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Earnings call · FY2025 Q4

Codexis, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Codexis, Inc. Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call

Concluded Mar 11, 2026
Mar 11, 2026 36 turns
Period
FY2025 Q4
Runtime
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Codexis reported Q4 2025 revenue of $38.9 million and full-year revenue of $70.4 million (up 19% YoY), ended the year with $78.2 million in cash, and guided 2026 revenue to $72–$76 million with runway through 2027, as it advances its ECOsynthesis siRNA manufacturing platform and signed a $37.8 million technology transfer agreement with Merck.

ECOsynthesis platform progress and scaling 45 siRNA market opportunity and demand 41 Commercial partnerships and CDMO agreements 14 Legacy biocatalysis business stabilization 12 2026 revenue guidance and visibility 7 Financial position and cash runway 7

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +65 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We ended the year in a strong cash position fueled by the $37.8 million technology transfer agreement we signed with Merck in the fourth quarter, and we expect our current cash balance to fund operations and capital expenditures through 2027.”
  • “It is remarkable that in just a short time we have moved enzymatic siRNA synthesis from an exciting idea to a reality.”
  • “We had a client utilize our ligase to manufacture a 3-kilogram batch of siRNA, a tremendous achievement in chemoenzymatic production, an important growth sector of our business.”
  • “We feel pretty good about having that margin, or close to it, with some margin of error around that through 2026.”

Forward guidance

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Research coverage

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Revenue · derived Q4 $38.91M +81.3% YoY
Net income · derived Q4 $9.60M

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Full-year 2025 revenue grew 19% to $70.4 million vs. $59.3 million in 2024, driven by the $37.8 million Merck Technology Transfer Agreement signed in Q4
  • Achieved key ECOsynthesis technical milestones, including synthesizing 10 grams of a commercially relevant siRNA via full sequential enzymatic synthesis and a customer producing a 3-kilogram siRNA batch using Codexis's ligase
  • Surpassed CDMO partnership goal by signing three agreements (Bachem, Nitto Avevia, and Axolabs) versus a target of one in 2025
  • Sales pipeline expanded to 55 opportunities across 40 individual companies, with conversations shifting from feasibility to broader preclinical/IND-enabling scope
  • Heritage small-molecule biocatalysis business returned to a healthy profit margin with 64% full-year gross margin and is preparing to support two commercial launches following successful Phase 3 data
  • Cash position of $78.2 million with runway through 2027, bolstered by ISO 9001 certification and successful large pharma facility audit

Risks & pressure points

  • Q4 2025 included a hard realignment/restructuring decision, and management indicated savings will only partially offset the cost of the new GMP facility
  • GMP facility will not be fully operational until end of 2027, meaning significant capital spending is still ahead with revenue impact deferred
  • Management acknowledged that a portion of the $72–$76 million 2026 revenue guidance is still speculative early in the year, with full line of sight not yet established
  • Growth is concentrated in early-stage ECOsynthesis services where limited gross margin visibility exists today, as ECO gross margin is not yet meaningfully calculable
  • Higher growth is expected from the newer ECO business while legacy biocatalysis revenue has only stabilized, creating execution risk on the strategic pivot

Key moments

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“We ended the year in a strong cash position fueled by the $37.8 million technology transfer agreement we signed with Merck in the fourth quarter, and we expect our current cash balance to fund operations and capital expenditures through 2027.” Alison Moore, CEO
“This contract is the prototype of how we enter into evaluation agreements with our customers. Once the customer decides to move their drug candidate forward, we enter into a new multi-year agreement that will incorporate licensing fees, milestone payments, as well as a clinical supply agreement.” Speaker 3, Other

Forward guidance

From the 8-K filed Mar 11, 2026.

Metric Guided
Total revenues
2026
$72M – $76M
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