Macquarie Sticks to Its Buy Rating for MAAS Group Holdings Ltd. (MGH)
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In addition to Macquarie, MAAS Group Holdings Ltd. also received a Buy from TR | OpenAI – 4o's Brock Girderman in a report issued on July 19. However, yesterday, TR | OpenAI – 4o downgraded MAAS Group Holdings Ltd. (ASX: MGH) to a Hold.
MGH market cap is currently A$1.51B and has a P/E ratio of 19.54.
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