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Auric Mining Limited

AWJ.AX
72
Gold · Basic Materials
Price
A$0.22
-0.01 (-4.35%)
Market Cap
A$41.2M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
72
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Good
Valuation
Exceptional

Share count rising — dilution

+86.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 93.1M (2021) → 174.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Auric Mining Limited is a small Australian gold mining company. It finds, digs up, and sells gold from projects located in Western Australia, one of the world's most productive gold-mining regions. The company focuses on bringing smaller, high-grade gold deposits into production rather than exploring for large undiscovered resources.

Auric makes money by selling the gold it mines to refiners and bullion dealers at market prices. It operates entirely within Australia and, with a market cap of around $100 million, is considered a junior miner — a small company still building its production track record. Its main competitive advantage is low-cost access to established processing infrastructure in Western Australia, which keeps capital costs down. The biggest risk the company faces is its dependence on the gold price, since falling gold prices directly cut into its margins and could make some projects uneconomical to operate.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+229.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+86.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

5.8%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 months

A$7M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Auric Mining Limited grew revenue 229% 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
35.0%
Modest — 35.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
32.0%
Excellent — 32.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
16.2%
Strong — 16.2% 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
+151.6%
Fast-growing sales (+151.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+53.9%
Earnings growing fast (+53.9% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
108%
Turns 108% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-25.4%
Burning cash (-25.4%)

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
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
7.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 7.9

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+6.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (7.9 → 1.6)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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