There’s no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. Indeed, Collective Mining (TSE:CNL) stock is up 218% in the last year, providing strong gains for shareholders. But the harsh reality is that very many loss making companies burn through all their cash and go bankrupt.
In light of its strong share price run, we think now is a good time to investigate how risky Collective Mining’s cash burn is. For the purpose of this article, we’ll define cash burn as the amount of cash the company is spending each year to fund its growth (also called its negative free cash flow). The first step is to compare its cash burn with its cash reserves, to give us its ‘cash runway’.
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How Long Is Collective Mining’s Cash Runway?
A company’s cash runway is the amount of time it would take to burn through its cash reserves at its current…


