Develops and markets zero-calorie and low-calorie sweeteners. Offers plant-based sweetener products. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
Average growth of 19% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.4× for every dollar of annual revenue.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 67% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 19% a year on average.
The company sells $550.9M a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.
A loss of $38.1M against $550.9M in annual sales.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.
We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.
One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.