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Mader Group Limited

MAD.AX
70
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
A$7.07
-0.01 (-0.14%)
Market Cap
A$1.44B
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
70
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+5.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 200.0M (2021) → 210.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Mader Group is an Australian company that sends skilled tradespeople — mainly heavy diesel mechanics — to work at mining and industrial sites. Their customers are large mining companies that need equipment like haul trucks, excavators, and drills kept running but don't want to hire and manage all those workers themselves. Mader essentially acts as a specialist workforce provider for the mining industry, with a strong foothold in Australia and a growing presence in North America and other regions.

The company makes money by charging clients for the hours its technicians work on-site, giving it a services-based revenue model tied closely to mining activity levels. Mader has built a competitive edge through its ability to recruit, train, and retain qualified tradespeople — a genuinely scarce resource — and deploy them quickly where clients need them. The key growth driver is its North American expansion, particularly in the United States, where demand for contract maintenance services in mining is large and still underpenetrated; the main risk is a downturn in commodity prices reducing mining companies' maintenance budgets.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+25.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

70.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

A$17M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth + cash flow

Mader Group Limited is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 18%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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
19.2%
Thin — 19.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.8%
Modest — 8.8% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
32.1%
Exceptional — 32.1% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+16.6%
Fast-growing sales (+16.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+20.0%
Earnings growing fast (+20.0% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

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
115%
Turns 115% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.3%
Thin free cash flow (4.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.13
Conservative — low debt load (0.13)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
27.77x
Comfortably covers interest (27.8x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
23.6x
Growth-priced — P/E 23.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+6.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.6 → 17.3)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.18%
Small dividend — 1.18% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+69.4%
Dividend growing fast (69.4% YoY)

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