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White Energy Company Limited

WEC.AX
Coal · Energy
Price
A$0.31
-0.02 (-6.06%)
Market Cap
A$136.9M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
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Share count rising — dilution

+785.5% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 25.8M (2021) → 228.6M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

White Energy Company is an Australian company that developed a technology called Binderless Coal Briquetting (BCB), which upgrades low-quality coal into higher-energy briquettes. The idea is to take cheap, wet coal and compress it into denser fuel that burns more efficiently. The company has targeted coal producers and power generators, primarily in Australia and Southeast Asia.

White Energy earns revenue by licensing its BCB technology and through direct operations, though the company has struggled to generate meaningful income and has reported deeply negative margins. It is a small company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with a market capitalization around A$100 million. The business has faced persistent challenges commercializing its technology at scale, and its financial results reflect ongoing losses. The key risk is whether the company can achieve sustainable revenue generation, especially as global energy markets increasingly shift away from coal toward cleaner alternatives.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+94.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

A$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

70.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~6 months

A$4M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

White Energy Company Limited 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
N/A
Data not available
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
N/A
Data not available
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-15.8%
Weak — -15.8% 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
-50.0%
Shrinking sales (-50.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
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
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-9605.0%
Burning cash (-9605.0%)

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
N/A
Data not available
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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