Leading Edge Materials

LEM.V

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Price

C$0.26

-0.01 (-1.89%)

Market Cap

C$67.0M

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures

Winston Score

–

No score yet — Winston is napping.

We couldn’t gather enough financial data to score this stock reliably.

Share count rising — dilution

+60.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 147.0M (2021) → 236.5M (2025)

Leading Edge Materials Corp. is a Canadian junior mining company focused on exploring and developing critical mineral projects in Europe. Its main assets include the Woxna Graphite project in Sweden and the Norra Kärr rare earth element deposit, also in Sweden. These minerals are used in electric vehicle batteries, magnets, and clean energy technologies.

The company does not yet generate meaningful revenue — it is in the exploration and development stage, so its gross and operating margins are effectively zero. It operates primarily in Scandinavia, which offers a stable regulatory environment and proximity to European industrial customers seeking non-Chinese sources of critical materials. Its main competitive angle is the strategic location of its assets within the European Union's push to secure domestic critical mineral supply chains. The key growth driver is advancing its projects toward production, but the main risk is the significant capital required to do so, with no guarantee of financing or commercial success.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

-3.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$167,938/ year

↑ Rising (+33% vs prior year)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

42.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 months

$716,122 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Leading Edge Materials 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

N/A

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Data not available

Operating Margin

N/A

—

Data not available

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

N/A

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Data not available

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

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Data not available

FCF Margin

N/A

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Data not available

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

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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