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Verde AgriTech

NPK.TO
14
Agricultural Inputs · Basic Materials
Price
C$0.85
+0.02 (+2.41%)
Market Cap
C$48.0M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
14
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+1.3% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 52.0M (2021) → 52.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Verde AgriTech is a Canadian fertilizer company that mines and sells a potassium-rich rock called glauconite from a large deposit in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its main product is K Forte, a slow-release potash fertilizer sold to farmers growing soybeans, corn, and sugarcane across Brazil. The company positions itself as a lower-cost, more sustainable alternative to conventional potash fertilizers imported from Canada and Russia.

Verde makes money by selling fertilizer directly to farmers and through distributors in Brazil, charging per tonne of product delivered. It operates entirely in Brazil, where it sits on one of the largest known glauconite deposits in the world, giving it a potential long-term supply advantage. However, the company is currently unprofitable at the operating level, and its main challenge is scaling up production volume fast enough to cover fixed costs and compete against well-funded global potash producers on price and distribution reach.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-28.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-40.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

C$183,000/ year

Rising (+19% vs prior year)

1.1% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

~7 months

C$5M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Verde AgriTech 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
52.2%
Healthy — 52.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-61.8%
Losing money on operations — -61.8%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-10.6%
Weak — -10.6% 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
-20.6%
Shrinking sales (-20.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-14.3%
Burning cash (-14.3%)

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
2.98
Heavy debt load (2.98)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
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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