# Deterra Royalties (DRR.AU)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/DRR.AU

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z. Financial observations: FY2019–FY2026.

Listing currency: AUD. Reporting currency: AUD.

## Verdict

A wonderful business at too high a price

Quality tests for Buy: pass (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: AUD 3.92 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low AUD 3.33 per share, central AUD 3.79 per share, high AUD 4.40 per share. Buy at or below the central value AUD 3.79 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 9.8% at the stated quote. About 9.8% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; AU 10-year bond 5.2% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: pass

- 2 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational)

- Financial history: 8 years

- Years with declining revenue: 2

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.03×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2019: 0.87×

- FY2020: 0.92×

- FY2021: 0.96×

- FY2022: 0.97×

- FY2023: 0.95×

- FY2024: 0.95×

- FY2025: 0.93×

- FY2026: 0.94×

### moat: pass

- ROIC, median of available years: >100%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 60.1%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -3.0 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 96.4%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 99.4%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 0.0%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: >100%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2020: >100%

- FY2021: >100%

- FY2022: >100%

- FY2023: >100%

- FY2024: >100%

- FY2025: 42.7%

- FY2026: 60.1%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.01×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: AUD 812M

- Net income, five-year total: AUD 806M

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 1.3 pp

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2022: 1.00×

- FY2023: 1.00×

- FY2024: 1.00×

- FY2025: 1.03×

- FY2026: 1.01×

### management: pass

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- Per-share earnings: 0.10 to 0.29 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 0.1%

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 0.1%

- Per-share value growth: 23.3%

- Per-share value change: AUD 0.19

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: AUD 0.10

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: AUD 0.29

- Buyback history: 0 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- ROIC, last three-year median: 60.1%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2019: AUD 0.06

- FY2020: AUD 0.10

- FY2021: AUD 0.18

- FY2022: AUD 0.34

- FY2023: AUD 0.29

- FY2024: AUD 0.29

- FY2025: AUD 0.29

- FY2026: AUD 0.31

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -1.5%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.05×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0%

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 1.03×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 1.87×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2020: -125.6%

- FY2021: 13.6%

- FY2022: 33.0%

- FY2023: -25.9%

- FY2024: -15.1%

- FY2025: 4.1%

- FY2026: -1.5%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 29% since Jan 2024 · sales -8%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:12.361Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 1.3% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales -8%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2019: AUD 56M 

- FY2020: AUD 86M 

- FY2021: AUD 145M 

- FY2022: AUD 265M 

- FY2023: AUD 229M 

- FY2024: AUD 241M 

- FY2025: AUD 263M 

- FY2026: AUD 242M 

### Gross margin · FY2026

gross margin 99.4%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2019: 87.3% 

- FY2020: 91.6% 

- FY2021: 96.6% 

- FY2022: 97.0% 

- FY2023: 96.1% 

- FY2024: 96.2% 

- FY2026: 99.4% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in other industrial metals & mining; annual sales are AUD 242.4 million.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2026: revenue 242400000; grossProfit 240995000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 96.2% to 100% during 2024–26; it earns over 100% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 96.2%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 100%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 99.4%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); 8-year return on capital observations [[2020,3.580335249763584],[2021,2.462884333007258],[2022,1.9587376570389747],[2023,2.4401419244877536],[2024,3.193301978332452],[2025,0.426597835627925],[2026,0.6010651773000968]]; median 2.4401419244877536. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Can it raise prices

Kept about a 97% gross margin through 2022 cost inflation.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); Gross margin observations: [[2021,0.9657803579667927],[2022,0.9696969696969697],[2023,0.9610754414125201]]; range within 2 percentage points.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 8 of 8 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 22569233; owner earnings 11630767. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 22569233; owner earnings 53279081. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 45000; owner earnings 94517800. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 10000; owner earnings 178795400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 89000; owner earnings 152727800. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 88000; owner earnings 155160600. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 1931000; owner earnings 160019800. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); FY2026: growth capex 0; upkeep 14000; owner earnings 165540800. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); Dividend observations: [[2019,30776310],[2020,30776310],[2021,33341000],[2022,122615000],[2023,180123000],[2024,167793000],[2025,122817000],[2026,132993000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 20.6% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); DRR.AU SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 20.583000000000002 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 1.3% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:27.399Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.006143159101855589. Price 3.92; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03.  Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (AUD per share)

- 2020-10: AUD 3.93 per share

- 2020-11: AUD 4.60 per share

- 2020-12: AUD 4.80 per share

- 2021-01: AUD 4.31 per share

- 2021-02: AUD 4.55 per share

- 2021-03: AUD 3.92 per share

- 2021-04: AUD 4.37 per share

- 2021-05: AUD 4.20 per share

- 2021-06: AUD 4.50 per share

- 2021-07: AUD 4.67 per share

- 2021-08: AUD 4.35 per share

- 2021-09: AUD 3.79 per share

- 2021-10: AUD 3.88 per share

- 2021-11: AUD 4.13 per share

- 2021-12: AUD 4.30 per share

- 2022-01: AUD 4.28 per share

- 2022-02: AUD 4.46 per share

- 2022-03: AUD 4.83 per share

- 2022-04: AUD 4.86 per share

- 2022-05: AUD 4.49 per share

- 2022-06: AUD 4.24 per share

- 2022-07: AUD 4.32 per share

- 2022-08: AUD 4.19 per share

- 2022-09: AUD 4.00 per share

- 2022-10: AUD 4.09 per share

- 2022-11: AUD 4.62 per share

- 2022-12: AUD 4.58 per share

- 2023-01: AUD 4.89 per share

- 2023-02: AUD 4.47 per share

- 2023-03: AUD 4.80 per share

- 2023-04: AUD 4.60 per share

- 2023-05: AUD 4.49 per share

- 2023-06: AUD 4.60 per share

- 2023-07: AUD 4.70 per share

- 2023-08: AUD 4.45 per share

- 2023-09: AUD 4.79 per share

- 2023-10: AUD 4.70 per share

- 2023-11: AUD 4.96 per share

- 2023-12: AUD 5.27 per share

- 2024-01: AUD 5.54 per share

- 2024-02: AUD 4.96 per share

- 2024-03: AUD 4.93 per share

- 2024-04: AUD 4.95 per share

- 2024-05: AUD 4.63 per share

- 2024-06: AUD 3.99 per share

- 2024-07: AUD 3.99 per share

- 2024-08: AUD 3.68 per share

- 2024-09: AUD 4.04 per share

- 2024-10: AUD 3.70 per share

- 2024-11: AUD 3.75 per share

- 2024-12: AUD 3.72 per share

- 2025-01: AUD 4.07 per share

- 2025-02: AUD 3.59 per share

- 2025-03: AUD 3.60 per share

- 2025-04: AUD 3.65 per share

- 2025-05: AUD 3.80 per share

- 2025-06: AUD 3.76 per share

- 2025-07: AUD 4.15 per share

- 2025-08: AUD 4.19 per share

- 2025-09: AUD 3.98 per share

- 2025-10: AUD 4.08 per share

- 2025-11: AUD 4.05 per share

- 2025-12: AUD 4.07 per share

- 2026-01: AUD 4.23 per share

- 2026-02: AUD 4.32 per share

- 2026-03: AUD 4.02 per share

- 2026-04: AUD 4.12 per share

- 2026-05: AUD 4.50 per share

- 2026-06: AUD 4.70 per share

- 2026-07: AUD 4.35 per share

- 2026-08: AUD 4.11 per share

- 2026-09: AUD 4.08 per share

- 2026-10: AUD 3.96 per share

## Annual estimated value (AUD per share)

- FY2023: low AUD 3.13 per share, central AUD 3.55 per share, high AUD 4.12 per share

- FY2024: low AUD 3.28 per share, central AUD 3.73 per share, high AUD 4.32 per share

- FY2025: low AUD 3.57 per share, central AUD 4.06 per share, high AUD 4.71 per share

- FY2026: low AUD 3.34 per share, central AUD 3.80 per share, high AUD 4.41 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

## Sources

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.

Deterra Royalties

DRR · AU

S&P/ASX 200

A wonderful business at too high a price

Passes the quality tests.

Share price: AUD 3.92
Buy up to: AUD 3.79
Expected / yr: 9.8% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Can it raise prices
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 3.1% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

Operating margin

8y median: 94.1%
Worst year: 87.3%
Latest · 2026: 93.6%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median >100% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 60.1% (minimum 10%).

ROIC excluding acquisitions

7y median: >100%
Worst year: 42.7%
Latest · 2026: 60.1%

Each $1 of profit left $1.01 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Annual owner cash / profit

Five-year totals: 1.01×
Annual median: 1.00×
Latest · 2026: 1.01×

Per-share value rose from 0.1 to 0.29, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

Earnings per share

8y median: AUD 0.29
Worst year: AUD 0.06
Latest · 2026: AUD 0.31

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -1.5% of assets (limit 10%).

Sloan accruals

7y median: -1.5%
Worst year: 33.0%
Latest · 2026: -1.5%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 8 (at most 2), mean operating margin 93.5%, three-year average owner earnings per share 0.3 AUD.

2. Is the price low enough?

PriceEstimated rangeBuy price

2020-10 · Price AUD 3.93; 2020-11 · Price AUD 4.60; 2020-12 · Price AUD 4.80; 2021-01 · Price AUD 4.31; 2021-02 · Price AUD 4.55; 2021-03 · Price AUD 3.92; 2021-04 · Price AUD 4.37; 2021-05 · Price AUD 4.20; 2021-06 · Price AUD 4.50; 2021-07 · Price AUD 4.67; 2021-08 · Price AUD 4.35; 2021-09 · Price AUD 3.79; 2021-10 · Price AUD 3.88; 2021-11 · Price AUD 4.13; 2021-12 · Price AUD 4.30; 2022-01 · Price AUD 4.28; 2022-02 · Price AUD 4.46; 2022-03 · Price AUD 4.83; 2022-04 · Price AUD 4.86; 2022-05 · Price AUD 4.49; 2022-06 · Price AUD 4.24; 2022-07 · Price AUD 4.32; 2022-08 · Price AUD 4.19; 2022-09 · Price AUD 4.00; 2022-10 · Price AUD 4.09; 2022-11 · Price AUD 4.62; 2022-12 · Price AUD 4.58; 2023-01 · Price AUD 4.89 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-02 · Price AUD 4.47 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-03 · Price AUD 4.80 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-04 · Price AUD 4.60 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-05 · Price AUD 4.49 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-06 · Price AUD 4.60 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-07 · Price AUD 4.70 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-08 · Price AUD 4.45 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-09 · Price AUD 4.79 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-10 · Price AUD 4.70 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-11 · Price AUD 4.96 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2023-12 · Price AUD 5.27 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2024-01 · Price AUD 5.54 · Value 3.55 · Buy at or below 3.55; 2024-02 · Price AUD 4.96 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-03 · Price AUD 4.93 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-04 · Price AUD 4.95 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-05 · Price AUD 4.63 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-06 · Price AUD 3.99 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-07 · Price AUD 3.99 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-08 · Price AUD 3.68 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-09 · Price AUD 4.04 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-10 · Price AUD 3.70 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-11 · Price AUD 3.75 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2024-12 · Price AUD 3.72 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2025-01 · Price AUD 4.07 · Value 3.73 · Buy at or below 3.73; 2025-02 · Price AUD 3.59 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-03 · Price AUD 3.60 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-04 · Price AUD 3.65 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-05 · Price AUD 3.80 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-06 · Price AUD 3.76 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-07 · Price AUD 4.15 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-08 · Price AUD 4.19 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-09 · Price AUD 3.98 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-10 · Price AUD 4.08 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-11 · Price AUD 4.05 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2025-12 · Price AUD 4.07 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2026-01 · Price AUD 4.23 · Value 4.06 · Buy at or below 4.06; 2026-02 · Price AUD 4.32 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-03 · Price AUD 4.02 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-04 · Price AUD 4.12 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-05 · Price AUD 4.50 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-06 · Price AUD 4.70 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-07 · Price AUD 4.35 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-08 · Price AUD 4.11 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-09 · Price AUD 4.08 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-10 · Price AUD 3.96 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80; 2026-10 · Price AUD 3.92 · Value 3.80 · Buy at or below 3.80

AUD per share · annual estimates

Price & return math
Value range	AUD 3.33 – AUD 4.40
Buy at or below	Central value AUD 3.79
Discount to value	1 − 3.92 / 3.79 = -3.5%
Return / year	About 9.8% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputs	Owner cash AUD 0.30/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash AUD 0.01/share today.
Required return	10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value

RevenueAUD 242M

Revenue

Owner earningsAUD 166M

Owner earnings

Operating margin93.6%

Operating margin

Net cash / debtAUD -133M

Net cash / debt

Diluted shares530M

Diluted shares

Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2026