For the past three years, the word “inflation” has sat at the top of every investor’s worry list.
From record rate hikes to collapsing bond prices, supply shocks to mortgage stress, the market environment from 2021 to mid-2025 has been shaped by one defining macro narrative: the fight against inflation. That fight, it now seems, is largely done and with its retreat, we find ourselves at the edge of a new investment regime.
So, what comes next? More importantly, what must we, as long-term investors, unlearn and relearn in order to succeed in a world no longer dominated by the inflation fear trade?
This article is about rethinking how we approach opportunity and risk, when the tide of inflation recedes.
Inflation Was the Narrative Anchor and Now We’re Unmoored
Narratives shape markets far more than spreadsheets. Inflation, for a time, became the ultimate anchor for capital allocation decisions:
Own energy and resources to hedge against price spikes
Hold cash and short-term bonds to protect capital from duration risk
Avoid growth and tech due to sensitivity to higher discount rates
Be defensive because higher inflation implies a consumer squeeze and margin compression
This was, in many respects, rational. The cost of capital was rising. Central banks were clearly behind the curve in 2022. Commodities, cash, and tangible assets all outperformed.
But now, with inflation prints across the developed world falling toward target levels and central banks on hold or cutting, the rules of the game are shifting and perhaps faster than investors realise.
The Next Era: Return of the Long Game
When inflation peaks and rates plateau, market leadership often rotates. The winners of the “fear of inflation” regime begin to lag, and those businesses positioned for structural growth, rather than cyclical protection, begin to shine.
A Few Key Patterns to Consider:
Cash becomes less attractive: As real yields normalise and the prospect of falling rates looms, holding cash turns from safety to drag.
Quality businesses outperform: Companies with pricing power, strong margins, and long-term tailwinds start to matter again, not just their short-term rate sensitivity.
Growth is back in play: Especially those with clear earnings visibility, efficient reinvestment pathways, and proven management execution.
Private capital moves: As public market volatility settles, private equity and infrastructure investors step up, often buying public companies before the market fully re-rates them.
We’re already seeing this pattern emerge in some corners of the ASX, small caps, in particular, are responding positively to any signal that the rate cycle is done. Many investors are underexposed here due to lingering macro fatigue.
The “Fear Trade” is Still Crowded
The irony is that many portfolios still reflect an outdated mindset. Having suffered bruising volatility over the past few years, investors are overweight cash, defensives, and energy/resource names. There’s logic to that positioning. But there’s also risk.
The real opportunity cost lies in not being exposed to businesses that can grow earnings in a disinflationary world.
A company with pricing power, global scale, clean balance sheet, and reinvestment runway becomes more valuable when interest rates aren’t climbing and margins aren’t under siege from cost shocks.
Even certain segments of infrastructure, which we love, may lag if they were primarily purchased as “inflation-linked bond proxies.” That’s not their only story.
Where to From Here?
At TAMIM, we see this moment as one of repositioning, not reaction. We believe the right investment stance now includes:
1. Owning Companies, Not Commodities
Commodities did their job. They protected portfolios from inflation, supply chain dislocations, and geopolitical flare-ups.
But in a disinflationary world, commodities are no longer the tailwind, they’re a mean reversion risk. That doesn’t mean avoid entirely, but it does mean reallocating capital into businesses that create value, not just sit on it.
We prefer businesses that convert commodity exposure into earnings power (think: logistics, infrastructure, mining services) rather than simple resource beta.
2. Valuing Duration Again
For years, anything that required a 5–10 year horizon to justify its price was punished. Now, duration is no longer a dirty word.
Growth businesses, those investing today for clear monetisation paths tomorrow, deserve another look. Especially founder-led, profitable, capital-efficient models that were thrown out with the speculative bathwater of 2021.
This doesn’t mean going all-in on profitless tech. It means acknowledging that a world of stable or falling rates changes the mathematics of value.
3. Looking Where Others Won’t
When macro fear dominates, investor herding becomes extreme. We’re seeing opportunities in the parts of the market that have been neglected for too long, small caps, international value, misunderstood tech, and certain niche asset classes.
We’re also leaning into M&A catalysts, where companies with improving fundamentals are being acquired before the market gives them full credit. The recent trend in ASX takeovers underscores how private capital is willing to look through the macro noise, often more boldly than listed investors.
The Opportunity is Process, Not Prediction
One of our core philosophies is that you don’t need to predict the macro environment to build a great portfolio. You need a process that allows you to:
Identify mispricing
Understand structural vs cyclical drivers
Stay close to management and incentives
Position early before the crowd moves
Now that the “inflation fear” anchor is being lifted, investors with clarity of process have the upper hand. The fog is lifting. Those with a map will outperform.
A Word on Patience
A turning point in the macro cycle is not a light switch. It’s a tide shift.
Just because inflation has cooled doesn’t mean markets will reprice overnight. In fact, this is when emotional discipline matters most. Investors conditioned to fear every CPI print or central bank comment may struggle to reorient.
But those who can step back, reassess, and reallocate will reap the rewards. As always, the market eventually rewards fundamentals, but only after it exhausts all other narratives.
The TAMIM Takeaway
The fight against inflation is ending and with it, the era of hiding in cash, chasing commodities, and fearing duration. This is the time to return to long-term investing: to focus on companies that are growing, generating cash, and reinvesting wisely, not just those that “protect” capital.
Repositioning your portfolio in a disinflationary world doesn’t mean blindly chasing growth or abandoning discipline. It means understanding what the new environment rewards, and being early to that rotation. It’s time to lean back into equities, lean forward into quality, and lean away from macro-driven paralysis.
After a year dominated by global mega-cap tech and AI headlines, a different story is quietly unfolding on the ASX: the resurgence of small caps, particularly those in the crosshairs of private equity and strategic acquirers. With interest rates expected to fall over the coming 12 months, liquidity is returning, and buyers are circling quality businesses trading at undemanding valuations.
Johns Lyng Group: From Market Darling to Takeover Target
Johns Lyng Group (ASX: JLG) has been a business TAMIM tracked closely for years. It was a classic fund manager favourite, priced to perfection, and for a long time, we simply couldn’t justify paying the premium despite our admiration for the business model. However, as the market soured on small caps and JLG cycled through a period of weaker industry activity and earnings downgrades, sentiment shifted.
By February 2025, the stock had halved from its highs and was trading at just $2.00. Management insiders began to buy in material size, signalling their confidence in the underlying business. Following a deep-dive management meeting, we initiated a position at $2.20, based on our view that the business still retained core hallmarks: a founder-led structure, industry leadership, a solid balance sheet, and improving medium-term fundamentals.
In July, we were rewarded. Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) swooped in with a $4.00 per share offer, valuing the business at $1.1 billion. The deal represents an 82% premium to our entry price and confirms a broader thematic: quality small caps with temporary earnings issues but strong strategic value are firmly on the radar of buyers.
The Broader Pipeline: TAMIM Takeover Watchlist Stocks in Motion
While JLG’s takeover provided a strong tailwind to July performance, several other holdings in our portfolio continue to progress well and in our view, remain strong takeover candidates.
Qoria (ASX: QOR)
Qoria is the leading provider of child safety and monitoring software in K-12 education markets across the US, Australia, and UK. It has built an impressive moat, particularly within the US school district ecosystem, and is now expanding its direct-to-parent consumer business.
The stock recently reported Q4 FY25 results that saw exit ARR grow to $145 million (+25% YoY), driven by record Q4 ARR additions and expanding consumer traction. Operating leverage is now kicking in: EBITDA was up 670% YoY to $15.4 million, and the company is now both free cash flow positive and Rule of 40 compliant. Despite this, it trades at just 5.1x ARR versus peers at 7–12x.
With Life360 (ASX: 360) as the obvious comp, Qoria’s premium product positioning and rapid margin expansion make it a compelling relative value story. And given its strategic position in both public and consumer safety markets, it wouldn’t be surprising to see interest from global players in the space.
Alcidion Group (ASX: ALC)
Alcidion is a healthcare workflow software provider focused on hospitals across the UK and Australia. It helps clinicians and administrators improve efficiency, safety, and compliance in patient care delivery. The company has been executing strongly, especially in the UK, where recent NHS contract wins are driving a revenue inflection.
The company’s FY25 report featured positive operating cash flow of $7.4M in Q4, annual cash receipts of $50.9M, and total new contract wins (TCV) of $73.8M. It also reaffirmed guidance for EBITDA to exceed $4.5M, highlighting an improving bottom-line trend.
We initiated our position at 8 cents; the stock closed July at 11.5 cents. ALC’s strong product-market fit and international growth potential make it a natural target for larger healthcare technology platforms or private equity looking to roll up niche vertical software providers.
Credit Clear (ASX: CCR)
Credit Clear delivers a digital-first approach to debt collection, blending AI and behavioural analytics into a modernised receivables management platform. It straddles both B2B and B2C collections and has made impressive inroads into insurance and financial services verticals.
FY25 revenue reached a record $46.9 million (+12% YoY), with underlying EBITDA of $7.4 million (+76% YoY). June was a record month, and multi-year contracts with top insurers provide strong forward visibility. Importantly, EBITDA margins are now over 16%, and the business holds $15.6 million in cash.
We estimate FY26 revenue of $52–54 million and EBITDA of $11–12 million. The debt collection space is ripe for consolidation, both private equity and larger incumbents will be looking closely at CCR’s strong digital proposition and sticky client base.
Austco Healthcare (ASX: AHC)
Austco designs and delivers nurse call and communication systems for hospitals and aged care facilities. Following the acquisition of Amentco and G&S Technologies, the business has grown revenue by 37–41% YoY, reaching $80–82 million in FY25, with EBITDA up 54–67%.
Their $55.8 million backlog, $14.4 million cash balance, and strong revenue visibility provide a platform for continued growth. We estimate FY26 EBITDA of at least $16 million, with earnings per share approaching 3 cents. At just above a $100 million market cap, Austco is likely to appear on the radar of small-cap institutional investors and potentially strategic acquirers in the healthcare tech or equipment space.
Enero Group (ASX: EGG)
Enero recently divested its 51% stake in OBMedia, taking a non-cash hit in the process, but streamlining its focus to its high-performing marketing agencies: BMF, Hotwire, and Orchard. FY25 EBITDA is expected to come in at the top end of guidance, with FY26 likely to see EBITDA of $12–14 million from core operations.
With more than $30 million in net cash and a market cap around $90 million, the stock is trading at less than 5x forward EBITDA. Capital management, special dividends, or strategic interest are all plausible catalysts for a re-rating or acquisition. The recent divestment removes what was likely a deal-blocking asset.
Why Takeovers Are Back on the Menu
After several quiet years, 2025 is shaping up to be a breakout year for mid-market M&A, particularly in Australia. Why?
Interest Rate Cycle Has Turned: With inflation moderating and central banks signalling rate cuts, cost of capital is declining. This has huge implications for PE firms and strategic acquirers who rely on debt to fund takeovers.
Private Equity Dry Powder: Globally, PE firms are sitting on over $2 trillion in dry powder. They need to deploy capital and are increasingly targeting smaller, undervalued listed companies where the control premium can still deliver a high IRR.
ASX Valuations Still Depressed: Despite recent strength, many high-quality ASX small caps still trade at significant discounts to their historical valuation ranges, especially on EV/EBITDA and ARR multiples.
Strong Founder Ownership: Many of the companies we invest in are founder-led or have concentrated ownership. These tend to drive higher strategic value and better alignment in a deal.
Sector-Specific Tailwinds: Healthcare, digital platforms, education tech, and infrastructure-enabling services are all sectors seeing strategic demand, and the ASX boasts several niche leaders.
Key Lessons for Investors
While many investors obsess over macro headlines or try to trade the latest AI rally, the real money is often made by identifying value and being patient. In the case of JLG, it took less than 12 months for sentiment to shift and a takeover to crystallise significant value.
Investing with a long enough runway for the thesis to play out
These themes are central to the TAMIM Australia All Cap strategy.
TAMIM Takeaway
July 2025 served as a reminder that markets reward patience and process. The Johns Lyng takeover was a textbook outcome, tracking a business, waiting for price to meet value, and capitalising when the market overlooked long-term fundamentals.
We believe several other portfolio holdings are poised for similar recognition. Whether via takeover or re-rating, the combination of solid business models, founder-led execution, and an improving capital markets environment is fertile ground for value realisation.
The small cap space remains fertile hunting ground for investors with discipline, a long-term view, and a willingness to go where others aren’t looking.
Disclaimer: Johns Lyng Group (ASX: JLG), Qoria (ASX: QOR), Alcidion Group (ASX: ALC), Credit Clear (ASX: CCR), Austco Healthcare (ASX: AHC), and Enero Group (ASX: EGG) are held in TAMIM Portfolios as at date of article publication. Holdings can change substantially at any given time.
As the world rapidly shifts into a new era defined by artificial intelligence, energy transition, and digital interconnectedness, a less visible but absolutely essential movement is reshaping global economies: the infrastructure renaissance. No longer limited to roads, bridges, and ports, the new infrastructure stack includes the physical and digital frameworks required to power modern industry, from water treatment systems and cloud networking to semiconductors and the pipes that feed them.
At Tamim, we believe that investors who understand this transformation and its enablers, especially in the form of listed global companies, stand to benefit greatly. Today, we explore three companies sitting at the heart of this invisible backbone: Ebara (TSE:6361), AECOM (NYSE:ACM), and F5 Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV). These are not household names, but they are quietly shaping the foundation of tomorrow’s economy.
The Macro Case for Infrastructure: Rust Never Sleeps
We’ve written before about the renewed trust in “rust.” Governments around the world are rediscovering the importance of industrial capacity. Years of underinvestment in physical infrastructure, driven by fiscal austerity and hyper-financialisation, are now giving way to bipartisan support for large-scale infrastructure initiatives, especially in the U.S., Japan, and parts of Europe.
In the U.S., this shift is most obvious in legislation such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science Act. In Australia, the energy transition is driving significant new public-private partnerships. And globally, geopolitical tensions, especially between the U.S. and China, are reshaping supply chains and reinforcing the need for resilient physical infrastructure.
This new era is not just about pouring concrete; it’s about rebuilding the foundational systems that support both traditional and emerging industries. Smart logistics, power resiliency, AI data pipelines, water security, and semiconductor manufacturing, all require specialised expertise and industrial muscle.
Ebara Corporation (TSE: 6361); Powering Water, Waste, and Wafers
Ebara might appear on the surface to be a traditional pump manufacturer, but beneath that surface lies a compelling exposure to the most urgent global investment themes: water security, semiconductor manufacturing, and clean energy.
Water & Waste Management
Ebara’s water pumps are critical in infrastructure-heavy use cases: tunnel drainage, sewage systems, irrigation, flood mitigation, and desalination. As extreme weather events become more frequent, municipal governments are investing more heavily in resilient infrastructure, particularly across Asia and the Middle East. Ebara is a direct beneficiary of this trend.
The company also builds municipal and industrial waste incineration plants, areas gaining traction as urban populations rise and landfill space becomes constrained. Ebara’s dual positioning in both water and waste makes it an ideal play on urbanisation and climate adaptation.
Semiconductors & Precision Machinery
The most exciting division, however, is Ebara’s Precision Machinery arm. This division provides plating and cleaning equipment, including CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) tools, for semiconductor wafer production. These tools use water and vacuum systems, areas where Ebara has deep expertise. CMP is critical to flattening the wafer between fabrication steps, a seemingly minor process but essential for chip reliability and performance.
With global chip manufacturing capacity being decentralised (thanks to the CHIPS Act in the U.S. and similar subsidies in Japan and Europe), demand for CMP tools is expected to grow robustly.
Valuation & Market Context
Despite this high-tech exposure, Ebara remains categorised as an “industrial.” It trades at relatively undemanding multiples, especially when compared to pure-play semiconductor peers. For investors seeking exposure to the semiconductor capital equipment cycle without the nosebleed valuations of ASML or Applied Materials, Ebara offers a compelling alternative.
AECOM (NYSE: ACM); Designing the Future of Infrastructure
AECOM is not a construction company in the traditional sense. It is the brains behind the brawn, a professional services powerhouse that helps governments and corporations plan, design, and manage infrastructure projects. With over 50,000 employees across 150 countries, AECOM is an enabler of the global infrastructure transition.
Energy Transition & Grid Modernisation
AECOM plays a critical role in the decarbonisation movement. It works with utilities and governments to design renewable energy facilities, modernise electricity grids, and improve energy transmission across long distances. Their teams handle everything from early-stage environmental assessments to post-construction compliance.
In Australia, AECOM is involved in critical energy transition planning, helping to deliver on-state and federal commitments to net zero. As the electrification of everything accelerates, from transport to industry, companies like AECOM are essential to mapping out the complex systems required.
Transport & Urban Planning
From high-speed rail to airports and bridges, AECOM’s transportation division helps governments plan for the next 30 years. In the U.S., they are a lead consultant on projects funded by the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. In Asia, they are involved in smart city design and climate adaptation planning.
Urban densification is driving demand for better infrastructure everywhere, and AECOM is increasingly viewed as a trusted partner in making cities more livable and connected.
Why This Matters for Investors
AECOM benefits from a long sales cycle and recurring revenue model. Projects often span several years, ensuring forward revenue visibility. The company has been refocusing its operations away from lower-margin construction management toward higher-margin consulting and planning services.
It trades at reasonable valuations for a high-quality, asset-light business with embedded macro tailwinds. If infrastructure is going to boom, someone has to plan it first, and that someone is AECOM.
F5 Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV); Securing the Digital Arteries
Sector: Cloud Infrastructure, Secure Networking
F5 Inc. might sound like a forgotten keyboard key, but it’s very much front and center in the modern digital economy. It operates at the intersection of cloud security, communications infrastructure, and network optimisation.
While companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google dominate the headlines, F5 quietly powers many of the behind-the-scenes functions that make those cloud services secure, fast, and reliable.
Core Business Model
F5 provides application delivery and network security solutions to enterprises and telecom companies. As data flows increase exponentially, particularly with the rise of AI workloads, the need for secure, optimised networking infrastructure is more critical than ever.
Their products help ensure uptime, security, and performance of web applications and services, everything from streaming video to online banking to cloud-hosted enterprise software.
Public Cloud Partnerships & Upside Leverage
What makes F5 particularly attractive is its partnership model. It works closely with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud to help manage traffic flows and security at scale. This makes it a leveraged beneficiary of growing cloud infrastructure spend without taking on the capital intensity of the hyperscalers themselves.
Recent results show upward revisions in both revenue and earnings guidance. EBIT margins have expanded to 25%, well above industry averages. With a debt-to-equity ratio under 2%, the company offers a defensive yet growth-oriented investment.
Valuation & Fundamentals
F5 trades at ~20x forward earnings, not cheap, but reasonable for a company with rising margins, sticky enterprise customers, and a clean balance sheet. It’s not a “hype” AI name, but it’s quietly powering the pipes through which AI data flows.
The TAMIM Takeaway
The infrastructure revolution isn’t about digging ditches, it’s about building the visible and invisible networks that power tomorrow’s world. Companies like Ebara, AECOM, and F5 are riding long-term, secular tailwinds across urbanisation, energy transition, semiconductor manufacturing, and cloud computing.
They are essential, scalable, and often overlooked. Most importantly, they offer exposure to high-growth themes without speculative risk, excessive valuations, or balance sheet fragility.
In a world obsessed with front-end technology, remember: it’s the invisible backbone, the pipes, pumps, power systems, and protocols, that keeps it all running.
Disclaimer: Ebara (TSE: 6361), AECOM (NYSE: ACM), and F5 Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) are held in TAMIM Portfolios as at date of article publication. Holdings can change substantially at any given time.
Every investor wants to win. But few are willing to win slowly.
In a market addicted to speed, speed of information, speed of execution, speed of returns, the very idea of letting time do the heavy lifting feels quaint, even risky. Yet this is precisely where true outperformance lies. In the words of a master investor, the real edge comes not from seeing what others don’t, but from holding your nerve longer than others can.
At TAMIM, we’ve long embraced this idea. We are, by nature and by design, long-term investors. We’re less interested in finding the next hype stock and more focused on understanding what a business is worth, independent of what the market happens to think this quarter. We believe the greatest gains in investing don’t come from being smarter or faster, but from being more patient and more grounded in value.
In this week’s newsletter, we take inspiration from recent writing by Howard Marks and others to revisit the core tenets of value investing, why they remain relevant today, especially in the context of rising rates, AI hype, geopolitical shifts, and volatile sentiment.
Investing vs Speculating
The line between investing and speculating has never been blurrier.
Daily price moves dominate headlines. Meme stocks soar and crash. Narratives swing with the wind. The temptation to chase trends, react to news, or follow the crowd is strong. Yet the truth is this: buying something solely because you think someone else will pay more for it later isn’t investing. It’s speculation.
Value investing, by contrast, is rooted in understanding the intrinsic worth of a business, its cash flows, balance sheet strength, competitive moat, and future earnings potential. You buy when the price is materially below that intrinsic value, and you sell when it isn’t. Everything else is noise.
This framework gives us clarity when markets are panicking or euphoric. It allows us to avoid overpaying for companies just because they’re “going up.” It also gives us the courage to buy when others are fearful, when valuations compress not because fundamentals have deteriorated, but because sentiment has.
Time is the Ally of the Patient
One of the central themes in Marks’ writing is this: the real differentiator isn’t forecasting skill. It’s temperament.
Can you wait while others panic? Can you hold a good business through a downturn? Can you accept short-term underperformance in pursuit of long-term outperformance?
Most investors can’t. They’re judged quarterly, or even daily. Their incentives are misaligned. As a result, they’re forced to act, even when the best move is to do nothing.
This is our edge. At TAMIM, we aren’t forced to act to satisfy anyone else’s timeline. We can wait for value to be realised. That’s how we’ve invested successfully in companies like EML Payments, Bravura Solutions, and Apiam Animal Health, businesses with sound fundamentals, temporary setbacks, and re-rating potential.
Winning slowly is still winning. And the gains are often larger than you think.
When the Market Gets It Wrong
In theory, markets are efficient. In practice, they’re often wrong, especially in the short term.
Market prices reflect consensus expectations. But consensus is shaped by fear, greed, recency bias, and groupthink. When expectations are too pessimistic, price diverges from value. That’s where opportunity lies.
Our job is to find those divergences.
Sometimes they come from misunderstood businesses (e.g. niche technology providers mispriced due to regulatory fear). Other times, from ignored sectors (like listed infrastructure or Japanese utilities). And often, from short-term issues (like cost blowouts, management turnover, or missed quarterly guidance) that obscure long-term potential.
We aren’t contrarian for the sake of it. We’re rational optimists with a valuation compass.
Small Caps: Where Mispricing Lives
The ASX small and mid-cap space is fertile ground for long-term investors. Why?
Lower analyst coverage: Many companies are under-researched, increasing the chance of mispricing.
Retail-driven sentiment: Emotional reactions to headlines often drive prices further from fair value.
Longer path to re-rating: Value can take time to emerge, which suits our patient capital.
This is why we focus on this part of the market in our TAMIM Australian All Cap and Small Cap Income portfolios. We do the work others don’t. We know that if we buy quality companies at sensible prices, time will eventually reward us.
Real Businesses, Real Value
Value investing has evolved. It’s no longer just about low P/E ratios or discounted net assets. In a world driven by intangible assets, innovation, and network effects, we must assess value more holistically.
We look for:
Strong and aligned management
Scalable unit economics
Consistent free cash flow generation
Competitive advantages (data, distribution, IP)
Resilience across economic cycles
This might lead us to own companies in less “sexy” sectors, like EROAD in telematics, Sterling Infrastructure in engineering services, or Arrow Electronics in supply chain logistics. These aren’t momentum darlings, but they are real businesses solving real problems.
And their value compounds over time.
The Patience Premium
What’s the reward for thinking long-term?
Call it the “patience premium.” Because few investors have the mandate, temperament, or discipline to wait, the market systematically undervalues companies that require time to prove themselves. This creates an inefficiency. One we’re happy to exploit.
Sometimes the re-rating takes quarters. Sometimes it takes years. But if the business compounds earnings and free cash flow, the payoff is worth it. Think of it like watching paint dry, boring at first, brilliant in hindsight.
TAMIM Takeaway
In a world obsessed with immediacy, value investing remains a quiet rebellion. It asks you to think longer, act less, and trust your analysis more than the crowd.
At TAMIM, we believe this is not only a sensible approach, it’s a superior one. Because in the end, winning slowly is still winning.
And when you own a portfolio of well-chosen, well-valued businesses, time becomes your most powerful ally.
This week’s TAMIM Reading List explores the fine line between innovation and vulnerability. We begin inside an automated warehouse where robots now pack your groceries, offering a glimpse into the future of logistics. Yet not all tech is on the rise, Tesla’s Cybertruck headlines a collapse in the used EV market, and a vital NASA satellite that supports climate monitoring and agriculture may be scrapped. Concerns about security emerge in different forms, from a surge in counterfeit currency to India’s successful testing of a nuclear-capable missile. Meanwhile, Sydney records its wettest period since 1858, and astronomers gain rare insight into an exploding star, reminding us that while we may shape much of our world, the universe still holds its surprises.
Johns Lyng Group (ASX: JLG) has been a business TAMIM tracked closely for years. It was a classic fund manager favourite, priced to perfection, and for a long time, we simply couldn’t justify paying the premium despite our admiration for the business model. However, as the market soured on small caps and JLG cycled through a period of weaker industry activity and earnings downgrades, sentiment shifted.
Qoria is the leading provider of child safety and monitoring software in K-12 education markets across the US, Australia, and UK. It has built an impressive moat, particularly within the US school district ecosystem, and is now expanding its direct-to-parent consumer business.
Alcidion is a healthcare workflow software provider focused on hospitals across the UK and Australia. It helps clinicians and administrators improve efficiency, safety, and compliance in patient care delivery. The company has been executing strongly, especially in the UK, where recent NHS contract wins are driving a revenue inflection.
Credit Clear delivers a digital-first approach to debt collection, blending AI and behavioural analytics into a modernised receivables management platform. It straddles both B2B and B2C collections and has made impressive inroads into insurance and financial services verticals.
Austco designs and delivers nurse call and communication systems for hospitals and aged care facilities. Following the acquisition of Amentco and G&S Technologies, the business has grown revenue by 37–41% YoY, reaching $80–82 million in FY25, with EBITDA up 54–67%.
Enero recently divested its 51% stake in OBMedia, taking a non-cash hit in the process, but streamlining its focus to its high-performing marketing agencies: BMF, Hotwire, and Orchard. FY25 EBITDA is expected to come in at the top end of guidance, with FY26 likely to see EBITDA of $12–14 million from core operations.
Sector: Industrial Pumps, Environmental Systems, Precision Machinery
Sector: Engineering, Design & Environmental Consulting
Sector: Cloud Infrastructure, Secure Networking
