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RTO · NZX

Blackwell Global Holdings (RTO)

Industrials / Holding company•Covered: FY21 - HY26•8 published briefings

Blackwell Global Holdings is an NZX-listed industrials / holding company company with FY21 - HY26 of published result briefings.

Latest briefing

HY26 · Released 28 November 2025

Cash fell 54.7% to $0.2m as RTO shell still has no acquisition deal

Operating burn moderated, but a year on the company remains a pre-deal cash shell with no announced reverse-takeover target.

Market data

Latest available
Price
NZD 0.13
Mkt cap
$1.3m
Yield
0%

Quote as of 05-06-2026 2:05pm NZT

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Snapshot

Latest metrics

HY26, released 28 November 2025

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RTO latest metrics
MetricValueChange
Revenue$0.07m↓ -77.2%
NPAT-$0.1m↓ -150.0%
Operating cash flow-$0.07m↑ +54.0%
Net debt-$0.22m↑ +54.8%
ROE %-18.3%↓ -53.5pp
PBT-$0.1m↓ -150.0%
Total assets$0.33m↓ -44.5%

Source: latest published briefing (HY26, released 28 November 2025). Change compares against the prior equivalent period: HY25, released 28 November 2024.

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Performance over time

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RTO metric history
MetricHY266 MONTHS28 November 2025FY2512 MONTHS29 May 2025HY256 MONTHS28 November 2024FY2412 MONTHS29 May 2024HY236 MONTHS29 November 2022FY2212 MONTHS30 May 2022HY226 MONTHS29 November 2021FY2112 MONTHS31 May 2021Trend
Revenue$0.07m$0.31m$0.31m$0.02m$0m$0.05m$0.03m$0.53m
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Revenue growth %-77.2%n/mn/m111.1%-91.2%-89.8%-100.0%21.1%
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PBT-$0.1m-$0.1m$0.2m-$0.2m-$0.1m-$0.4m-$0.2m-$0.4m
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NPAT-$0.1m-$0.1m$0.2m-$0.2m-$0.1m-$0.4m-$0.2m-$0.4m
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Operating cash flow-$0.07m-$0.35m-$0.15m-$0.23m-$0.15m$0.13m$0.33m$0.18m
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FCF pre-lease—-$0.35m———$0.13m$0.33m$0.18m
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FCF post-lease——————$0.33m$0.18m
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DPS——0.0c—————
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ROE %-18.3%-27.7%35.2%-147.9%-76.9%-165.8%259.7%-162.8%
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Net debt-$0.22m-$0.29m-$0.48m-$0.09m-$0.07m$0.84m$1.3m$0.38m
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Total assets$0.33m$0.38m$0.59m$0.72m$1.1m$1.2m$1.5m$2.7m
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Reference: annolyse.ai/companies/rto

Note: Figures are shown as reported. Half-year and full-year absolute values are not directly comparable. Growth rates and ratios are the meaningful comparison across mixed periods.

The setup & the reality

FY25 → HY26 Follow-through

The latest result is checked against what the prior briefing said to watch.

Current result now available

HY26 · Released 28 November 2025

Cash fell 54.7% to $0.2m as RTO shell still has no acquisition deal

Operating burn moderated, but a year on the company remains a pre-deal cash shell with no announced reverse-takeover target.

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Historical setup

What FY25 said to watch

From Loss narrowed 77.6% but operating cash burn widened as H2 deteriorated sharply

No formal guidance or targets are disclosed. The company's stated purpose is to effect a reverse takeover transaction, and the prior comparable and interim disclosures both note that acquisition discussions have not yet produced a tangible transaction. Against that context, the FY25 result does not demonstrate a self-sustaining operating business; rather, it reflects a shell with minimal revenue activity and ongoing administrative costs.

The H2 deterioration and the current cash runway mean the timeline pressure for completing an acquisition — or raising additional capital — has tightened. Without a transaction or capital raise, the business faces a runway constraint within the current fiscal year based on observable cash consumption rates.

Open questions

Open questions from FY25

  • What generated the NZD $307k of H1 revenue, and why did revenue effectively cease in H2?
  • Is the company in active negotiations for an acquisition target, and what is the indicative timeline for completing a transaction?
  • How does management intend to fund ongoing operating costs given closing cash of NZD $289k against an annual operating cash outflow of NZD $346k?
  • What was the nature of the borrowing elimination — was NZD $546k of debt repaid, converted, or reclassified as part of the acquisition-overlay restructuring?
  • Will the company require a capital raise before any acquisition is completed, and if so, on what terms?

This briefing cannot assess whether the H1 revenue was a genuine operating development or a one-off transaction, nor can it evaluate the probability or timing of any reverse takeover completing.

Archive

Briefing archive

Every published Annolyse briefing for this company appears here in reverse chronological order.

HY26 · Released 28 November 2025

Cash fell 54.7% to $0.2m as RTO shell still has no acquisition deal

Operating burn moderated, but a year on the company remains a pre-deal cash shell with no announced reverse-takeover target.

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FY25 · Released 29 May 2025

Loss narrowed 77.6% but operating cash burn widened as H2 deteriorated sharply

Blackwell Global reported a smaller full-year loss, but a severe H2 reversal and deepening cash burn raise questions about near-term survival runway.

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HY25 · Released 28 November 2024

RTO cleared $0.5m of bond debt while still hunting a reverse takeover

Borrowings fell to nil and equity nearly doubled, but cash dropped 34.6% to NZ$0.5m as the shell continues searching for an acquisition target.

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FY24 · Released 29 May 2024

Equity fell 59.7% to $0.2m as RTO Limited burns cash hunting for a deal

A name change to RTO Limited signals intent, but the shell has yet to announce a reverse-takeover target while cash and equity continue to erode.

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HY23 · Released 29 November 2022

Recapitalisation lifts cash to $1.0m and turns equity positive ahead of RTO

The shell carries $1.0m of cash and $0.9m of borrowings after a capitalisation, but operations burned $0.1m of cash with no acquisition target

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FY22 · Released 30 May 2022

Cash collapsed 92.6% to $0.1m as $1.4m of borrowings were repaid

Net debt rose from $0.4m to $0.8m despite the debt paydown, leaving the shell with thin liquidity ahead of any reverse takeover.

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HY22 · Released 29 November 2021

HY22 is a pre-RTO shell with $1.5m assets and negative equity

Operations are effectively wound down so HY21 comparatives are non-comparable, leaving shareholder value contingent on reverse takeover execution.

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FY21 · Released 31 May 2021

Operating cash collapsed 94.3% as equity eroded 61.9% to $0.3m

A narrower $0.4m loss on 21.1% revenue growth is overshadowed by near-total operating cash collapse and a thin equity base following the issuer

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Revenue growth context

Revenue growth was -77.2% for this reporting period.

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ROE and capital efficiency

ROE was -18.3%, -45.1pp versus the prior comparable period.

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Dividend coverage and payout pressure

Dividend payout versus NPAT is 0.0%.

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Earnings quality and statutory distortions

This result includes a statutory earnings-quality distortion flag.

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