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TRX Gold Corporation

TRX
49
Gold · Basic Materials
Price
$0.72
+0.03 (+4.45%)
Market Cap
$237.4M
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange Arca
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+27.2% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 232.2M (2021) → 295.3M (2025)

TRX Gold Corporation is a small gold mining company focused on finding and producing gold in Tanzania, East Africa. Its main operation is the Buckreef Gold Project, an open-pit mine where it digs ore out of the ground, processes it, and sells the refined gold. The company sells gold to refiners and bullion dealers, which is the standard end market for gold producers.

TRX Gold earns money by selling physical gold, so its revenue rises and falls with the global gold price. The company operates entirely in Tanzania, making it a single-asset, single-country miner — which is a meaningful concentration risk. Its gross margins look healthy on paper, but the negative return on invested capital suggests the business is still consuming more cash than it generates as it expands production capacity. The key growth driver is scaling up output at Buckreef, while the main risks include gold price swings, operating in a single emerging-market country, and the ongoing capital demands of mine development.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+410.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.4%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Runway

~3 years

$36M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

$36M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

TRX Gold Corporation grew revenue 411% 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
61.8%
Premium pricing power — 61.8% gross margin
Operating Margin
47.0%
Excellent — 47.0% operating margin
ROCE
18.4%
Strong — 18.4% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+17.1%
Fast-growing sales (17.1% YoY)
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
Data not available
FCF Margin
1.9%
Thin free cash flow (1.9%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.02
Conservative — low debt load (0.02)
Interest Cover
60.92x
Comfortably covers interest (60.9x)

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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