- Third quarter revenues of approximately $34.1 million, an
increase compared to $23.5 million in the same period of 2023,
reflect residual grain sales in the Company’s transition to a
licensing business model.
- Net loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes, was
$21.9 million in the quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $12.6
million, compared to a loss of $14.4 million in the same period of
2023, due primarily to expense reductions.
- Free cash flow loss in the first nine months of 2024 was $48.9
million, which was approximately 57.7 percent of the free cash flow
loss in the same period of 2023.
- The Company ended the third quarter with $14.4 million of cash
and marketable securities.
- Third quarter Shareholder Letter provides updates on Benson
Hill’s strategic transformation, sustainability approach, and early
progress on 2025 seed portfolio advancements.
Benson Hill, Inc. (Nasdaq: BHIL, the “Company” or “Benson
Hill”), a seed innovation company, today announced operating and
financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. The
Company’s focus on cost discipline, strategic partnerships, and its
shift to an asset-light business model continue to improve the
quality of earnings and position the Company for long-term
growth.
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Benson Hill, Inc. (Nasdaq: BHIL, the
“Company” or “Benson Hill”), a seed innovation company, today
announced operating and financial results for the quarter ended
September 30, 2024. The Company’s focus on cost discipline,
strategic partnerships, and its shift to an asset-light business
model continue to improve the quality of earnings and position the
Company for long-term growth. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Our third-quarter results reflect Benson Hill’s financial
discipline and focus as we transform our business from a
closed-loop manufacturing model to an asset-light licensing model,”
said Deanie Elsner, Chief Executive Officer of Benson Hill. “There
is true and measurable potential for our proprietary seeds
portfolio, and collaborations with farmers, seed dealers, poultry
producers, soy processors, and academic partners illustrate the
industry-wide demand for quality soy traits. As we continue our
transformation, strategic partnerships will be pivotal to
delivering market-driven demand for our seed innovations - which
create value across the supply chain and deliver a clear
sustainability advantage.”
During the third quarter, Benson Hill began shipping the
remainder of the 2023 Ultra-High Protein, Low-Oligosaccharide
(“UHP-LO”) soybeans into the poultry market. In addition, two
additional feeding studies were initiated with major broiler
producers who, in total, represent more than 40 percent of the U.S.
broiler market (6 million acres of the total 14 million acres of
soy dedicated to broilers). Additional feeding studies in turkeys
(representing 4 million acres of soy) are planned in the first
quarter of 2025. The expansion of poultry producers testing UHP-LO,
combined with current aquaculture customers, demonstrates the value
that Benson Hill’s proprietary soybeans can bring to the large and
attractive animal feed market.
For the 2025 planting season, the Company has expanded its
proprietary soybean seed portfolio offering. With more than 30
varieties spanning six distinct and differentiated product
platforms, Benson Hill soybeans have proven results across multiple
growing regions and are now available for the 2025 planting
season.
Finally, Benson Hill is delivering on its commitment to launch
innovations that enable lower-carbon agriculture. The Company’s
proprietary soybeans offer downstream partners a seamless solution
to help achieve Scope 3 (value chain) emissions reductions. Benson
Hill’s track record with business partners demonstrates an ability
to create significant ripple effects across the entire value chain,
from farming to food production.
Third Quarter Results Compared to the Same Period of
2023
The following financial results exclude the former Fresh Segment
and Seymour, Indiana, and Creston, Iowa, processing facilities
reported in discontinued operations. The reconciliation of non-GAAP
financial measures can be found in the accompanying financial
tables. The combined results of the Company’s divested businesses
have been reclassified and presented as discontinued operations,
resulting in a significant reduction in reported revenues and
related expenses.
- Reported revenues increased by $10.6 million, or 45.3 percent,
in the third quarter of 2024, driven by higher grain sales of
proprietary soybeans, higher revenue from partnerships and
licensing agreements, including revenue recognized from
cancellations, and higher yellow pea revenue.
- R&D expenses were $7.0 million, a decrease of $3.5 million,
or 33.4 percent. The decrease was driven by reduced
personnel-related costs and other technology costs in connection
with implementing the expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan. Benson
Hill continues to invest in critical technology costs, facilities
expenses (primarily related to the Crop Accelerator facility) and
workforce-related expenses to drive innovation in feed, food, and
fuel with its CropOS® technology platform.
- Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $12.3
million, a decrease of $1.4 million, or 10.4 percent, driven by
reduced personnel-related and other costs in connection with
implementing the expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan.
- Net loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes, was
$21.9 million. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $12.6 million,
compared to a loss of $14.4 million in the same period of the prior
year, which represents a reduction in loss of $1.8 million, driven
by expense reductions.
- Cash and marketable securities of $14.4 million were on hand as
of September 30, 2024.
First Nine-Months Results Compared to the Same Period of
2023
The following financial results exclude the former Fresh Segment
and Seymour, Indiana, and Creston, Iowa, processing facilities
reported in discontinued operations. The reconciliation of non-GAAP
financial measures can be found in the accompanying financial
tables. The combined results of the Company’s divested businesses
have been reclassified and presented as discontinued operations,
resulting in a significant reduction in reported revenues and
related expenses.
- Reported revenues were $89.0 million, a decrease of $6.6
million, or 6.9 percent. The decrease was driven by recognition of
revenue in 2023 from low-margin trading volumes generated by
business development efforts that did not repeat in 2024, partially
offset by higher revenue from partnerships and licensing
agreements, including revenue recognized from cancellations, during
the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the same
period in 2023. Revenue from domestic sales increased $16.5 million
compared to the same period in 2023 due to higher grain sales of
proprietary soybeans.
- R&D expenses were $21.4 million, a decrease of $12.1
million, or 36.1 percent. The decrease was driven by reduced
personnel-related costs and other technology costs in connection
with implementing the expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan. We
continue to invest in critical technology costs, facilities
expenses (primarily related to the Crop Accelerator facility) and
workforce-related expenses to drive innovation in feed, food, and
fuel with its CropOS® technology platform.
- Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $37.3
million, an increase of $3.8 million, or 11.4 percent. Excluding a
non-recurring $7.8 million reversal to stock-based compensation
expense in 2023, these expenses decreased by $4.0 million, driven
by reduced personnel-related costs and professional fees.
- Net loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes, was
$66.2 million. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $32.1 million,
compared to a loss of $44.1 million in the same period of the prior
year, which represents a reduction in loss of $12.0 million. Free
cash flow loss in 2024 was $48.9 million, which was approximately
57.7 percent of the free cash flow loss in 2023.
Additional Information
Additional information about Benson Hill’s financial and
operating results can be found in the Company’s latest Shareholder
Letter and in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed today with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Those documents are
downloadable at investors.bensonhill.com.
About Benson Hill
Benson Hill is a seed innovation company that unlocks nature’s
genetic diversity in soy quality traits through a combination of
its proprietary genetics, its AI-driven CropOS® technology
platform, and its Crop Accelerator. Benson Hill collaborates with
strategic partners to create value throughout the agribusiness
supply chain to meet the demand for better feed, food, and fuel.
For more information, visit bensonhill.com or on X, formerly known
as Twitter at @bensonhillinc.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In this press release, the Company includes references to
non-GAAP performance measures. The Company’s management uses these
non-GAAP financial measures to facilitate financial and operational
decision-making, including evaluation of the Company’s historical
operating results. The Company’s management believes these non-GAAP
measures are useful in evaluating the Company’s operating
performance and are similar measures reported by publicly listed
U.S. competitors, and regularly used by securities analysts,
institutional investors, and other interested parties in analyzing
operating performance and prospects. These non-GAAP financial
measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of the
Company’s operations that, when viewed with GAAP results and the
reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, may
provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends
affecting the Company’s business. By referencing these non-GAAP
measures, the Company’s management intends to provide investors
with a meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s
performance for the periods presented. These non-GAAP financial
measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute
for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. The
Company’s definition of these non-GAAP measures may differ from
similarly titled measures of performance used by other companies in
other industries or within the same industry. In addition, the
Company has and may in the future modify how it calculates non-GAAP
performance measures. Because non-GAAP financial measures exclude
the effect of items that will increase or decrease the Company’s
reported results of operations, management strongly encourages
investors to review the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety.
Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most
directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the
tables accompanying this press release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may be considered
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking
statements generally relate to future events or the Company’s
future financial or operating performance and may be identified by
words such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,”
“estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “predict,” or similar words.
These forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions made by
the Company as of the date hereof and are subject to risks,
uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
include, among other things, statements regarding: the Company’s
progress toward an asset-light business model, and the anticipated
pace of such transition; the Company’s financial and operating
performance during its business transition; the Company’s
cost-cutting measures under its expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan
and other cost-saving measures, actions to implement such plan, and
the anticipated benefits of and timeline to implement such plans;
the Company’s current expectations and assumptions regarding the
industries and markets in which it operates; potential strategic
partnership and licensing opportunities; the Company’s anticipated
liquidity, path to profitability, and runway for growth;
expectations regarding the sources of expected revenues, costs,
profit and earnings; projections of market opportunity; the
anticipated advantages, potential and capabilities of the Company’s
seed portfolio and innovation pipeline and the expected timeline
for the commercialization of the Company’s current and anticipated
innovations; anticipated demand for quality soy traits and the
Company’s seed innovations; the expected timeline for the expansion
of the Company’s seed portfolio; the expected timing and results of
planned academic studies and commercial feeding trails; current
projections and assumptions regarding the Company’s business and
the industries and markets in which the Company currently operates
or plans to operate; expectations regarding the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern; execution of the Company’s business
plan and the strategic review of the Company’s business; any
financial or other information based upon or otherwise
incorporating judgments or estimates relating to future
performance, events or expectations; the Company’s strategies,
positioning, resources, capabilities, and expectations for future
performance; estimates and forecasts of financial and other
performance metrics; the Company’s outlook, and financial and other
guidance; and management’s strategy and plans for growth. Factors
that may cause actual results to differ materially from current
expectations include, but are not limited to: risks associated with
the Company’s ability to generally execute on its business
strategy, including its transition to an asset-light business model
in a timely manner with sufficient liquidity; risks relating to
acreage acquisition; risks associated with developing and
maintaining partnering and licensing relationships in an
asset-light business model, and maintaining relationships with
customers and suppliers; risks associated with realizing the
anticipated advantages of the Company’s seed innovations and
products; the risk that the Company will not realize the
anticipated benefits of the divestiture of its soy processing
facilities; risks associated with the loss of revenues from the
Company’s divestiture of its soy processing facilities; risks
associated with growing and managing capital resources; risks
associated with changing industry conditions and consumer
preferences; risks associated with the Company’s cost-cutting
measures under its expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan and other
cost saving measures, including potentially adverse impacts on the
Company’s business and prospects even if such plans are successful;
the risk that the Company’s actions relating to cost-cutting
measures under its expanded Liquidity Improvement Plan and other
cost saving measures may be insufficient to achieve the objectives
of such plans; liquidity and other risks relating to the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern; risks associated with the
Company’s ability to grow and achieve growth profitably, including
continued access to the capital resources necessary for growth;
risks relating to the failure to raise additional financing to
satisfy the Company’s cash needs; risks relating to maintaining key
employee, customer, partner and supplier relationships; risks
relating to the Company’s exploration of strategic alternatives;
risks associated with the failure to realize the anticipated
commercial or nutritional benefits of the Company’s UHP-LO
soybeans; risks that the benefits validated by the recent trial may
not be able to be repeated or improved upon in the future; risks
associated with the accuracy and repeatability of feeding trials
generally; risks associated with the effects of global and regional
economic, agricultural, financial and commodities market,
political, social and health conditions; the effectiveness of the
Company’s risk management strategies; and other risks and
uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and
“Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in our
filings with the SEC, which are available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. The Company can make no assurances that it will be
able to raise additional financing, improve its liquidity position,
or continue as a going concern. Nothing in this press release
should be regarded as a representation by any person that the
forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or
that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking
statements will be achieved. There may be additional risks about
which the Company is presently unaware or that the Company
currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual
results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. The reader should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they
are made. The Company expressly disclaims any duty to update these
forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by
law.
Benson Hill, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets (Unaudited)
(In Thousands, Except Per
Share Data)
September 30,
2024
December 31,
2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
6,986
$
8,934
Marketable securities
7,421
32,852
Accounts receivable, net
8,333
6,810
Inventories, net
10,343
14,860
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets
13,847
8,121
Current assets of discontinued
operations
1,235
103,177
Total current assets
48,165
174,754
Property and equipment, net
21,143
26,533
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net
53,813
59,245
Operating lease right-of-use assets
2,683
2,934
Intangible assets, net
4,808
5,226
Other assets
6,930
6,072
Total assets
$
137,542
$
274,764
Liabilities and stockholders’
equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
5,329
$
4,397
Finance lease liabilities, current
portion
4,331
3,705
Operating lease liabilities, current
portion
726
842
Long-term debt, current portion
1,801
55,201
Accrued expenses and other current
liabilities
8,688
21,352
Current liabilities of discontinued
operations
893
18,802
Total current liabilities
21,768
104,299
Long-term debt, less current portion
13,836
5,250
Finance lease liabilities, less current
portion
69,907
73,682
Operating lease liabilities, less current
portion
3,799
4,299
Warrant liabilities
1,361
1,186
Conversion option liabilities
—
5
Other non-current liabilities
30
—
Total liabilities
110,701
188,721
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 440,000
and 440,000 shares authorized, 5,580 and 5,954 shares issued and
outstanding at September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023,
respectively (1)
1
1
Additional paid-in capital
615,009
611,497
Accumulated deficit
(587,705)
(523,786)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(464)
(1,669)
Total stockholders’ equity
26,841
86,043
Total liabilities and stockholders’
equity
$
137,542
$
274,764
(1) Amounts have been adjusted to reflect
the 1-for-35 reverse stock split that became effective on July 18,
2024.
Benson Hill, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
(In Thousands, Except Per
Share Data)
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Revenues
$
34,098
$
23,464
$
89,004
$
95,615
Cost of sales
34,555
21,808
85,047
88,046
Research and development
7,006
10,526
21,403
33,480
Selling, general and administrative
expenses
12,292
13,723
37,275
33,460
Impairment of goodwill
—
—
—
9,260
Interest expense, net
1,849
7,155
12,153
20,401
Changes in fair value of warrants and
conversion
456
(12,001)
170
(30,661)
Other (income) expense, net
(164)
(201)
(857)
2,588
Net loss from continuing operations before
income taxes
(21,896)
(17,546)
(66,187)
(60,959)
Income tax expense (benefit)
—
6
6
(117)
Net loss from continuing operations, net
of income taxes
(21,896)
(17,552)
(66,193)
(60,842)
Net (loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of
(1,040)
(18)
2,274
(16,623)
Net loss attributable to common
stockholders
$
(22,936)
$
(17,570)
$
(63,919)
$
(77,465)
Net loss per common share:
Basic and diluted net loss per common
share from continuing operations (1)
$
(3.95)
$
(3.26)
$
(12.03)
$
(11.34)
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per
common share from discontinued operations (1)
$
(0.19)
$
(0.01)
$
0.41
$
(3.10)
Basic and diluted total net loss per
common share (1)
$
(4.14)
$
(3.27)
$
(11.62)
$
(14.44)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares
outstanding (1)
5,544
5,378
5,499
5,363
(1) Amounts have been adjusted to reflect
the 1-for-35 reverse stock split that became effective on July 18,
2024.
Benson Hill, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net loss attributable to common
stockholders
$
(22,936)
$
(17,570)
$
(63,919)
$
(77,465)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation
adjustment
—
—
(12)
—
Change in fair value of available-for-sale
marketable securities, net of deferred taxes
33
409
1,217
3,933
Total other comprehensive income
33
409
1,205
3,933
Total comprehensive loss
$
(22,903)
$
(17,161)
$
(62,714)
$
(73,532)
Benson Hill, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
Operating activities
Net loss
$
(63,919)
$
(77,465)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net
cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
11,924
16,056
Stock-based compensation expense
3,373
(347)
Bad debt expense
1,180
(263)
Changes in fair value of warrants and
conversion option
170
(30,661)
Accretion and amortization related to
financing activities
6,191
6,624
Realized losses on sale of marketable
securities
1,108
3,058
Impairment of goodwill
—
19,226
Other
(4,630)
1,815
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable
6,749
(3,073)
Inventories
12,446
43,323
Other assets and other liabilities
5,290
(4,170)
Accounts payable
(6,831)
(32,306)
Accrued expenses
(13,810)
(15,685)
Net cash used in operating activities
(40,759)
(73,868)
Investing activities
Purchases of marketable securities
(46,840)
(87,619)
Proceeds from maturities of marketable
securities
36,201
66,193
Proceeds from sales of marketable
securities
36,240
99,838
Purchase of property and equipment
(541)
(10,127)
Proceeds from divestiture of discontinued
operations
58,405
2,378
Proceeds from an insurance claim from a
prior business acquisition
—
1,533
Proceeds from a corporate-owned life
insurance policy
2,173
—
Other
28
41
Net cash provided by investing
activities
85,666
72,237
Financing activities
Repayments of long-term debt
(66,806)
(4,874)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term
debt
15,800
—
Payments of debt issuance costs
—
(2,000)
Borrowing under revolving line of
credit
3,562
—
Repayments under revolving line of
credit
(3,562)
—
Payments of finance lease obligations
(3,042)
(2,428)
Proceeds from exercise of stock awards,
net of withholding taxes
58
249
Net cash used in financing activities
(53,990)
(9,053)
Effect of exchange rate changes on
cash
(12)
—
Net decrease in cash and cash
equivalents
(9,095)
(10,684)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash, beginning of period
16,081
43,321
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted
cash, end of period
$
6,986
$
32,637
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
information
Cash paid for taxes
$
—
$
35
Cash paid for interest
$
6,604
$
14,523
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash
activities
Purchases of property and equipment
included in liabilities
$
165
$
125
Benson Hill, Inc.
Non-GAAP
Reconciliation
(In Thousands)
This press release contains financial
measures not derived in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”). Reconciliations to the most
comparable GAAP measures are provided below. The Company defines
Adjusted EBITDA as net loss from continuing operations excluding
income taxes, interest, depreciation, amortization, stock-based
compensation, changes in fair value of warrants and conversion
options, realized (gains) losses on marketable securities, goodwill
and long-lived asset impairment, restructuring-related costs
(including severance costs) and the impact of significant
non-recurring items. The Company defines free cash flow as net cash
(used in) provided by operating activities minus capital
expenditures.
Adjustments to reconcile net loss from our
continuing operations to Adjusted EBITDA:
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net loss from continuing operations, net
of income taxes
$
(21,896)
$
(17,552)
$
(66,193)
$
(60,842)
Interest expense, net
1,849
7,155
12,153
20,401
Income tax expense (benefit)
—
6
6
(117)
Depreciation and amortization
3,863
3,648
11,536
10,651
Stock-based compensation
959
867
3,373
(392)
Changes in fair value of warrants and
conversion option
456
(12,001)
170
(30,661)
Impairment of goodwill
—
—
—
9,260
Exit costs related to divestiture of
Creston facility
—
—
2,881
—
Business transformation
—
—
732
—
Proceeds from a corporate-owned life
insurance policy
—
—
(2,173)
—
Severance
35
3,338
1,511
4,576
Other
2,106
180
3,879
3,054
Total Adjusted EBITDA
$
(12,628)
$
(14,359)
$
(32,125)
$
(44,070)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss from our
continuing operations to free cash flow loss:
Three Months Ended September
30,
Nine Months Ended September
30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net loss from continuing operations, net
of income taxes
$
(21,896)
$
(17,552)
$
(66,193)
$
(60,842)
Depreciation and amortization
3,863
3,648
11,536
10,651
Stock-based compensation
959
867
3,373
(392)
Changes in fair value of warrants and
conversion option
456
(12,001)
170
(30,661)
Impairment of goodwill
—
—
—
9,260
Accretion and amortization related to
financing activities
—
2,306
6,191
6,624
Change in working capital
(74)
(2,159)
(2,931)
(19,911)
Other
(320)
1,010
(483)
6,775
Net cash used in operating activities
(17,012)
(23,881)
(48,337)
(78,496)
Payments for acquisitions of property and
equipment
(83)
100
(541)
(6,213)
Free cash flow loss
$
(17,095)
$
(23,781)
$
(48,878)
$
(84,709)
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