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Ecora Royalties

ECOR.L
58
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

Ecora Royalties is a London-listed company that collects royalty payments from mining operations around the world. Instead of running mines itself, it owns the rights to receive a share of revenue whenever partner companies dig up and sell commodities like copper, cobalt, uranium, and other industrial materials. Its customers are essentially the mining companies operating those assets, and its income depends on how much those mines produce and what commodity prices are doing.

The company makes money by receiving a percentage of sales or production from each royalty agreement, meaning it earns without bearing the day-to-day costs of mining. It operates across multiple continents, with assets in Canada, Australia, and Africa among other regions, and its roughly $0.4 billion market cap puts it in the smaller end of the royalty sector. The main growth driver is adding new royalty agreements as mining companies seek upfront cash, but the biggest risk is falling commodity prices, which directly reduce the value of every royalty stream Ecora holds.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+693.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+403.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

21.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

£286M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

£286M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Ecora Royalties grew revenue 693% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
67.6%
Premium pricing power — 67.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
53.9%
Excellent — 53.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
4.5%
Weak — 4.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+88.2%
Fast-growing sales (+88.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
121%
Turns 121% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-91.4%
Burning cash (-91.4%)

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
0.20
Conservative — low debt load (0.20)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.46x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.5x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
18.5x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 18.5

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
+3.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (18.5 → 15.1)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.01%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.01% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-39.8%
no trend
Dividend cut (-39.8% YoY) — warning sign

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