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Calix Limited

CXL.AX
24
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Price
A$0.29
-0.01 (-1.69%)
Market Cap
A$62.6M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+32.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 150.5M (2021) → 199.5M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Calix Limited is an Australian company that makes a special type of material called calcined magnesium oxide, produced using its own patented reactor technology. Its main product, ACTI-Mag, is used in water treatment, agriculture, and industrial processes to neutralize acids and improve soil health. The company sells to utilities, farmers, and industrial customers, primarily in Australia and expanding into Europe.

Calix earns revenue by selling its specialty materials and by licensing its reactor technology to partners who want to use it for other applications, including carbon capture. The company is small, with a market cap around $100 million, and its main competitive advantage is its patented flash calcination process, which no direct competitor currently replicates at scale. However, Calix is not yet profitable — it is spending heavily on research and commercialization, so the key risk is whether it can scale revenue fast enough before needing to raise more capital from investors.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+20.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-205.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

A$18M/ year

Declining (-17% vs prior year)

64.2% of revenue

21.4x the sector average (3%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

18.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 months

A$12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Calix Limited has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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
13.0%
Thin — 13.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-74.7%
Losing money on operations — -74.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-58.4%
Weak — -58.4% 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
+21.4%
Fast-growing sales (+21.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-84.6%
Burning cash (-84.6%)

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
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
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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