Return To ProfitabilityA return to material profitability and a ~48% net margin in 2024 indicates the business can generate economic profit at current scale. Durable profits improve reinvestment capacity for R&D/commercialization, support creditor confidence, and reduce reliance on dilutive financing if maintained.

Positive Cash GenerationSustained positive operating and free cash flow strengthens liquidity and funds operations or growth without external capital. For a small biotech, this materially lowers refinancing risk, enables incremental product development or commercialization spending, and supports smoother operations over months.

Improved Leverage And ReturnsMeaningful reduction in leverage and a positive ROE improve solvency and financial flexibility. Lower leverage reduces interest burden and covenant pressure, enabling management to pursue strategic partnerships or capex with less dilution risk and a stronger balance sheet cushion.

Bears Say

Small, Volatile Revenue BaseA small and volatile revenue base undermines the durability of margins and cash flow; sharp swings (deep declines in prior years and a modest rebound) increase execution risk, limit scale economies, and make multi-quarter forecasting and reinvestment planning more uncertain.

Short Track Record Of Positive ResultsWhile 2024 improved, prior multi-year losses and intermittent negative cash flow indicate limited consistency. A short track record of profitability raises the chance that recent gains are cyclical, making long-term capital allocation and product commercialization riskier until multi-year stability is demonstrated.

Material Absolute Debt For SizeDespite improved leverage ratios, absolute debt remains material relative to a small revenue base. This can constrain R&D or commercialization spending, increase refinancing risk if revenue dips, and leave less room to absorb setbacks without resorting to dilutive or costly external financing.

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What was Plant Advanced Technologies SA’s price range in the past 12 months?

Plant Advanced Technologies SA lowest stock price was €6.84 and its highest was €11.50 in the past 12 months.

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Plant Advanced Technologies SA’s market cap is €9.41M.

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Plant Advanced Technologies SA’s upcoming earnings report date is Apr 30, 2026 which is in 68 days.

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Plant Advanced Technologies SA released its earnings results on Oct 31, 2025. The company reported -€0.144 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of N/A by -€0.144.

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Company Description

Plant Advanced Technologies SA

Plant Advanced Technologies SA, a plant biotechnology company, produces and sells actives for cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical markets in France. Its technologies include PAT Plant Milking that produces active extracts through plant stimulation and living-root exudation while preserving plants; PAT Target Binding, which finds the ligands that bind to the protein targets of interest, such as enzymes; and PAT Friday, a recombinant protein expression system using natural protein excretion system of genetically modified carnivorous plants to produce outside their leaf in a sterile closed pitcher. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Vanduvre-lès-Nancy, France.