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Downer Edi

Commercial & Professional Services

Downer EDI Limited is a leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand, designing, building, and sustaining assets, infrastructure, and facilities. The company focuses on its customers' success, delivering projects with excellence and building lasting relationships. Downer operates across various sectors, including transport, infrastructure, and utilities.

Short position

short percentage0.82%
reported shorts5.3M
shares on issue652.822M

Downer Edi (ASX:DOW) has 0.82% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 5,337,986 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 0.37 percentage points, and over 90 days it has risen 0.28 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 9.34% in March 2017. DOW is classified in the Commercial & Professional Services industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

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Downer Edi (DOW) News

Latest articles and price-sensitive announcements with AI sentiment classification.

Kalkine
Negative
1d ago

Is Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) Cheap as It Shrinks Its Share Count?

Highlights The infrastructure services group keeps retiring its own shares through an on-market capital return program Margins improved in the latest full-year result, yet the share price sits near the lower end of its yearly range A defensive contracting model suits a session when rate worries are pushing money toward steadier earners Downer EDI (ASX:DOW), the Melbourne-based contractor that looks after roads, rail, power networks, defence bases and urban services, has kept chipping away at ...

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Kalkine
Positive
3d ago

What Does Downer EDI's (ASX:DOW) Fresh Buyback Signal?

Highlights Downer EDI has been steadily acquiring its own shares under a new on-market program that began in September. The infrastructure services group reported higher earnings, a larger dividend and record work in hand in August. Shares have traded below levels seen earlier in the year, sharpening the turnaround value debate. Infrastructure services group Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) has kept up a fresh on-market share buyback in recent weeks, extending a capital return that began in early Septemb...

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Kalkine
Neutral
4d ago

Why Is Downer Steadily Retiring Its Own Shares (ASX:DOW)?

Highlights Downer is working through a fresh on-market share return program The program follows a previous round that retired a sizeable block of stock Stronger profits and a higher dividend underpin the capital management push Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) has kept retiring its own shares through a new on-market share return program, lodging regular updates that show steady daily purchases since the program began in early September, as the infrastructure services group puts its improved cash flow to ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
5d ago

What does a growing utilities pipeline mean for Downer’s simplified strategy?

Highlights Downer EDI has secured a fresh package of water and power contract renewals and extensions across Australia and New Zealand. The company reported improved margins and higher underlying earnings in its latest annual result despite lower revenue. Work-in-hand has grown, with the bulk of contracted work tied to government and regulated clients. A cluster of water and energy contracts has given fresh shape to the strategy Downer EDI Limited (ASX:DOW) has been pursuing for some time: fe...

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Kalkine
Neutral
28 Sept

Does Downer (ASX:DOW) repurchase signal value after its slide?

Highlights The infrastructure services group has kept its on-market share repurchase programme ticking over this month. The shares have lost ground through the year as profit and dividends trended lower. Rate expectations and public spending priorities shape the outlook for the contractor's margins. Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) continued to retire its own shares on market in the past week, lodging another update on its repurchase programme as the infrastructure services group's share price sits well ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
25 Sept

Business Conditions Turn Negative: Can Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) Weather the Downturn?

Highlights The NAB quarterly survey showed business conditions turning negative for the first time since the pandemic Wage costs and thinner margins are the pressure points flagged across the economy Government and defence maintenance work gives the services group a steadier revenue base Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) faces a fresh test this week after the NAB quarterly business survey showed Australian business conditions slipping into negative territory for the first time since the pandemic, raising ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
24 Sept

Can Downer EDI Recover From Its Results-Day Slide (ASX:DOW)?

Highlights Downer EDI's fully franked final dividend is due to be paid next week, following a full-year result that showed a stronger margin and higher profit. The shares fell heavily on results day in August and have since traded well below their pre-result level. Several non-executive board members acquired shares on market in the days after the result. Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) is in focus today with its fully franked final dividend due to be paid next week, as the urban services and infrastruc...

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Kalkine
Neutral
23 Sept

Could Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) Draw Fresh Focus After Its Latest Update?

Highlights Downer EDI has continued its on-market share repurchase programme through a fresh notification update. The disclosure adds another confirmed corporate action to the companys recent ASX announcement flow. Further notifications can provide an ongoing record of activity under the repurchase programme. Fresh corporate disclosures can quickly change the information landscape around an ASX-listed company, particularly when they relate to capital management. Downer EDI Limited (ASX:D...

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Kalkine
Neutral
17 Sept

State Street Corporation Lowers Stake in Downer EDI Limited to 6.82% as of September 2026

Downer EDI Limited (ASX:DOW) announced that State Street Corporation and its affiliated subsidiaries submitted a notice of change in substantial holding, revealing their voting power in the company decreased to 6.82% on 15 September 2026, down from 7.88% reported in the previous notice dated 12 June 2026. Key Points State Street Corporation and subsidiaries reported a change in substantial holding in Downer EDI Limited (ACN 003 872 848) effective 15 September 2026. The current voting power is...

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Kalkine
Neutral
17 Sept

What Is Driving Fresh Attention Around Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) Today?

Highlights Downer EDI is in focus after a same-day capital management update. The update keeps attention on engineering and infrastructure services and the companys next operational steps. The broader Industrial Stocks theme remains centred on execution, disclosure quality and strategic follow-through. Further company updates will help clarify how todays development fits into the longer operating pathway. Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) is drawing attention today after a same-day capital management upda...

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Kalkine
Neutral
14 Sept

Why did Downer (ASX:DOW) ASX 200 respond to the ASX’s disclosure letter?

Highlights Downer responded to an ASX letter after its FY result, adding a fresh disclosure-focused development. How the response relates to recent operating performance and market disclosure. The update sits within the Industrial category, where sector-wide conditions shape how much weight the market gives to any single company disclosure. Downer EDI (ASX:DOW), a member of the [ASX 200], confirmed in its latest market filing that downer responded to an ASX letter after its FY result, adding ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
14 Sept

Which Contract Wins Are Rebuilding Downer EDI (ASX:DOW)?

Highlights Downer has secured a long-term integrated facilities management partnership with a major property group. [ASX 200] The services contractor has renewed and extended a broad slate of water and power agreements. Margin improvement rather than revenue growth has become the central plank of the turnaround. Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) has begun delivering on a long-term integrated facilities management partnership with property group Stockland, a contract that commenced at the start of last mon...

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Kalkine
Neutral
11 Sept

How Is Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) Refilling Its Work Pipeline?

Highlights A substantial slate of new and renewed water and power work across Australia and New Zealand landed with the full-year result. A long-dated defence services agreement added visibility well beyond the usual contract horizon. Share price momentum has cooled even as the order book has been rebuilt. Downer EDI (ASX:DOW) has been quietly rebuilding its forward work book while the market has been looking elsewhere. The services group confirmed a substantial slate of new and renewed infra...

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