Metals Australia

MLS.AX

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Exchange

Australian Securities Exchange

Winston Score

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Metals Australia Ltd is a small mining exploration company based in Australia. It searches for valuable minerals in the ground but has not yet started producing or selling them commercially. The company focuses on graphite and other industrial minerals, with projects located primarily in Western Australia and also in France.

Metals Australia makes almost no revenue right now because it is still in the exploration stage — it spends money drilling and testing sites to figure out what minerals are there and how much they are worth. The company is very small, with a market cap close to zero, and it relies on raising money from investors to keep operating rather than from product sales. The main growth driver is successfully proving that its mineral deposits are large enough and high-quality enough to attract a development partner or buyer, but the main risk is running out of cash before that happens, which is common for early-stage exploration companies.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+202.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

-80.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~4 months

$9M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Metals Australia is growing revenue at 202% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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

N/A

Data not available

Operating Margin

N/A

Data not available

ROCE

-2.6%

Weak — -2.6% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales YoY

+35.6%

Fast-growing sales (+35.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

3/8 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

-730.8%

Burning cash (-730.8%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

N/A

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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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