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Denison Mines

DNN
6
Uranium · Energy
Also trades as: 0URY.L
Price
$3.50
+0.36 (+11.46%)
Market Cap
$3.17B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
6
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+13.0% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 793.7M (2021) → 896.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Denison Mines is a Canadian uranium company focused on exploring and developing uranium deposits in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Its main asset is the Wheeler River project, which holds one of the largest undeveloped uranium deposits in the region. Uranium is used as fuel in nuclear power plants, so Denison's future customers would be utilities that run nuclear reactors around the world.

Denison does not yet produce or sell uranium, so it currently earns little revenue — which explains the deeply negative margins. The company funds its operations through equity raises and also holds a 22.5% stake in the McClean Lake uranium mill, which processes ore for other miners and generates some modest income. The key growth driver is advancing Wheeler River toward production, particularly using a lower-cost mining method called in-situ recovery, but the main risks are the long timeline to production, uranium price volatility, and the ongoing need to raise capital before any mine is built.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-43.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+183.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~4 years

C$697M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

C$697M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

Denison Mines'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
-2037.8%
Thin — -2037.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-2517.5%
Losing money on operations — -2517.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-8.8%
Weak — -8.8% 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
-9.4%
Shrinking sales (-9.4% 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
-4084.1%
Burning cash (-4084.1%)

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
2.38
Heavy debt load (2.38)
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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