Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) - ETF Exposure

Current share price for ASB : $4.160 0.04 (0.95%)⁺

Austal Limited (ASB) is an ASX-listed company and is held by a number of exchange traded funds (ETFs). It operates as a global shipbuilder and defence contractor specializing in the design, construction, and sustainment of commercial vessels and defence vessels. The company maintains shipyards in Australia, the United States, the Philippines, and Vietnam, along with service centers worldwide.

ASB General Information ⁺

ASX Code	ASB
Website	http://www.austal.com
Industry/Sector	Aerospace & Defense
Market Cap ($M)	1,759
ASB Share Price	$4.160
Day High	$4.200
Day Low	$4.050
Last Close	$4.200
ASB Share Price Movement	$0.04 ( 0.95% )

Prices as at 16:40, 23 Oct 2026

⁺Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

Already own an Australian ETF? You may already have meaningful exposure to ASB

As a significant Australian company by market capitalisation, ASB is held across 24 ETFs spanning strategies that include aerospace & defense exposure . Its weighting in those funds means performance can have an outsized influence - when ASB moves, funds like SMLL, ISO, SSO, VSO and DACE that hold it can move with it.

For more concentrated exposure, ETFs such as SMLL (BetaShares Australian Small Companies Select Fund (Managed Fund)) allocate about 1.1% to ASB , while the average exposure across all 24 ETFs that hold it is around 0.2% .

Top ETF holdings

BetaShares Australian Small Companies Select Fund (Managed Fund) (SMLL) ~ 1.1%
iShares S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF Index Fund (ISO) ~ 0.5%
State Street SPDR S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF (SSO) ~ 0.5%
Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF (VSO) ~ 0.2%
Dimensional Australian Core Equity (Managed Fund) (DACE) ~ 0.2%

Last updated: ETF data and holdings as at 24 October 2026

Own ASB directly or through an ETF?

How does holding Austal Limited (ASB) shares directly compare to ETFs that include it?

	ASB Direct	SMLL ASX	ISO ASX	SSO ASX	VSO ASX	DACE ASX
Holdings	1 company	61 holdings	218 holdings	219 holdings	204 holdings	501 holdings
ASB Weight	100%	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%
Diversification	Single Stock	Broad	Broad	Broad	Broad	Broad
Annual Cost	Brokerage only	0.39% p.a.	0.55% p.a.	0.5% p.a.	0.3% p.a.	0.28% p.a.
Approx. Yield	0%	3.05%	4.78%	10.15%	5.07%	3.22%
Star Ratings	-

Yields and costs are approximate. ETF yields reflect the fund's dividend distributions, not ASB's direct yield. Annual cost uses each ETF's MER.

ASB Exposure on $10,000 investment

How a $10,000 investment in Austal Limited (ASB) one week ago compares with ETFs that hold it.

Security	Investment type	Current price	7-day price movement	Dollar change	Value today
Austal Limited (ASB)	Direct share	$4.160	5.05%	+$505	$10,505
BetaShares Australian Small Companies Select Fund (Managed Fund) (SMLL)	Equity - Australia Strategy	$4.300	-1.83%	-$183	$9,817
iShares S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF Index Fund (ISO)	Equity - Australia Small/Mid Cap	$4.570	-4.19%	-$419	$9,581
State Street SPDR S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF (SSO)	Equity - Australia Small/Mid Cap	$13.220	-3.99%	-$399	$9,601
Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF (VSO)	Equity - Australia Small/Mid Cap	$68.910	-2.81%	-$281	$9,719
Dimensional Australian Core Equity (Managed Fund) (DACE)	Equity - Australia Strategy	$18.330	-1.29%	-$129	$9,871

Assumes $10,000 invested 7 days ago. Figures are based on price movement only and exclude distributions, fees and brokerage.

Austal Limited (ASB) ETFs

24 ETFs hold Austal Limited (ASB).

ETF	ASB Weight	MER	Yield
BetaShares Australian Small Companies Select Fund (Managed Fund) (SMLL)	1.1%	0.39%	3.05%
iShares S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF Index Fund (ISO)	0.5%	0.55%	4.78%
State Street SPDR S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ETF (SSO)	0.5%	0.5%	10.15%
Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF (VSO)	0.2%	0.3%	5.07%
Dimensional Australian Core Equity (Managed Fund) (DACE)	0.2%	0.28%	3.22%
Global X Australia ex Financials & Resources ETF (OZXX)	0.2%	0.25%	5.53%
Dimensional Australian Value Trust - Active ETF (DAVA)	0.1%	0.34%	6.62%
Betashares Australian Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF (EX20)	0.1%	0.25%	2.88%
Global X Defence Tech ETF (DTEC)	0.1%	0%	3.16%
Betashares Geared Australian Equity Fund (GEAR)	0.1%	2.11%	1.83%

View all 24 ETFs

Austal Limited (ASB) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type	Dividend	Franking	Ex-dividend date	Payment date	Current Price⁺	Price 7D Avg	Dividend Yield
HFResult	3¢	0%	14 Sep 2023	20 Oct 2023	-	-	-
Result	4¢	0%	15 Mar 2023	20 Apr 2023	-	-	-
HFResult	4¢	0%	7 Sep 2022	13 Oct 2022	-	-	-

See all dividends from Austal Limited (ASB) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Austal Limited (ASB) price-sensitive announcements

ASB - Austal NBIO from Wildcat for Austal USA

Austal Limited announced on 9 September 2026 that it had received a non-binding indication

Austal Limited (ASB)
9 Sep 2026 | 10:42 AM

ASB - Pause in Trading

ASX announced on 9 September 2026 that trading in Austal Limited securities, under ASX cod

Austal Limited (ASB)
9 Sep 2026 | 9:56 AM

ASB - FY2026 Annual Report Appendix 4E

Austal Limited’s Appendix 4E for the financial year ended 30 June 2026 reports revenue fro

Austal Limited (ASB)
31 Aug 2026 | 7:48 AM

ASB - Trading and Market updated & exit from trading halt

Austal Limited announced a market and trading update revealing that its Australasia busine

Austal Limited (ASB)
11 Aug 2026 | 9:00 AM

Austal Limited (ASB) Recent ASX Announcements

Company	Sector	Market Cap ($m)	Headline	Release date/time⁺	Price at release⁺	Current price⁺	Gain/Loss
Austal Limited (ASB) ORDINARY FULLY PAID	Industrials	$1,760	Becoming a substantial holder	22 Oct 2026 8:17AM	$4.210	$4.160	fallen by 1.19%
Austal Limited (ASB) ORDINARY FULLY PAID	Industrials	$1,760	Austal secures $245M for Landing Craft Heavy Infrastructure	21 Oct 2026 1:53PM	$4.280	$4.160	fallen by 2.80%
Austal Limited (ASB) ORDINARY FULLY PAID	Industrials	$1,760	Becoming a substantial holder	20 Oct 2026 7:36PM	$4.180	$4.160	fallen by 0.48%
Austal Limited (ASB) ORDINARY FULLY PAID	Industrials	$1,760	Commercial negotiations update in proposed AUSA Transaction	14 Oct 2026 1:34PM	$3.965	$4.160	risen by 4.92%
Austal Limited (ASB) ORDINARY FULLY PAID	Industrials	$1,760	Ceasing to be a substantial holder	13 Oct 2026 8:16AM	$3.810	$4.160	risen by 9.19%
Austal Limited (ASB) ORDINARY FULLY PAID	Industrials	$1,760	Ceasing to be a substantial holder	12 Oct 2026 8:16AM	$3.950	$4.160	risen by 5.32%

ASB Financial Summary

Year to Jun	NPAT	EPS	EPS chg (%)	PER	Yield (%)	Franking (%)
2026A	-$54.96	-$13.00	-155.70%	0.00	0.00%	0.0%
2025A	$90.11	$23.40	18.40%	15.50	0.00%	0.0%
2024A	$71.64	$19.80	-613.30%	10.70	0.00%	0.0%

ASB Peer Comparison

Company	Mkt Cap	EPS Growth (%)			P/E (%)			Dividend Yield (%)
Company	Mkt Cap	2024 A	2025 A	2026 A	2024 A	2025 A	2026 A	2024 A	2025 A	2026 A
Austal Limited (ASB)	$1,777M	-1.5568	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
DroneShield Limited (DRO)	$1,398M	-2.8095	0.0000	0.0000	397.3684	0.0000	0.0000	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS)	$2,017M	1.0657	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	56.0000	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

ASB Market Comparison

	Earnings	P/E Ratio	P/B Ratio	P/E Growth
Company	0.00	0.00	1.42	0.00
Market	0.65	15.20	1.44	1.21
Sector	0.37	15.50	1.76	0.91

ASB Directors

Name	Position	Start Date
Mr Patrick (Paddy) Anthony Gregg	Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director	1 Jan 2021
Mr Richard Vaughn Spencer	Non-Executive Chairman, Non-Executive Director	1 Jul 2024
Mr Brent Cubis	Non-Executive Director	21 Oct 2024
Ms Susan (Sue) Lee Murphy	Non-Executive Director	1 Sep 2025
Mr Lee John Goddard	Non-Executive Director	1 Jan 2023
Mr Richard Boyce Massey Gibb	Non-Executive Director	3 Jun 2025
Ms Kathryn Leslei Toohey AM	Non-Executive Director	9 Feb 2024

Austal Limited (ASB) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

Date of change	Director	Buy/Sell	Security Type	Qty	Trade Price	Value
4 Mar 2026	GIBB, Richard	Buy	Indirect Shares	3,000	$4.960	$14,879.050
25 Feb 2026	MURPHY, Susan (Sue)	Buy	Indirect Shares	10,000	$5.000	$50,000.000
24 Feb 2026	TOOHEY AM, Kathryn	Buy	Direct Shares	7,358	$5.440	$40,027.520

See all changes in directors' interest & trades for Austal Limited (ASB) or use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

ASB Management

Name	Position
Christian Johnstone	CFO
James Stokes	CFO
Adrian Strang	Company Secretary
Gene Milller	President
Michelle Kruger	President

ASB Substantial Shareholders

Under ASX rules large investors and investment funds must disclose when they own more than a 5% stake in Austal Limited (ASB). However, you won't necessarily see their names in the company’s annual report, as many trade under nominee names. These shareholders are obliged to provide ongoing substantial notices relating to any change of 1% or more.

Holding	Name
81,370,589 (19.28%)	Tattarang Ventures Pty Ltd
41,700,000 (9.88%)	Jarden Group Limited
41,700,000 (9.88%)	HAA No. 1 Pty Ltd

ASB Calendar of Events

Date	Event
30 August 2027	Report (Annual)
30 August 2027	Report (Prelim)
22 February 2027	Report (Interim)
28 October 2026	AGM

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