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FBR Limited

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17
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
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Winston Score
17
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
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

FBR Limited is an Australian robotics company that builds machines designed to lay bricks automatically on construction sites. Its main product is the Hadrian X, a truck-mounted robot that can read digital building plans and place bricks without human bricklayers. The company sells to or partners with construction firms and homebuilders, primarily in Australia, targeting an industry that has long struggled with labor shortages and slow build times.

FBR earns revenue through contracts and licensing arrangements tied to the use of its bricklaying technology, though it has generated very little commercial revenue to date. The deeply negative margins reflect a company still in the early commercialization stage, spending heavily on development and trials. Its main competitive edge is its patented robotic bricklaying system, which few rivals have matched at scale. The key risk is whether FBR can convert technology demonstrations into consistent, paying commercial contracts before its cash reserves run out.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+366.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-10.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

34.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

$101,170 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

FBR Limited grew revenue 366% 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.

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
-17671.7%
Thin — -17671.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-30131.4%
Losing money on operations — -30131.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-127.5%
Weak — -127.5% 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
-1.1%
Shrinking sales (-1.1% 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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-1727.0%
Burning cash (-1727.0%)

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
1.14
Elevated debt (1.14)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
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

Not applicable for this business.
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