In a report released today, Amit Dayal from H.C. Wainwright maintained a Buy rating on Amyris (NASDAQ: AMRS), with a price target of $15. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $8.03.
Dayal said:
“We expect the company’s topline to grow at a five-year CAGR of 30.7% from $185.9M in 2018 to $715.6M in 2023. We expect mid- to long-term gross margins to fluctuate between 60-70%, driven by lumpiness of the high margin revenues from grants and collaboration. We are projecting operating expenses to grow at a five-year CAGR of 7.4% from 2018 to 2023. We expect the company to achieve EBITDA profitability during 2018. Based on these assumptions, we arrive at a valuation of $15.00 per share for AMRS stock.”
According to TipRanks.com, Dayal is currently ranked with no stars on a 0-5 star ranking scale, with an average return of -5.1% and a 39.0% success rate. Dayal covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Superconductor Technologies Inc, Pointer Telocation Ltd, and Pacific Ethanol.
Amyris has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $12.50, representing a 55.7% upside. In a report issued on September 17, B.Riley FBR also assigned a Buy rating to the stock with a $10 price target.
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The company has a one-year high of $9.22 and a one-year low of $2.82. Currently, Amyris has an average volume of 897K.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 39 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of AMRS in relation to earlier this year.
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Amyris, Inc. is an industrial biotechnology company, which engages in the provision of bioscience solutions. It focuses on the research, development, manufacture, and sale of fuels and farnesene-derived products. Its products include cosmetics, flavors and fragrances, performance materials, diesel, jet fuel, and lubricants. The company was founded by Jack D.
