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Horseshoe Metals Limited

HOR.AX
26
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
26
Winston is worried
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

Horseshoe Metals Limited is a small Australian mining exploration company focused on finding and developing copper and gold deposits. Its main project is the Horseshoe Lights copper-gold project located in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The company does not yet produce or sell metals — it is still in the exploration and development stage.

Horseshoe Metals makes no meaningful revenue right now. Instead, it raises money by issuing shares to fund drilling programs and geological studies, which is typical for early-stage junior miners. With a near-zero market cap and deeply negative margins, the company carries significant financial risk, as it must continually secure funding to keep operations going. The key growth driver is successfully proving that its deposits contain enough metal to justify building a mine, but most junior exploration companies never reach that stage, making this a high-risk, speculative investment.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

>+1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-240.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

49.5%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~0 months

A$27,617 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Horseshoe Metals Limited grew revenue 4098% 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
-271.3%
Thin — -271.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-419.7%
Losing money on operations — -419.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-302.9%
Weak — -302.9% 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
>+1,000%
Fast-growing sales (>+1,000% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-322.8%
Burning cash (-322.8%)

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
N/A
Data not available
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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