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Focus Minerals Limited

FML.AX
76
Gold · Basic Materials
Price
A$2.19
-0.03 (-1.35%)
Market Cap
A$627.6M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
76
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+56.6% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 183.0M (2021) → 286.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Focus Minerals Limited is an Australian gold mining company. It finds, digs up, and sells gold from mines located in Western Australia, one of the world's most productive gold-mining regions. The company operates assets in the Coolgardie and Laverton districts, selling gold to refiners and bullion buyers.

Focus Minerals earns revenue by selling physical gold it produces from its mining operations. The company is relatively small, with a market cap around $600 million, and its Western Australian tenements give it access to established gold-bearing geology with significant resource potential. The main growth driver is expanding production from its existing land package, particularly through further exploration and development at Coolgardie, but the key risk is that gold is a commodity — if the gold price falls, profit margins can shrink quickly regardless of how well the company operates.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+202.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+800.0% 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

70.5%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$166M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Strong grower

Focus Minerals Limited is growing revenue at 202% 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
123.0%
Premium pricing power — 123.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
35.6%
Excellent — 35.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
24.3%
Exceptional — 24.3% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+161.6%
Fast-growing sales (+161.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
>+1,000%
Earnings growing fast (>+1,000% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
48%
Weak — only 48% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
16.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
19.88x
Comfortably covers interest (19.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
2.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 2.3

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

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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