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HeraMED Limited

HMD.AX
26
Medical - Devices · Healthcare
Price
A$0.03
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
A$39.4M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 9, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

Share count rising — dilution

+499.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 178.5M (2021) → 1.07B (2025)

HeraMED is a small Australian medical technology company that makes remote pregnancy monitoring devices. Its main product is the HeraBEAT, a home-use monitor that lets pregnant women track their baby's heartbeat and share data with their doctors through a connected app. The company sells to hospitals, clinics, and directly to expectant mothers, primarily in Australia and Israel.

HeraMED earns money through device sales and recurring software or data service fees, giving it a mixed hardware-plus-subscription revenue model. Despite a relatively high gross margin on its products, the company is spending far more than it earns, reflected in its deeply negative operating margin, which signals it is still in an early, cash-burning growth stage. The key growth opportunity is expanding adoption of remote prenatal monitoring as telehealth becomes more common, but the main risk is that HeraMED is a very small company competing against larger, better-funded medical device makers and must reach sustainable revenue before its cash runs out.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-9.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+40.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$685,883/ year

Declining (-32% vs prior year)

350.3% of revenue

19.5x the sector average (18%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

2.6%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~2 months

$953,974 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

HeraMED Limited has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
94.8%
Premium pricing power — 94.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
-1076.2%
Losing money on operations — -1076.2%
ROCE
-122.3%
Weak — -122.3% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY
-16.9%
Shrinking sales (-16.9% 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
-1245.8%
Burning cash (-1245.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.45
Conservative — low debt load (0.45)
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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