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Wishbone Gold

WSBN.L
Gold · Basic Materials
Price
22.00 GBp
+0.50 (+2.33%)
Market Cap
8.4M GBp
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
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Share count falling — buybacks

81.9% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 166.3M (2021) → 30.1M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Wishbone Gold is a small mining exploration company based in the United Kingdom. It searches for gold and other precious metals by acquiring and developing mineral properties in promising locations. The company focuses on early-stage exploration, meaning it looks for gold deposits rather than operating large-scale mines that produce and sell gold regularly.

Wishbone Gold makes money primarily by advancing its exploration projects with the goal of eventually developing or selling them to larger mining companies. It operates in regions including Australia and other areas with known mineral potential. Because it is an exploration-stage company with no meaningful production revenue, it relies on raising capital from investors to fund its work — which is reflected in its negative returns and zero gross margin. The main risk is that exploration is expensive and uncertain, and there is no guarantee any of its projects will ever produce commercially viable quantities of gold.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-100.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

£0/ year

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

7.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~4 months

£3M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Wishbone Gold 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
-9.9%
Weak — -9.9% 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
-100.0%
Shrinking sales (-100.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
N/A
Data not available

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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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