Welcome to our annual Australian financial year trading snapshot, where we look at the 20 most traded ASX stocks by Sharesight users during the Australian 2022/23 financial year. To find out the market-moving news behind some of these stocks, keep reading.

In this FY22/23 trading snapshot, buy trades were strongly led by Vanguard’s Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS). In terms of individual stocks, buy and sell trades were led by Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS), which has had a very strong financial year, with rising profits and increasing share prices as a result. Trades were followed by BHP (ASX: BHP), which has seen its share price fluctuate throughout the financial year due to mixed financial results and plummeting iron ore prices. Overall, the top trades for FY22/23 were heavily weighted towards index-tracking ETFs and blue chip stocks in the mining and banking sectors.

Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS)

• August 2022: Posts inaugural full year net profit of AU$562 million
• September 2022: Pilbara share price reaches record high following lithium auction
• October 2022: Pilbara reveals strong quarterly earnings
• November 2022: Pilbara shares rise on announcement of Calix deal
• December 2022: Sells AU$120 million-worth of spodumene in pre-Christmas lithium auction
• February 2023: Share price rises following strong earnings results; maiden dividend announcement
• March 2023: Pilbara share price surges as lithium investor sentiment soars
• April 2023: Share price drops amid falling lithium prices
• May 2023: Pilbara shares rise on news of Allkem mega-merger with Livent
• June 2023: Pilbara searches for partner to build AU$1 billion processing plant

BHP (ASX: BHP)

• July 2022: Reports strong quarterly performance, but warns of volatile FY23
• August 2022: OZ Minerals turns down BHP’s AU$8.3 billion takeover offer
• September 2022: BHP share price down 14% in a month
• October 2022: Relief for BHP as Chile lowers mining taxes
• November 2022: BHP makes final offer of AU$9.6 billion for OZ Minerals
• December 2022: BHP and OZ Minerals extend takeover deadline
• January 2023: Share price rises on strong Q2 results
• February 2023: Profit falls 32% amid low iron ore prices
• March 2023: Share price falters amid concerns over super-profit tax
• April 2023: BHP’s latest quarterly earnings fall slightly short of expectations
• May 2023: BHP shares hit 6-month low amid plummeting iron ore prices
• June 2023: Share price drops following news of carbon reduction plans

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS)

• July 2022: Woodside share price drops despite strong Q2 revenue
• September 2022: Woodside signs deal to supply LNG to Europe
• November 2022: Share price hits 8-year high amid soaring oil and gas prices
• December 2022: Woodside reveals cash flow outlook; analysts concerned about future dividend payouts
• January 2023: Woodside records highest-ever quarterly production
• February 2023: Woodside profit hits record high due to BHP merger and soaring oil and gas prices
• March 2023: Seeks shareholder approval for CEO bonus; pay rise for directors
• April 2023: CEO assures shareholders that stalled Browse LNG project is still "very attractive"
• May 2023: Share price rises as analysts declare Woodside will be largely unscathed by PRRT changes
• June 2023: Woodside shareholders back AU$10 billion Mexican oil project despite activist warnings

Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG)

• July 2022: Macquarie reports strong quarterly earnings, but warns of ‘softening’ ahead
• September 2022: Share price drops 10% following rejected takeover bid for UK waste business
• October 2022: Macquarie share price hits 52-week low
• February 2023: Could hit record profit due to gains from energy volatility
• March 2023: Announces investment in US fibre business Pavlov Media
• May 2023: Macquarie announces record AU$5.2 billion profit

Westpac (ASX: WBC)

• July 2022: Plans to sell off investment platform for AU$1 billion
• October 2022: Reveals AU$1.3 billion hit to half-year earnings
• December 2022: Forced to pay AU$29 million in super class action
• January 2023: Westpac’s BT Panorama sale stalled due to dip in valuation
• February 2023: Westpac share price drops following mixed quarterly results
• March 2023: Share price down 6% in March
• May 2023: Westpac shares jump following announcement of AU$4 billion half-yearly profit

ANZ (ASX: ANZ)

• July 2022: ANZ announces AU$5 billion deal to acquire Suncorp
• August 2022: Completes AU$3.5 billion capital raise to fund Suncorp acquisition
• December 2022: ANZ shareholders vote to establish new holding company, separating banking and non-banking businesses
• February 2023: Share price falls following quarterly results
• May 2023: Releases record-breaking half-year results
• June 2023: New report could convince ACCC to block ANZ-Suncorp deal

Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA)

• August 2022: CBA beats expectations in FY22 results
• February 2023: Interest rate rises propel CBA profit to AU$5.15 billion
• March 2023: CBA shares slide as sudden US bank collapse spooks Australian investors
• June 2023: Fined record AU$3.55 million for breaching spam laws

Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG)

• July 2022: Fortescue ships record amount of iron ore; believes output could lift again this year
• August 2022: Profit down despite record iron ore shipments
• September 2022: Fortescue pledges to exit fossil fuels by 2030
• October 2022: Reveals record quarter for iron ore shipments
• November 2022: Fortescue appoints new CEO
• December 2022: Signs deal to develop net-zero emissions iron-making plant
• January 2023: Fortescue ships record amount of iron ore
• April 2023: Share price drops following soft Q3 results
• June 2023: Iron Bridge delivery pushed back due to minor slippage

Track your investment portfolio with Sharesight

Get access to Sharesight20 insights like this by tracking your investment portfolio with Sharesight. Built for the needs of investors like you:

• Track all your investments in one place, including stocks, mutual/managed funds, property, and even cryptocurrency
• Get the true picture of your investment performance, including the impact of brokerage fees, dividends, and capital gains with Sharesight’s annualised performance calculation methodology
• Run powerful reports built for investors, including performance, portfolio diversity, contribution analysis, multi-currency valuation, multi-period and future income (upcoming dividends)
• Run tax reports including taxable income (dividends/distributions), capital gains tax (Australia and Canada), Traders Tax (Capital Gains for traders in NZ) and FIF foreign investment fund income reports (NZ)