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Carnegie Clean Energy Limited

CWGYF
26
Renewable Utilities · Utilities
Price
$0.18
+0.03 (+23.27%)
Market Cap
$76.4M
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+48.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 246.6M (2021) → 366.2M (2025)

Carnegie Clean Energy is an Australian company that develops technology to generate electricity from ocean waves. Its main product is the CETO wave energy system, which sits underwater and converts the movement of waves into usable power. The company targets remote communities, island nations, and defense installations that need reliable, off-grid clean energy.

Carnegie earns revenue primarily through government grants, research contracts, and project development work rather than large-scale commercial sales. It operates mainly in Australia, with some international project interest, and remains a small, early-stage company with a market cap around $100 million. The deeply negative margins reflect the reality that wave energy technology is still pre-commercial, meaning Carnegie spends far more than it earns. The key risk is whether the company can secure enough funding and partnerships to bring its technology to commercial scale before its cash runs out, as wave energy has historically struggled to compete on cost with solar and wind.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-17.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+18.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$1M/ year

Rising (+1003% vs prior year)

352.6% of revenue

352.6x the sector average (1%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

20.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Carnegie Clean Energy Limited is putting 353% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 352.6x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

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Quality

Gross Margin
-270.5%
Thin — -270.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
-533.0%
Losing money on operations — -533.0%
ROCE
-5.8%
Weak — -5.8% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
+17.0%
Fast-growing sales (17.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
318.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (318.9%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.12
Conservative — low debt load (0.12)
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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