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AMG Critical Materials N.V.

AMG.AS
46
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Price
€32.34
+0.92 (+2.93%)
Market Cap
€1.15B
Exchange
Euronext Amsterdam
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+2.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 31.4M (2021) → 32.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

AMG Critical Materials is a Dutch company that mines and processes materials that are essential for making batteries, steel, and other industrial products. Its key materials include lithium, vanadium, tantalum, and specialty alloys, which it sells to manufacturers in the energy, aerospace, and automotive industries. AMG is one of the few companies in the world that both extracts these critical minerals and refines them into finished materials for industrial use.

The company earns revenue by selling processed materials and engineered products, and it also operates energy storage systems using vanadium-based battery technology. AMG works across multiple continents, including Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and generates roughly $1.3 billion in market value. Its competitive position comes from owning the full supply chain — from mine to finished product — but its current negative return on invested capital signals that costs are high relative to earnings, and the main risk is that commodity price swings can quickly squeeze already thin margins.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+141.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$10M/ year

0.6% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

7.3%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$481M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

AMG Critical Materials N.V. is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 17%. 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

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
23.8%
Thin — 23.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
12.6%
Healthy — 12.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
8.9%
Below par — 8.9% 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 growth
Sales YoY
+18.8%
Fast-growing sales (+18.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-63.6%
Earnings shrinking (-63.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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
2285%
Turns 2285% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.5%
Thin free cash flow (0.5%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.10
Elevated debt (1.10)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.93x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.9x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
269.5x
Expensive — P/E 269.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+250.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (269.5 → 19.1)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.29%
Small dividend — 1.29% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-38.5%
Dividend cut (-38.5% YoY) — warning sign

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