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Astron Limited

ATR.AX
29
Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
29
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Astron Corporation Limited is an Australian mining and minerals processing company focused on mineral sands. Its main products are titanium-bearing minerals — including ilmenite, rutile, and zircon — which are used to make white pigment for paints, plastics, and sunscreen, as well as titanium metal for aerospace and industrial uses. The company's flagship project is the Donald Mineral Sands Project in Victoria, Australia, one of the largest undeveloped mineral sands deposits in the world.

Astron earns revenue by mining and selling mineral sands products to industrial customers, though the company is still largely in the development and permitting stage rather than full commercial production. It operates primarily in Australia, with a small market capitalization of around $100 million, and its competitive position rests on the scale and quality of the Donald deposit. The key risk is that bringing a large mining project into production requires significant capital, regulatory approvals, and time — all of which create uncertainty for investors before meaningful revenue begins flowing.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+16.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+215.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~6 years

A$84M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

A$84M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Astron Limited is growing revenue at 16% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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
-0.7%
Thin — -0.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-81.6%
Losing money on operations — -81.6%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-6.8%
Weak — -6.8% 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
+33.2%
Fast-growing sales (+33.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+983.3%
Earnings growing fast (+983.3% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-28%
Weak — only -28% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-51.7%
Burning cash (-51.7%)

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
0.06
Conservative — low debt load (0.06)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.5x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.5

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.9
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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