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Critical Metals

CRML
28
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Price
$7.11
+1.31 (+22.59%)
Market Cap
$1.04B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
28
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
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+326.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 21.8M (2021) → 92.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Critical Metals Corp. operates as a mining exploration and development company. It explores for lithium and rear earth element deposits. The company is based in New York, New York. Critical Metals Corp. is a subsidiary of European Lithium Limited.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+70.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+78.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

67.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~5 years

$116M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$116M cash & investments at current burn rate

Strong grower

Critical Metals is growing revenue at 71% 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
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4507.5%
Losing money on operations — -4507.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-36.0%
Weak — -36.0% 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
+61.0%
Fast-growing sales (+61.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 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
-4202.7%
Burning cash (-4202.7%)

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
N/A
Data not available
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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