This stock no longer trades (delisted November 7, 2023)

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Essential Metals Limited

ESS.AX

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Exchange

Australian Securities Exchange

Winston Score

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Essential Metals Limited is a small Australian mining exploration company focused on finding and developing lithium deposits. Its main project is the Pioneer Dome lithium project in Western Australia, which contains spodumene — a hard rock mineral used to make lithium for electric vehicle batteries. The company does not yet produce or sell any minerals commercially.

Essential Metals makes no revenue today, which explains its zero margins. It funds operations through equity raises and is entirely in the exploration and development stage. The company operates solely in Western Australia and has a market cap of around $100 million, making it a junior explorer with no established competitive moat beyond its tenement holdings. The key risk is that lithium prices have fallen sharply from their 2022 peaks, making it harder to attract development funding and potentially delaying any path to production.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

EPS data limited

Insider Activity

33.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~12 months

A$11M cash & investments

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-8.3%

Weak — -8.3% 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

N/A

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Data not available

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

N/A

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Data not available

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

N/A

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Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

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Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

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

Dividend

Dividend Yield

0.32%

no trend

Small dividend — 0.32% yield

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

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

N/A

no trend

Data not available

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