Australia's Woolworths gains; Jarden, Citi differ on near-term prospects
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** Shares of Australia's Woolworths WOW.AX rise 1% to A$30.79
** Analysts at Jarden impressed with the retailer's strategies, scale and data capabilities
** Jarden sees opportunity for incoming CEO Amanda Bardwell to balance short-term trading and the firm's ability to leverage its potential to drive an improvement in market share
** Believes sales growth will improve as Woolies enter the fourth quarter of FY24 and into FY25
**Sees online sales accelerating amid a return in market volumes and promotional effectiveness
** However, analysts at Citi prefer smaller rival Coles COL.AX over Woolies owing to the former's better earnings growth story
** Brokerage lowers earnings forecasts for fiscal 2025 on Woolies by about 2%
** Citi sees Coles retain the lead in like-for-like sales growth in Q4 2024
** WOW stock has fallen 18% this year, as of last close, whereas COL has slipped 0.1%
Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru
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