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Luca Mining

LUCA.V
46
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Price
C$0.87
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
C$239.4M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+645.8% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 34.2M (2021) → 255.2M (2025)

Luca Mining Corp. is a Canadian mining company that digs gold and copper out of the ground in Mexico. It operates two producing mines — the Campo Morado polymetallic mine and the Tahuehueto gold-silver mine — both located in Mexican states with established mining histories. The company sells the metals it produces to commodity markets, meaning its customers are essentially global buyers of precious and base metals.

Luca makes money by extracting and selling metal concentrates containing gold, copper, zinc, silver, and lead. It is a small-cap producer with a market cap around $300 million, focused entirely on Mexico, which keeps costs relatively low but also concentrates its geographic risk. The company's main growth driver is ramping up production at both mines to improve output and cash flow, while its biggest risks include fluctuating metal prices, operating in a single country, and the typical challenges of running mines in remote areas.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+131.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

15.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$36M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Luca Mining is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 19%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
38.3%
Modest — 38.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
29.2%
Excellent — 29.2% operating margin
ROCE
13.1%
Good — 13.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+84.8%
Fast-growing sales (84.8% 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
7.7%
Modest free cash flow (7.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.68
Moderate — manageable debt (0.68)
Interest Cover
16.47x
Comfortably covers interest (16.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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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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