Whitehaven Coal Earnings: Share Buyback Recommences, With More Likely Along With Higher Dividends

Whitehaven Coal reported solid fiscal 2025 first-half earnings. Adjusted EBITDA of AUD 960 million was up 52% from a year ago. This was driven by contributions from the Blackwater and Daunia metallurgical coal mines acquired from BHP, though partially offset by higher unit costs and lower volumes and prices in the New South Wales thermal coal business. The group declared an interim fully franked dividend of AUD 9 cents per security and will soon commence an AUD 72 million share buyback.