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Evolva - Manufacturing difficulties

Evolva has updated its outlook in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. FY20 guidance is now for product-related revenue growth to be consistent with last year (+59%). As a reminder, this was the guidance at the start of the year, and was upgraded with the H1 results in August, when management expected product-related revenue to double in FY20. EBITDA guidance is now lowered to a loss of CHF16–17m, having been reduced slightly in August (to ‘above prior-year level’). We adjust our forecasts accordingly and our fair value remains unchanged at CHF0.38/share.
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Evolva Holding SA

Evolva Holding is an international biosynthetic group based in Switzerland. Co. is engaged in discovering and developing ingredients (and technologies for making ingredients) to other companies, in particular in the food and beverage, consumer health and pharmaceutical sectors. Co. maintains a proprietary fermentation-based platform that utilizes yeast. Co.'s internal focus is on high-value ingredients with relatively low production volume. Co.'s operations are organized in two segments: Products (Resveratrol, Vanilla, Stevia, Saffron , Pomecins and Agarwood ) and Legacy Products (EV-077 for diabetic complications and EV-035 for bacterial infections).

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Kate Heseltine

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