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EQ Resources Limited

EQR.AX
21
Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials
Price
A$0.36
+0.03 (+7.35%)
Market Cap
A$1.88B
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
21
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
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+98.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.17B (2021) → 2.31B (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

EQ Resources Limited is an Australian mining company that digs up tungsten, a very hard metal used to make cutting tools, drill bits, and industrial machinery parts. Its main asset is the Mt Carbine tungsten mine in Queensland, Australia, which is one of the largest tungsten deposits in the world outside of China. The company sells to manufacturers and industrial customers who need tungsten for heavy-duty applications.

The company earns money by mining and selling tungsten concentrate, though it is not yet consistently profitable, as shown by its negative margins. EQ Resources operates primarily in Australia but sells into global industrial markets, where tungsten demand is tied to manufacturing activity worldwide. The key opportunity is that China dominates global tungsten supply, so Western buyers are actively looking for alternative sources — but the main risk is that ramping up production to a profitable scale requires significant ongoing capital and the company is still burning cash.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+151.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+71.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

A$2M/ year

Rising (+55% vs prior year)

2.4% of revenue

In line with sector average (3%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

8.8%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~3 months

A$21M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

EQ Resources Limited is growing revenue at 152% 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
-1.7%
Thin — -1.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-9.9%
Losing money on operations — -9.9%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-14.0%
Weak — -14.0% 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
+98.3%
Fast-growing sales (+98.3% 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
-44.7%
Burning cash (-44.7%)

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
0.37
Conservative — low debt load (0.37)
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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