$0.6 million in Adjusted EBITDA1, the fourth consecutive quarter with positive Adjusted EBITDA
Gross Margins improved by 360 basis points to 29% with battery systems exceeding 30%
Reaffirmed Fiscal 2024 Guidance of $65 to 75 million underpinned by increasing order backlog and an updated Three Year Strategic Supply Agreement with two of the largest OEMs in the Material Handling sector
Electrovaya Inc. (“Electrovaya” or the “Company”)(Nasdaq: ELVA, TSX: ELVA), a leading lithium-ion battery technology and manufacturing company, today reported its financial results for the first quarter fiscal year ended September 30, 2024 (“Q1 FY2024”). All dollar amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
“Q1 FY2024 represented a good start for the fiscal year for the Company with strong revenue growth, improved margins and our fourth consecutive positive EBITDA1 result”, said Dr. Raj DasGupta, Electrovya’s CEO. “ Given the strength of the backlog and the current line of sight for other orders, we are reaffirming guidance of between $65 million and $75 million revenue for FY 2024.”
“We continue our long term planning with respect to increasing the adoption of our Infinity Battery Technology into new verticals from 2025 and are making good progress including in the electric bus, construction and mining vehicles as well as energy storage applications. While not having meaningful revenue in 2024, these new vertices will help support our vision to become the leading battery player for heavy duty applications that require longer lasting and safer batteries”
John Gibson, Electrovaya’s CFO commented, “Q1 FY2024 was by far our strongest first quarter in recent history. The Company is making progress in reaching a new debt facility with increased working capital availability, which is going to support further revenue growth in the quarters ahead. In parallel, good progress is also being made with our project financing goals to support our Jamestown New York gigafactory build out .”
1 Non-IFRS Measure: Adjusted EBITDA is defined as profit/(loss) from operations , plus finance costs, stock based compensation and depreciation. Adjusted EBITDA does not have a standardized meaning under IFRS. Therefore it is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Management believes that certain investors and analysts use adjusted EBITDA to measure the performance of the business and is an accepted measure of financial performance in our industry. It is not a measure of financial performance under IFRS, and may not be defined and calculated in the same manner by other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to Income (loss) from operations.
Financial Highlights:
Business Highlights:
Positive Financial Outlook & Fiscal 2024 Guidance:
The Company anticipates revenue of approximately $65 to $75 million for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 (“FY 2024”), representing year-over-year growth of approximately 58% at the midpoint. The increase in revenue is anticipated to be underpinned by a recently expanded
strategic supply agreement which now includes an additional global OEM, increasing order backlogs and new products designed for newn sectors. This guidance is subject to change and is made barring any unforeseen circumstances. See “Forward-Looking Statements”.
Selected Annual Financial Information for the Quarter ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
Results of Operations
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Adjusted EBITDA1
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1 Non-IFRS Measure: Adjusted EBITDA is defined as loss from operations, plus finance costs, stock-based compensation costs and depreciation. Adjusted EBITDA does not have a standardized meaning under IFRS. We believe that certain investors and analysts use Adjusted EBITDA to measure the performance of the business and is an accepted measure of financial performance in our industry. It is not a measure of financial performance under IFRS, and may not be defined and calculated in the same manner by other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to Income (loss) from operations.
Summary Financial Position
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The Company’s complete Financial Statements, Management Discussion and Analysis and Annual Information Form for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 are available at www.sedar.com or on the Company’s website at www.electrovaya.com.
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Investor and Media Contact:
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Director, Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Electrovaya Inc.
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About Electrovaya Inc.
Electrovaya Inc. (NASDAQ:ELVA) (TSX:ELVA) is a pioneering leader in the global energy transformation, focused on contributing to the prevention of climate change by supplying safe and long-lasting lithium-ion batteries. The Company has extensive IP and designs, develops and manufactures proprietary lithium-ion batteries and battery systems for energy storage and heavy duty electric vehicles based on its Infinity Battery Technology Platform. This technology offers enhanced safety and industry leading battery longevity. The Company is also developing next generation solid state battery technology at its Labs division. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Electrovaya has two operating sites in Canada and has acquired a 52-acre site with a 135,000 square foot manufacturing facility in New York state for its planned gigafactory. To learn more about Electrovaya, please explore www.electrovaya.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including statements relating to FY 2024 revenue and growth expectations, refinancing existing debt, the satisfaction of filing obligations in the United States, new product lines, new OEM partners, and an increased order backlog in FY 2024, business opportunities in 2025, progress on the development of the Company’s Jamestown assets, the deployment of the Company’s products by the Company’s customers and the timing for delivery thereof, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as “may”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “likely”, “possible”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”,
“believe”, “plan”, “objective” and “continue” (or the negative thereof) and words and expressions of similar import. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Certain material factors and assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Without limitation, statements with respect to the FY2024 guidance, to the purchase and deployment of the Company’s products by the Company’s
customers and users, and the timing for delivery thereof, = levels of expected sales and expected further purchases and demand growth, and development of facilities are based on an assumption that the Company’s customers and users will deploy its products in accordance with communicated and contracted intentions and in accordance with trends observed by management, that the Company will be able to deliver the ordered products on a basis consistent with past deliveries, that future gross margins will reflect expected gross margins based on historical sales, the ability to increase prices to help maintain gross margins, ability to have production ramps of the Infinity Battery
Technology Products in FY2024 to meet demand. Statements with respect to the ability to refinance debt are based on assumptions extrapolated from discussions with alternative lenders to the Company’s existing lender. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to macroeconomic effects on the Company and its business and on the Company’s customers, economic conditions generally and their effect on consumer demand, labor shortages, inflation, supply chain constraints, and other factors which may cause disruptions in the Company’s supply chain and Company’s capability to deliver the
products. Additional information about material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied in making forward-looking statements may be found in the Company’s Annual Information Form for the year ended September 30, 2023 under “Risk Factors”, and in the Company’s most recent annual Management’s Discussion and Analysis under “Qualitative And Quantitative Disclosures about Risk and Uncertainties” as well as in other public disclosure documents filed with Canadian
securities regulatory authorities. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the forward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
The expected revenue for FY 2024 described in this release constitutes future‐oriented financial information (“FOFI”), and is generally, without limitation, based on the assumptions and subject to the risks set out above under “Forward‐Looking Statements”. Although management believes such assumptions to be reasonable, a number of such assumptions are beyond the Company’s control and there can be no assurance that the assumptions made in preparing the FOFI will prove accurate. FOFI is provided for the purpose of providing information about
management’s current expectations and plans relating to the Company’s future performance, and may not be appropriate for other purposes.
The FOFI does not purport to present the Company’s financial condition in accordance with IFRS, and it is expected that there may be differences between expected results and actual results, and the differences may be material. The inclusion of the FOFI in this news release should not be regarded as an indication that the Company considers the FOFI to be a reliable prediction of future events, and the FOFI should not be relied upon as such.