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Harvest Minerals Limited

HMI.L
16
Agricultural Inputs · Basic Materials
Price
0.25 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
1.3M GBp
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
16
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

Share count rising — dilution

+114.7% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 185.8M (2021) → 399.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Harvest Minerals Limited is a small mining and agricultural inputs company focused on producing natural fertilizer products in Brazil. Its main product is KPfértil, a multi-nutrient rock fertilizer mined from its Arapua project in the state of Minas Gerais. The company sells primarily to Brazilian farmers, targeting the country's large and growing agricultural sector.

The company earns revenue by selling its mined fertilizer directly to farms and distributors, but it currently spends far more than it brings in, as reflected in its deeply negative operating margins. Harvest Minerals operates entirely in Brazil and remains a very small company with a market cap near zero, meaning it carries significant financial risk. The key growth driver is expanding sales volumes of KPfértil as it tries to prove the product's effectiveness and scale up production, but the main risk is that the company may struggle to reach profitability before running out of funding.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-15.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+27.9% 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

71.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~16 months

A$1M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue declining

Harvest Minerals Limited's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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
18.0%
Thin — 18.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-62.2%
Losing money on operations — -62.2%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-65.0%
Weak — -65.0% 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
-34.0%
Shrinking sales (-34.0% 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
-36.6%
Burning cash (-36.6%)

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
12.86
Heavy debt load (12.86)
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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