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Avecho Biotechnology Limited

AVE.AX
27
Biotechnology · Healthcare
Price
A$0.02
+0.00 (+4.76%)
Market Cap
A$85.0M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
27
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count rising — dilution

+81.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.80B (2021) → 3.27B (2025)

Avecho Biotechnology is a small Australian biotech company that develops drug delivery technology. Its main product is a platform called TPM (Tocopheryl Phosphate Mixture), which is designed to help medicines absorb better into the body. The company works with pharmaceutical partners to apply this technology to existing drugs, potentially making them more effective or easier to use.

Avecho earns money mainly through licensing agreements and research partnerships, where other companies pay to use its TPM technology in their own drug products. It is based in Australia and operates at a very small scale, with a market cap around $100 million. The company is not yet profitable, as shown by its deeply negative operating margin, meaning it spends far more than it earns. The key risk is that Avecho depends heavily on successfully licensing its technology and advancing pipeline products through clinical trials — a process that is slow, expensive, and uncertain.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-233.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$4M/ year

Rising (+20% vs prior year)

348.3% of revenue

19.4x the sector average (18%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

25.3%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~4 months

$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Heavy R&D investment

Avecho Biotechnology Limited is putting 348% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 19.4x the sector average.

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Quality

Gross Margin
57.8%
Premium pricing power — 57.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
-449.4%
Losing money on operations — -449.4%
ROCE
-276.0%
Weak — -276.0% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+9.3%
Steady sales growth (+9.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-94.0%
Burning cash (-94.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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