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Employees: 475
Size Macquarie Technology (MAQ.AX) is an Australia Communication Services company (Specialty Telecommunications) with a market value of $890M, the 195th largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$49.86 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 34.0%, against -13.2% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.1%); the operating margin is 14.9% (peer median 6.8%).
Valuation It trades at 58.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.7× (2nd most expensive of 12).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.6 points below its cost of capital (8.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | A$390M | A$390M | A$370M | A$363M | A$345M |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +2% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | A$116M | A$116M | A$110M | A$103M | A$89.9M |
| EBITDA | A$116M | A$116M | A$114M | A$109M | A$103M |
| Net income | A$32.1M | A$32.1M | A$34.9M | A$33.0M | A$17.7M |
| Free cash flow | -A$142M | -A$142M | -A$31.5M | -A$27.3M | A$39.1M |
| Capital expenditure | A$237M | A$237M | A$137M | A$146M | A$65.8M |
| Total debt | n/a | A$36.0M | A$36.0M | A$38.6M | A$133M |
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| Measure | MAQ.AX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.2% | +1.0% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -34.0% | -13.2% | lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -36.7% | -27.1% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.5% | +5.1% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 14.9% | 6.8% | 7th highest of 19 |
| Forward P/E | 58.2× | 19.7× | 2nd most expensive of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.6 pp | +0.9 pp | 7th lowest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.4× | 9.4× | 5th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.3× | 1.1× | 3rd least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macquarie Technology MAQ.AX | Australia | $890M | -34% | +6% | 15% | 58.2× | n/a | n/a |
| cyber_Folks CBF.WA | Poland | $899M | +8% | +27% | n/a | 40.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Net263 002467.SZ | China | $939M | -33% | +14% | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) TTML.NS | India | $824M | -11% | -1% | 44% | n/a | 22.7% | +2.1% |
| Aussie Broadband ABB.AX | Australia | $968M | -13% | +9% | 7% | 14.7× | 13.1% | +29.9% |
| Ituran Location and Control ITRN | United States | $987M | -18% | +16% | 22% | 12.9× | -3.4% | +7.9% |
| Chief Telecom 6561.TWO | Taiwan | $796M | +2% | -1% | 39% | 19.7× | -0.7% | +9.0% |
| Guangzhou Frontop Digital Creative Technology 301313.SZ | China | $1.02B | +90% | +1% | -31% | 93.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Guomai Technologies 002093.SZ | China | $1.08B | -14% | +3% | 24% | n/a | 11.7% | +6.5% |
| CITIC Telecom International 1883.HK | Hong Kong | $1.14B | -14% | 0% | 12% | 9.2× | -10.5% | +1.4% |
| Telesat TSAT.TO | Canada | $644M | -18% | -24% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| KINX 093320.KS | South Korea | $623M | +68% | +7% | 19% | 32.8× | 7.8% | +17.7% |
| Eastone Century Technology 300310.SZ | China | $575M | -24% | +3% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| StarHub CC3.SI | Singapore | $1.41B | +4% | -8% | 5% | 48.0× | 7.2% | +3.0% |
| Juneyao Grand Healthy Drinks 605388.SS | China | $524M | -15% | +5% | -19% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Waluer Information Technology 301380.SZ | China | $440M | -14% | +7% | 7% | n/a | 16.4% | +16.4% |
| U-NEXT 9418.T | Japan | $2.04B | +17% | +20% | 6% | 17.6× | 0.4% | +17.7% |
| Shunya International Martech (Beijing) 300612.SZ | China | $341M | -17% | -45% | -24% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Helios Towers HTWS.L | United Kingdom | $3.05B | -8% | +6% | 36% | 30.1× | 13.4% | +15.0% |
| freenet FNTN.DE | Germany | $3.06B | -7% | +10% | 14% | 11.4× | -11.3% | -1.1% |