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Develop Global Limited

DVP.AX
41
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Price
A$5.23
+0.06 (+1.16%)
Market Cap
A$1.73B
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
41
Winston is serious
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
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+31.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 215.0M (2021) → 283.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Develop Global Limited is an Australian mining and infrastructure company that builds and operates underground mines. Its main business is providing mining services — essentially doing the hard work of digging and developing mines for other companies — while also owning its own mineral assets, including the Woodlawn zinc-copper project in New South Wales. The company sits in the metals and mining sector, where demand is tied closely to global commodity prices.

Develop Global earns money in two ways: charging fees for contract mining services and, over time, selling metals produced from its own mines. It operates primarily in Australia and is a relatively small player in a competitive industry dominated by larger contractors and diversified miners. The company's contract mining division provides steady cash flow, but its long-term growth depends heavily on successfully bringing its own mineral projects into production — a process that carries significant capital, permitting, and commodity price risk.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+45.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+891.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

23.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~18 months

A$213M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Strong grower

Develop Global Limited is growing revenue at 45% 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
-3.0%
Thin — -3.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-5.0%
Losing money on operations — -5.0%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-2.1%
Weak — -2.1% 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
+48.3%
Fast-growing sales (+48.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
30%
Weak — only 30% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-19.8%
Burning cash (-19.8%)

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
0.24
Conservative — low debt load (0.24)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
19.0x
Fair value — P/E 19.0

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
+10.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (19.0 → 8.5)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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