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FBR Limited

FBRKF
19
Agricultural - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$23.0M
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
19
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+143.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 41.7M (2021) → 101.8M (2025)

FBR Limited is an Australian robotics company that builds machines designed to lay bricks automatically on construction sites. Its main product is the Hadrian X, a truck-mounted robot that can read digital building plans and place bricks without human bricklayers. The company sells to or partners with construction firms and homebuilders, primarily in Australia, targeting an industry that has long struggled with labor shortages and slow build times.

FBR earns revenue through contracts and licensing arrangements tied to the use of its bricklaying technology, though it has generated very little commercial revenue to date. The deeply negative margins reflect a company still in the early commercialization stage, spending heavily on development and trials. Its main competitive edge is its patented robotic bricklaying system, which few rivals have matched at scale. The key risk is whether FBR can convert technology demonstrations into consistent, paying commercial contracts before its cash reserves run out.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+366.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$5M/ year

Rising (+149% vs prior year)

356.3% of revenue

89.1x the sector average (4%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

34.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~0 months

$101,170 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

FBR Limited grew revenue 366% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
-318.4%
Thin — -318.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-1624.9%
Losing money on operations — -1624.9%
ROCE
-18.1%
Weak — -18.1% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-42.2%
Shrinking sales (-42.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-2745.0%
Burning cash (-2745.0%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.04
Conservative — low debt load (0.04)
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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