Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL), Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX: RMS), and Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) shares are turning heads today.
In late morning trade on Tuesday, all three of the high profile ASX shares are outpacing the 0.5% gains posted by the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) at this time.
Here's what's catching investor interest.
Woodside shares jump on profit growth
Woodside shares are up 2.5% at time of writing, changing hands for $34.28 apiece.
This strong performance follows the release of the ASX 200 energy stock's half year results (H1 2026).
Highlights for the six months included a 13% year on year increase in operating revenue to US$7.45 billion. And the company's free cash flow was up 159% to US$352 million.
On the bottom line, Woodside achieved a 27% increase in net profit after tax (NPAT) to US$1.67 billion.
This saw management declare a fully franked interim dividend of 57 US cents per Woodside share.
On the growth project front, Woodside's Scarborough is 98% complete and on track for first LNG cargo in Q4 2026. Its Trion project is 64% complete, while the Louisiana LNG project is 28% complete.
Woodside ended the half with liquidity of US$8.19 billion.
Ramelius Resources shares lift on gold resource increase
Like Woodside shares, Ramelius Resources shares are marching higher, up 1.0% at $4.05 each.
This comes after the ASX 200 gold stock reported a 79% increase in its Ore Reserves to 4.3 million ounces of gold. The miner's Mineral Resources increased by 17% to 14 million ounces.
Ramelius credited the boost to its FY 2026 exploratory drilling campaign, which added 1.8 million ounces of new discovery gold at an average cost of $55 per ounce.
The lift was primarily delivered by the maiden 1.6-million-ounce Ore Reserve at Ramelius' Never Never underground project, as well as 260,000 ounces at its Roe underground project.
Which brings us to…
Coles shares edge higher on dividend boost
Joining Ramelius Resources and Woodside shares in turning heads today, we find Coles.
Shares in the ASX 200 supermarket giant are up 0.6% at time of writing, trading for $22.78 apiece.
This follows the release of Coles FY 2026 results.
Highlights for the financial year include a 2.8% year on year increase in sales revenue to $45.58 billion. Earning before interest and tax (EBIT) of $2.32 billion (excluding significant items) were up 9.9%.
On the bottom line, Coles achieved a 13.7% year on year increase in net profit after tax (NPAT) to $1.26 billion (excluding significant items).
This saw management declare a 37 cent per share full franked final dividend, up 15% from last year's final payout.
If you want to bank the final Coles dividend, you'll need to own shares at market close on 2 September. The Coles shares trade ex-dividend on 3 September.
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