Judo Capital's Downgrade Causes Concerns at MS

Dow Jones
Jun 26

0209 GMT - Judo Capital's guidance downgrade raises concerns at Morgan Stanley about the Australian business lender's ability to meet its scale targets while managing risk. Despite Judo's assurances, the investment bank's analysts suspect that efforts to grow the loan book without sacrificing margins have increased risk by more than its loss-rate target implies. They say they're surprised at how quickly loan losses have grown, pointing out that operating conditions started to deteriorate in March and that other banks' credit quality remains sound. They wonder about the effectiveness of its underwriting and early risk detection. MS has a last-published overweight rating on the stock and a target price of 1.85 Australian dollars. Shares are down 14% at A$0.9025. (stuart.condie@wsj.com)

 

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June 25, 2026 22:09 ET (02:09 GMT)

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