MQG and Coles Group Ltd: 2 ASX shares to dig into

The Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:MQG) share price is down 18.7% since the start of 2025. It's probably worth asking, 'is the MQG share price cheap?'
The Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:MQG) share price is down 18.7% since the start of 2025. The Coles Group Ltd (ASX:COL) share price is tracking 32.8% off its 52-week lows.

MQG share price in focus

Macquarie Group is a multinational investment bank and financial services company that was founded in 1969.

Macquarie’s operations are a bit different to the rest of the big Australian banks. While it does have a normal banking division, it is also an asset management company with investment operations spanning infrastructure, commodities, agriculture, real estate, and global equity markets.

Macquarie prides itself on delivering consistent value to shareholders, with a more than 55-year record of unbroken profitability.

COL shares

Coles is an Australian retailer offering a wide range of everyday products, including fresh food, groceries, general merchandise, liquor, fuel, and financial services. Founded in 1914 in Victoria, which remains its home base, Coles has been a prominent player in the Australian retail sector for over a century.

Previously owned by Wesfarmers from 2007 to 2018, Coles became a standalone entity when it was spun off and listed on the ASX under the ticker symbol ‘COL’. While the supermarket division is the primary source of earnings, Coles also owns or operates several related businesses, including flybuys, Liquorland, First Choice, Vintage Cellars, and Coles Express.

MQG & COL share price valuation

One way to have a ‘quick read’ of where the MQG share price is could be to study something like dividend yield over time. This can give us a sense of the stability of the company and whether they can consistently pay out a percentage of profits.

Remember, the dividend yield is basically the ‘cash flow’ to a shareholder, but it can fluctuate year-to-year or between payments. Currently, Macquarie Group Ltd shares have a dividend yield of around 3.56%, compared to its 5-year average of 3.16%. In other words, MQG shares are trading higher than their historical average dividend yield. Be careful how you interpret this information though – it could mean that dividends are growing, or it could mean the share price is falling, or both. In the case of MQG, we can see that last year’s dividend was less than the 3-year average, so the dividend has been falling.

COL is offering a historical dividend yield of around 3.22%, which compares to its 5-year average of 3.76%. This is just one of many ways you could put a value on COL shares. The Rask websites offer free online investing courses, created by analysts explaining valuation methods like Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Dividend Discount Models (DDM). They even include free valuation spreadsheets which can help you learn how to value a company like MQG or COL.

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