Amyris sales revenue doubled versus prior year Q1

In California, Amyris, Inc.’s financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020 show strong gross margin and earnings growth from improved sales mix and lower costs, as well as a significantly improved balance sheet from reduced debt.

Q1 Financial Highlights include performance in line with expectations with Sales Revenue of $29 million up 103% versus the prior year quarter with strong growth seen in Consumer & Ingredients product sales. Gross Margin as a percentage of sales improved to 63% which compares to -33% in Q1 2019 and 56% for the full year 2019. Year-over-year margin growth delivered a $23 million improvement and was driven by improved sales mix from higher consumer brand sales and lower unit cost.

At the start of 2020 Amyris set out four strategic priorities to focus execution on accelerated growth and a clear path to profitability and sustained cash generation:

• High growth consumer brands: build on our Clean Beauty market leadership and double sales year over year. Extend offering of clean and safe ingredients and products
• Scientific and commercial collaboration: Execute on R&D collaboration programs to scale 3-4 new molecules yearly. Establish market leadership in sustainable Health and Wellness markets
• Supply chain optimization: Deliver lower unit costs targeting gross margins >60 of sales. Drive agile and robust supply network to support sales growth
• Improved balance sheet, earnings and cash flow: Reduced balance sheet leverage. Be fully funded to deliver growth. Deliver on path to sustained cash generation from operational performance

“COVID-19 has dominated all of our lives with a significant impact both from a health and economic perspective. Keeping our people, our partners and our communities safe and healthy while delivering on very strong product demand from consumers has been our number one priority. This meant that we had to adjust our ways of working across our supply chain, innovation center and offices. Our people have been amazing, and we have continued to deliver on our commitments to our customers,” said John Melo, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We play a critical role in helping those who have been impacted by the pandemic. This includes rapidly launching a new hand sanitizer of which we have donated over 20,000 units to frontline healthcare workers. Also, we supply key ingredients for household cleaning and personal care products and are exploring how our science can be further utilized to fight the virus.”