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49 North Resources

FNR.V
52
Asset Management · Financial Services
Price
C$0.03
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
C$4.2M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange Ventures
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+78.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 93.2M (2021) → 166.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

49 North Resources Inc. is a Canadian investment company that puts money into small resource companies, mainly ones focused on mining and energy. It acts like a fund, owning shares in multiple junior resource firms, mostly based in Saskatchewan and across Canada. The company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange and gives investors a way to get exposure to a basket of early-stage resource projects.

The company makes money through gains on its investments, dividends from portfolio companies, and management fees. It operates almost entirely in Canada, and its portfolio is concentrated in Saskatchewan, which gives it deep regional knowledge but also limits diversification. With a very small market cap, 49 North is a micro-cap vehicle, meaning its value rises and falls heavily with commodity prices and the success of the junior mining sector. The main risk is that junior resource companies are highly speculative, and a prolonged downturn in commodity markets could significantly reduce the value of its holdings.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
100.9%
Premium pricing power — 100.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-318.9%
Losing money on operations — -318.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
20.0%
Strong — 20.0% 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 growth
Sales YoY
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-19%
Weak — only -19% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-26.8%
Burning cash (-26.8%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.58
Conservative — low debt load (0.58)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
38.07x
Comfortably covers interest (38.1x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
1.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 1.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
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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