Brookside Energy Limited

BRK.AX

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Exchange

Australian Securities Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Exceptional

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Brookside Energy is a small Australian oil and gas company that drills for oil and natural gas in the United States. Its main operations are in the STACK/SCOOP play in Oklahoma, which is a well-known oil-producing region. The company sells the crude oil and natural gas it produces to energy buyers and traders in the US market.

Brookside makes money by extracting and selling oil and gas, so its revenue rises and falls with commodity prices. It is a micro-cap company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange but operates entirely in the US, giving Australian investors exposure to American energy production. The company's main risk is its small size and reliance on a single geographic region, meaning any drop in oil prices, unexpected drilling costs, or dry wells could have an outsized impact on its financial results.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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

Revenue Growth

-24.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-577.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

24.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Brookside Energy Limited's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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

-11.8%

Thin — -11.8% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-13.4%

Losing money on operations — -13.4%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

11.1%

Below par — 11.1% 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

+14.7%

Fast-growing sales (+14.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-4.0%

Earnings shrinking (-4.0% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

771%

Turns 771% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

12.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.00

Conservative — low debt load (0.00)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

14.99x

Comfortably covers interest (15.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

13.2x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 13.2

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+7.9

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (13.2 → 5.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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