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BrainChip Holdings

BRN.AX
27
Semiconductors · Technology
Price
A$0.14
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
A$327.0M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
27
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
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+23.4% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.72B (2021) → 2.12B (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

BrainChip Holdings is an Australian semiconductor company that makes a specialized type of computer chip designed to mimic how the human brain processes information. Its main product is the Akida chip, which is built to run artificial intelligence tasks directly on small devices — like cameras, cars, or medical sensors — without needing to connect to the cloud. This approach is called neuromorphic computing, and BrainChip is one of the few companies in the world focused on it commercially.

The company earns money by licensing its chip technology to other manufacturers and selling development kits to engineers who want to test the technology. BrainChip operates globally but is headquartered in Australia with offices in the United States, and it remains a small, early-stage company with no meaningful revenue yet. The negative margins reflect heavy spending on research with little commercial traction so far, and the key risk is whether the company can land significant licensing deals before it runs out of runway to fund operations.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+201.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+17.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$7M/ year

Rising (+1387% vs prior year)

355.3% of revenue

23.7x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

20.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~11 months

$32M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

BrainChip Holdings is growing revenue at 202% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

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
-168.7%
Thin — -168.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-1106.5%
Losing money on operations — -1106.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-62.6%
Weak — -62.6% 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
+378.1%
Fast-growing sales (+378.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-809.4%
Burning cash (-809.4%)

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
0.03
Conservative — low debt load (0.03)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
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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