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Alpha HPA Limited

A4N.AX
24
Aluminum · Basic Materials
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Alpha HPA Limited is an Australian company working to produce high-purity alumina (HPA), a refined material used to make components in lithium-ion batteries, LED lights, and semiconductor chips. Its main customers would be manufacturers in the electric vehicle, electronics, and energy storage industries. The company is developing its own chemical process to convert aluminium feedstock into HPA without using the traditional, more expensive refining methods.

Alpha HPA is not yet generating meaningful revenue — its deeply negative margins show it is still in the development and construction phase, spending money to build its first commercial production facility in Queensland, Australia. The company's potential edge lies in its proprietary HPA production process, which it claims can deliver lower costs than conventional methods. The key risk is execution: until the facility is built, fully operational, and producing HPA at scale, the business remains pre-revenue and dependent on continued capital raises to fund its progress.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+9.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

44.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~6 months

A$111M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Alpha HPA Limited grew revenue 1211% 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.

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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-5494.3%
Thin — -5494.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-9217.8%
Losing money on operations — -9217.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-19.5%
Weak — -19.5% return on capital

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

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+467.6%
Fast-growing sales (+467.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-27537.8%
Burning cash (-27537.8%)

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
0.16
Conservative — low debt load (0.16)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
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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