450

52wk High:10.653

52wk Low:7.118

Shares:683.82M

Float Shares:683.08M

Volume Ratio:0.74

T/O Rate:0.27%

Dividend:0.32

Dividend Rate:3.32%

EPS(TTM):0.691

EPS(LYR):0.691

ROE:11.83%

ROA:3.02%

PB:1.60

PE(LYR):13.75

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Overview Company News Filings

How Challenger’s Share Buy‑Back and Omni Bridgeway Exit Will Impact Challenger (ASX:CGF) Investors

Simply Wall St.

BRIEF-Challenger Welcomes APRA Capital Framework

Challenger Says APRA's Changes to Longevity Product Provider Standards Will Support Greater Take-Up

MT Newswires Live

Challenger Ltd - for Co, Apra Reforms Will Lower Levels of Required Capital, Cyclical Risks to Capital Position During Times of Market Stress

THOMSON REUTERS

Challenger Ltd - Challenger Welcomes Apra Capital Framework

THOMSON REUTERS

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

BRIEF-Challenger Gets Regulatory Approvals For Up To A$150 Mln On-Market Share Buy-Back

Challenger jumps 4%, Pepper Money sinks as takeover collapses

ASX Preview: Australian Shares to Rise as Oil Markets Stabilize After Trump Delays Iran Strikes; Rio Tinto Secures AU$2 Billion Investment From Queensland, Commonwealth Governments for Gladstone Smelter

MT Newswires Live

Australia's Pepper Money rejects Challenger's $706 million takeover bid

Challenger Ltd - Challenger Receives Regulatory Approvals for up to a$150 Mln on-Market Share Buy-Back

THOMSON REUTERS

Ventia Services Group Says Challenger Becomes Substantial Holder

MT Newswires Live

Buy, hold, sell: Bapcor, Challenger, and DroneShield shares

BUZZ-Australia's Pepper Money drops as traders assess lower buyout bid

Breville Group Says Challenger Sells Stake

MT Newswires Live

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

What Challenger (ASX:CGF)'s DRP Suspension and All‑Cash Dividend Mean For Shareholders

Simply Wall St.

Why New Hope, Pepper Money, Pro Medicus, and Reece shares are falling today

Why Challenger, Meeka Metals, Vulcan Energy, and West African Resources shares are rising today

Pepper Money shares plunge 10% after Challenger slashes takeover offer

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