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Sylvania Platinum

SLP.L
75
Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials
Price
91.00 GBp
+4.10 (+4.72%)
Market Cap
£235.5M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
75
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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
Strong
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Exceptional
Dividends
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

6.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 277.8M (2021) → 260.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Sylvania Platinum Limited is a mining company that recovers platinum group metals (PGMs) — mainly platinum, palladium, and rhodium — from chrome mine dumps in South Africa. These are old piles of waste material left over from chrome mining, and Sylvania processes them to extract valuable metals that were previously discarded. The company sells its PGM output to refiners and metal traders, who supply industries like automakers that use these metals in catalytic converters.

Sylvania earns revenue by selling the PGM concentrate it produces, with no subscription or licensing model — it is a straightforward commodity producer. All of its operations are based in South Africa's Bushveld Complex, the world's largest known source of platinum group metals, which gives the company access to a large and established resource base. The biggest risk the business faces is the volatile price of palladium and rhodium, which have swung dramatically in recent years and directly drive the company's profitability.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+38.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+239.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

21.3%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~3 years

$61M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$61M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Sylvania Platinum grew revenue 38% 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
47.7%
Healthy — 47.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
46.6%
Excellent — 46.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
23.0%
Exceptional — 23.0% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+77.4%
Fast-growing sales (+77.4% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+231.5%
Earnings growing fast (+231.5% 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
94%
Modest — 94% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.4%
Thin free cash flow (3.4%)

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
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
129.66x
Comfortably covers interest (129.7x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
6.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 6.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+3.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (6.5 → 3.2)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.84%
Healthy income — 4.84% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-42.5%
Dividend cut (-42.5% YoY) — warning sign

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