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With $2.4 billion in FY26 profits, are Telstra shares a good buy today?

30 Sept 2026 12:04 AEST Share tips Commentary on which shares to buy. Summary

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Telstra Group Ltd shares are marching higher today. Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index telco closed yesterday trading for $4.77.

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Telstra Group Ltd shares are marching higher today. Shares in the S&P/ASX 200 Index Â telco closed yesterday trading for $4.77.

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Niral Score 10.3 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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Sentiment +0.2 hostilefavourable Sourcing 53 unattributednamed sources Mood 53.1 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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Outlet	Niral Score
The Motley Fool Australiaas they published this story	10.3

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