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Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited

XNDU.TO
20
Computer Hardware · Technology
Price
C$15.02
+1.05 (+7.52%)
Market Cap
C$650.1M
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
20
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

89.9% over 2y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 298.0M (2023) → 30.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Xanadu Quantum Technologies is a Canadian company that builds quantum computers — machines that use the laws of physics to solve problems far too complex for regular computers. Its main product is a photonic quantum computing platform, which uses particles of light instead of traditional electronic circuits. Xanadu also offers cloud access to its quantum hardware through a service called Borealis, and it develops open-source software tools, most notably PennyLane, used by researchers and developers worldwide.

The company earns revenue through cloud computing access, research contracts, and government grants, rather than large-scale hardware sales. It is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and operates primarily in North America with a global research user base. The 93.6% gross margin reflects its software-heavy model, but the deeply negative operating margin shows it spends far more than it earns — typical for early-stage deep-tech firms. The key risk is whether Xanadu can scale its photonic hardware to a commercially viable level before larger rivals like IBM or Google dominate the quantum computing market.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

C$55M/ year

Rising (+41% vs prior year)

>1,000% of revenue

79.8x the sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Cash Runway

~9 years

C$272M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

C$272M cash & investments at current burn rate

Heavy R&D investment

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited is putting 1196% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 79.8x the sector average. With 9+ years of cash runway, they have time to let it pay off.

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
96.0%
Premium pricing power — 96.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-821.6%
Losing money on operations — -821.6%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-22.1%
Weak — -22.1% 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
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
0/2 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-418.4%
Burning cash (-418.4%)

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
0.11
Conservative — low debt load (0.11)
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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