Bioceres reports Q3 revenue $84.0M, consensus $98.5M

Reports Q3 GAAP net income $9.8M vs. $27.5M last year. Federico Trucco, Bioceres’ CEO, commented: “We are generally satisfied with our Q3 results, despite some delayed sales in our bio-nutrition segment in Argentina and Brazil, which we now expect to realize in our fourth and final fiscal quarter. As anticipated, our third quarter growth is disfavored when compared to the year before, given the disproportional weight of the Syngenta distribution agreement, whose contribution is now more evenly distributed throughout the year. From a qualitative point of view, we continue to see positive developments in Brazil, which we expect to translate into quantitative milestones in one or two seasons. One of these developments was the first regulatory approval for our inactivated Burkholderia bio-control solutions, which we announced last week. This approval creates an immediate opportunity in high value bio-insecticidal markets as well as in our Generation HB4 channel, and in one or two seasons in broader row-crop markets once our lowest rate formulations are included in the portfolio. Another positive development in Brazil comes from the performance of our first two HB4 soy varieties, where we received favorable feedback from key farmers and expect to increase the current pace of growth. Looking ahead and despite the industry-wide headwinds persisting from last year, we are confident on the attractiveness of our value propositions and the capabilities of our teams to achieve the double-digit growth we are known to deliver.”