Friday, May 10, 2019

Calyxt Continues To Make More Progress Than Is Shown In The Share Price

Make no mistake, Calyxt (CLXT) still has a long row to hoe. Although this bio-ag has now logged its first commercial sales in multiple product types, the company is likely somewhere around five years away from its first profitable quarters and six or so years away from being free cash flow positive. Moreover, a lot of the growth I model for Calyxt comes its high-oleic soybean product, a product category that has attracted plenty of competitive attention, and there is still a risk that a segment of consumers turn against gene-edited foods in the way they have against genetically-modified foods produced from seeds developed by the likes of DowDuPont’s (DWDP) Corteva or Bayer (OTCPK:BAYRY).

Although the shares have rebounded from the time of my last update, I don’t believe the shares fully reflect the progress and potential of the company. There have been some pushouts relating to commercial and development pipelines, but nothing out of the ordinary for a company at this stage, and there is meaningful upside from here as the company scales up its HO soy program and advances other projects to the market.

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Calyxt Continues To Make More Progress Than Is Shown In The Share Price

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