Join our daily newsletter At The Bell to receive exclusive market insights
HotCopper has Australia’s most engaged stock market investor community whose members regularly interact on our forums, learning about ASX-listed stocks and other investment options and themes.
More than seven million users come to HotCopper each year.
These valued HotCopper users visit the website some 17 times a month on average, and they stay for close to eight minutes each time.
According to independent data, there’s an astounding 45.3 million page views a month.
This investor activity provides a host of interesting and useful data, and so we’re able to reveal the ‘Most Watched’ and the ‘Most Discussed’ stocks of 2024. This data sheds light on what mattered to Australian investors in 2024 with a diverse list of companies both in sectors covered and the range of market caps.
The companies are ranked according to the total number of views across all the company-related threads. Of just over 2120 entities that are listed on the ASX, the Most Watched stock on HotCopper for 2024 is:
- Strike Energy (ASX:STX) is a Perth Basin gas project developer. It’s had more than 6.59 million views on HotCopper in 2024.
- In second place was buy now pay later stock Zip Co. Limited (ASX:ZIP), viewed more than 6.2 million times, and;
- Third was Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) – a company developing treatments for inflammatory diseases, it notched up 5.5 million views.
Also in the top 10 are Melbana Energy (ASX:MAY), Imugene (ASX:IMU), Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR), Raiden Resources (ASX:RDN), Invictus Energy (ASX:IVZ), Summit Minerals (ASX:SUM), and Larvotto Resources (ASX:LRV).
The most discussed stock of 2024 is:
- Buy now pay later play Zip Co. – with nearly 34,000 comments on HotCopper.
- In second place was BPH Energy (ASX:BPH) with about 32,000 comments, and,
- Third was Imugene with about 31,660.
Others in the top 10 were, Liontown Resources; Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA); Mesoblast, Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS), Brainchip Holdings (ASX:BRN), Invictus Energy (ASX:IVZ), and Spenda (ASX:SPX).
Four of the companies we’re discussing made both the most watched and most discussed lists: Zip Co, Liontown Resources, Mesoblast, and Invictus Energy.
In this week’s webinar, we look at IPO activity, and themes for 2024 and moving into 2025 with insights from HotCoppers Head of Growth Tim Sylvester, RaaS Research Group’s Finola Burke, and Lowell Resource Fund’s CIO John Forwood.
Disclaimers: The material provided in this article is for information only and should not be treated as investment advice. Viewers are encouraged to conduct their own research and consult with a certified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. For full disclaimer information, please click here.
Report Card Pty Ltd (ACN 092 598 859) trading as “HotCopper” is Corporate Authorised Representative of STK Markets Pty Ltd (ACN 644 425 810) which holds Australian Financial Services License 537 530. Any advice on this website is general in nature and does not take into account your personal financial circumstances or objectives. You should consider the appropriateness of the information prior to making any investment decisions. The information provided by this service is for use wholesale investors as defined by s708 of the Corporations Act.
Any advice given by RaaS Research Group Pty Ltd is GENERAL advice, as the information or advice given does not take into account your particular objectives, financial situation or needs. You should, before acting on the advice, consider the appropriateness of the advice, having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. If our advice relates to the acquisition, or possible acquisition, of a particular financial product you should read any relevant Product Disclosure Statement or like instrument. The RaaS Financial Services Guide is available at www.raasgroup.com.
RaaS principals, employees and associates may hold shares in companies that it covers and, if so, this will be clearly stated on the front page of each research report. All information used in RaaS research is compiled from publicly available sources that are believed to be reliable. Opinions contained in our research represent those of the principals of RaaS Research Group at the time of publication. RaaS Research Group provides this financial advice as an honest and reasonable opinion held at a point in time about an investment’s risk profile and merit and the information is provided by the RaaS Research Group in good faith. The views of the adviser(s) do not necessarily reflect the views of the AFS Licensee. RaaS Research Group has no obligation to update the opinion unless RaaS Research Group is currently contracted to provide such an updated opinion. RaaS Research Group does not warrant the accuracy of any information it sources from others. All statements as to future matters are not guaranteed to be accurate and any statements as to past performance do not represent future performance.
Assessment of risk can be subjective. Portfolios of equity investments need to be well diversified and the risk appropriate for the investor. Equity investments in listed or unlisted companies yet to achieve a profit or with an equity value less than $50 million should collectively be a small component of a balanced portfolio, with smaller individual investment sizes than otherwise.
The science of climate change is common knowledge and its impacts may damage the global economy. Mitigating climate change may also disrupt the global economy. Investors need to make their own assessments and we disclaim any liability for the impact of either climate change or mitigating strategies on any investment we recommend.
Investors are responsible for their own investment decisions, unless a contract stipulates otherwise. RaaS Research Group does not stand behind the capital value or performance of any investment. Subject to any terms implied by law and which cannot be excluded, RaaS Research Group shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, defects or misrepresentations in the information (including by reasons of negligence, negligent misstatement or otherwise) or for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect) suffered by persons who use or rely on the information. If any law prohibits the exclusion of such liability, RaaS Research Group limits its liability to the re-supply of the Information, provided that such limitation is permitted by law and is fair and reasonable. Copyright 2024 RaaS Research Group Pty Ltd (A.B.N. 99 614 783 363). All rights reserved.
