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King River Resources Limited

KRR.AX
29
Industrial Materials · Basic Materials
Price
A$0.09
+0.00 (+2.41%)
Market Cap
A$132.5M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
29
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
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

King River Resources Limited is an Australian mining exploration company focused on finding and developing critical mineral deposits. Its main projects involve vanadium, titanium, and rare earth elements — materials used in batteries, aerospace, and clean energy technologies. The company's flagship project is the Speewah deposit in Western Australia, one of the largest known vanadium-titanium resources in the world.

King River does not yet produce or sell minerals commercially, so it earns little to no revenue from operations. Instead, it funds its work through equity raises and capital markets, which is typical for early-stage exploration companies. The company operates entirely in Australia and is considered pre-revenue, which explains its deeply negative operating margin. The key growth driver is successfully advancing Speewah toward a feasibility study and eventually production, but the main risk is that exploration companies frequently require years of additional funding before generating returns — and many never reach commercial production at all.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

>+1,000% 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

29.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

A$30M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue declining

King River Resources 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.

Share count broadly stable

+0.8% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.52B (2021) → 1.53B (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-3.0%
Weak — -3.0% 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
-18.0%
Shrinking sales (-18.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+257.1%
Earnings growing fast (+257.1% YoY)

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

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
-7%
Weak — only -7% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-1426.9%
Burning cash (-1426.9%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.3x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly 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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