Orbit Garant Drilling

OGD.TO

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Good

Stability

Good

Valuation

Weak

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. is a Canadian company that drills holes in the ground for mining companies. These holes help miners figure out what minerals or metals are buried underground before they decide to dig a full mine. The company operates across Canada and in a few international locations, serving junior and senior mining exploration clients.

Orbit Garant makes money by charging mining companies for each meter of drilling completed, using specialized rigs and crews. It is a relatively small player in the contract drilling industry, with a market cap around $100 million, and competes on reliability and its established presence in remote Canadian regions. The business is closely tied to mining exploration budgets, which rise and fall with commodity prices — meaning when gold, copper, or other metal prices drop, mining companies cut exploration spending quickly, and Orbit Garant's revenue follows.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-144.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

23.3%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~1 months

C$2M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Orbit Garant Drilling has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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

4.4%

Thin — 4.4% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-3.9%

Losing money on operations — -3.9%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

4.8%

Weak — 4.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+3.1%

Slow sales growth (+3.1% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-91.2%

Earnings shrinking (-91.2% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

5/8 quarters

Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

1923%

Turns 1923% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-0.9%

Burning cash (-0.9%)

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

0.46

Conservative — low debt load (0.46)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

1.98x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (2.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

84.3x

no trend

Expensive — P/E 84.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

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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