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Astron Limited

ATR.AX
22
Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials
Price
A$0.63
-0.01 (-0.79%)
Market Cap
A$138.7M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
22
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+60.6% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 122.5M (2021) → 196.7M (2025)

Astron Corporation Limited is an Australian mining and minerals processing company focused on mineral sands. Its main products are titanium-bearing minerals — including ilmenite, rutile, and zircon — which are used to make white pigment for paints, plastics, and sunscreen, as well as titanium metal for aerospace and industrial uses. The company's flagship project is the Donald Mineral Sands Project in Victoria, Australia, one of the largest undeveloped mineral sands deposits in the world.

Astron earns revenue by mining and selling mineral sands products to industrial customers, though the company is still largely in the development and permitting stage rather than full commercial production. It operates primarily in Australia, with a small market capitalization of around $100 million, and its competitive position rests on the scale and quality of the Donald deposit. The key risk is that bringing a large mining project into production requires significant capital, regulatory approvals, and time — all of which create uncertainty for investors before meaningful revenue begins flowing.

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Quality

Gross Margin
13.2%
Thin — 13.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
-65.3%
Losing money on operations — -65.3%
ROCE
-3.5%
Weak — -3.5% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-20.5%
Shrinking sales (-20.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-55%
Weak — only -55% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-55.1%
Burning cash (-55.1%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
8.1x
Attractive valuation — P/E 8.1

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
+0.4
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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