Rua Gold

RUA.TO

Industrial Materials · Basic Materials

Price

C$1.20

-0.01 (-0.83%)

Market Cap

C$137.9M

Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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Share count rising — dilution

+99.4% over 3y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 36.3M (2022) → 72.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Rua Gold Inc. is a junior gold exploration company based in Canada. It searches for gold deposits by drilling and testing land in New Zealand, specifically in the Reefton and Hauraki regions, which have a long history of gold mining. The company does not yet produce or sell gold — it is still in the early exploration stage.

Rua Gold makes no revenue right now. It funds its operations by raising money from investors through share issuances, which is typical for early-stage mining companies. With a market cap of around $100 million and a deeply negative return on invested capital, the company is essentially a bet on whether its exploration work will find a commercially viable gold deposit. The main risk is that exploration is expensive and uncertain — most junior miners never reach the production stage, and the company will likely need to keep raising cash to stay operational.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

-51.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

C$0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

19.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~15 months

C$31M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

N/A

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Data not available

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-72.4%

Weak — -72.4% 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

N/A

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Data not available

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

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Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

N/A

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Data not available

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.01

Conservative — low debt load (0.01)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

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Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

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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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