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Hello, hello, and welcome to HotCopper Highlights for Week 15, CY26, I’m Isaac McIntyre. In this segment, we wrap up the stocks and company announcements you were watching this week on Australia’s #1 finance website. Let’s get straight into it, starting with the most viewed – war stock DroneShield (ASX:DRO).
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DroneShield has long been a top favourite among HotCopper forum users (and elsewhere across the Aussie internet), but may be losing some loyalty after a string of disappointments for holders. This week, the drone developer’s down another -12.4% after reshuffling the executive chairs. Oleg Vornik and Peter James – the duo who sold $2.4 million in stocks amid confusion around a U.S. government contract – out, Angus Bean in. Possible peace in the Middle East can’t be helping, either.
Santos (ASX:STO) has similarly been guided by the waxing and waning hopes around the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran. In fact, Santos actually confirmed the Quokka-1 well in Alaska is oil-producing, and with “exceptional quality” at that, but that wasn’t enough to stave off a -2% drop as Energy sagged generally.
And finally, in the stocks that drew the most views, dual-listed Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX:TLX) has been picking up followers across HotCopper after reaffirming its full-year revenue guidance of $950M to $970M. The biopharma company is still waiting on a return for its resubmission to the U.S. FDA for TLX101-Px (Pixclara) brain cancer imaging candidate, which has investors fairly excited.
And, now, the most discussed, where Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML) – a Market Link client, I should note here – has taken the top gong for Week 15. Chins have been wagging everywhere about Resolution after its Idaho-based Antimony Ridge was included in the U.S. government FAST-41 program, which should allow “fast-track permitting and enhance investor visibility” for the critmins explorer.
Then, Viva Energy (ASX:VEA) popped after agreeing to work with the Federal Government to secure additional fuel supplies aimed at bolstering Australia’s domestic fuel security during the Middle East crisis. VEA has been down -3% in Week 15 but largely up, +20%, through Australia’s last trading month.
And then third up in most-discussed stocks was Karoon Energy (ASX:KAR), which mainly stood out because Energy as an ASX sector has been on a rollercoaster. Energy dumped nearly -8% Wednesday – and KAR followed – but then doubts over the U.S. and Iran ceasefire saw a recovery to Friday close.
That’s HotCopper Highlights for Week 15, I’m Isaac McIntyre. Let’s see what this weekend holds for Iran, Trump, and the war. See you next week.
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