The below given stocks are best positioned to offer value to investors, either by virtue of enhanced dividends or growth potential.
Best 3 ASX stocks to buy right now
Seek Limited (ASX: SEK)
ARB Corporation (ASX:ARB)
Wesfarmers Limited (ASX: WES)
posted steady results for FY2025. Its sales revenue grew 1% year on year to about $1.097 Billion and net revenue also went up 1% to $1.09 Billion. This was mainly because of double digit yield growth but weaker paid ad volumes pulled it down a bit. EBITDA dropped 2% to $459.2 million and adjusted profit from continuing operations was down 13% to $155.2 million. Still, the overall reported profit turned positive at $245.2 million compared to a loss of $100.9 million in FY2024. This turnaround was helped by a $87.7 million contribution from the SEEK Growth Fund. Free cash flow jumped 41% and the dividend was lifted to 46 cents per share from 35 cps last year. The company also bought back Sidekicker for $70.8 million which is expected to boost its reach in the contingent labour market and add synergies with ANZ business. Going forward progress will be measuredon things like placement share, yield and operating leverage. The APAC platform, AI product upgrades and freemium push in Asia are seen as key drivers for future growth and shareholder value.
ARB Corporation (ASX:ARB)
had a decent FY25,It’s revenue grew by 5.3% to $729.9 million helped by strong export growth of 16.4% while sales in Australia Aftermarket. PBT dropped 4.6% to $134.9 million and NPAT went down 5% to $97.5 million. If one-off items are excluded the underlying profit was $96.2 million which is 7.6% lower than last year. The EPS also slipped to 117.7 cents compared to 124.9 cps in FY2024. The company declared fully franked dividends of 119 cps including a special dividend of 50 cps which is 72.5% higher than last year. Balance sheet is still very strong with $69.2 million cash and no debt by year end and total net assets climbed to $756.6 million.It has expanded more internationally by taking bigger stake in Off Road Warehouse (USA 50%) which helped in acquiring 4 Wheel Parts with 42 stores. In Australia ARB also bought MITS Alloy and opened new stores in Toowoomba and Christchurch. Looking ahead ARB is counting on new vehicle launches like Toyota Prado and Ford Everest, opening more stores (3 new plus 6 upgrades in FY2026) and more expansion in US market and with new products.
Wesfarmers Limited (ASX: WES)
posted a strong result for FY2025. Its group revenue went up 3.4% to $45.7 billion and NPAT increased 14.4% to $2.93 billion. Growth was mainly driven by Bunnings, Kmart, Officeworks and Wesfarmers Health, but this was partly offset by weaker numbers in Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers and also Industrial & Safety. Group EBIT was $4.47 billion and FCF rose by 6.9% to $3.45 billion. Dividend payout also grew to $2.06 per share compared to $1.98 in FY2024. The balance sheet looks healthy with net debt at $4.33 billion and gearing ratio coming down to 47.1%. This was mainly backed by strong operating cashflows of $4.57 billion. Wesfarmers sold Coregas for $770 million, closed down Catch while moving its assets into Kmart and also made progress on the Covalent lithium project with first product from Kwinana refinery in July 2025. For future, expectations are that retail divisions will continue growth, productivity gains from digitisation and AI, more output from lithium hydroxide production in next 18 months and better results from the Health consumer segment.
(Source: Company Announcements)
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