Vault Minerals logo
VAU

Vault Minerals

Materials

Vault Minerals is an Australian exploration company focused on discovering and developing gold and copper resources. The company's strategy involves acquiring and exploring prospective tenements in proven mineral belts. Vault Minerals aims to create shareholder value through successful exploration and resource development.

Short position

short percentage0.38%
reported shorts3.9M
shares on issue1.035B

Vault Minerals (ASX:VAU) has 0.38% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 3,945,093 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has risen 0.10 percentage points, and over 90 days it has been broadly flat. Its highest recorded short interest was 1.76% in August 2025. VAU is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Price & short interest

Toggle series, zoom, and compare · ASIC daily, T+4

Vault Minerals (VAU) financials

Results, ratios and statements

Latest result

Year to 30 Jun 2026 (FY26) vs FY25, figures in AUD, the reporting currency

Revenue
$1.93Bvs n/a (FY25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
NPAT
$278.4Mvs n/a (FY25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
EPS (diluted)
$0.26vs $0.22 (FY25)
Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
Rev YoY
n/aFY
EPS YoY
+17.4%FY

Key ratios

Year to 30 Jun 2026 (FY); balance sheet at 30 Jun 2026; prices to 9 Oct 2026

Gross margin
54.7%
Operating margin
33.3%
Net margin
14.5%
FCF margin
27.2%
ROE
n/a
ROA
n/a
FCF conversion
1.88×
Net cash (excl. leases)
$825.8M
Net debt / EBITDA
−0.8×
Current ratio
3.7×
Interest cover
2.5×
Cash dividends paid / net profit
26.2%
Market cap
$6.29B
P/E
23.0×
P/B
2.9×

Ratios use the reporting currency (AUD); market cap is in AUD. Source: Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026.

Financial statements

Figures in AUD, the reporting currency; Yahoo Finance unless marked

VAU income, newest period first, figures in AUD
Line itemFY26FY25FY24FY23
Revenue$1.93Bn/a$620.0M$422.7M
Gross profit$1.05Bn/a$225.5M$110.9M
Operating income$642.0Mn/a$56.5M$12.1M
EBITDA$1.02Bn/a$133.3M$77.3M
EBIT$669.3Mn/a−$1.8M−$5.9M
Interest expense$254.2Mn/a$3.6M$2.8M
Pretax income$415.1Mn/a−$5.4M−$8.7M
Tax$136.7Mn/a$0$0
NPAT$278.4Mn/a−$5.4M−$8.7M
Net interest income−$236.6Mn/a−$19.6M−$21.7M
EPS basic$0.27$0.23−$0.010−$0.020
EPS diluted$0.26$0.22−$0.010−$0.020
Shares1.03B1.05B1.05B494.1M