RE: The only reason for the drop26 Feb 2025 11:32
"The Board expects that total income for the current financial year, driven by contracts already signed, will be in line with market expectations. The Company is actively discussing a number of further contracts although there is no guarantee they will be signed within the current financial year. "
The above from the trading statement caveats that they might not be signed within the current financial year, let alone bring in any revenue in that time. That ends on 30th June this year, their guidance in the same RNS refers to 'driven by contracts already signed', so again suggesting that they are uncertain of anything more for the first half of 2025.
Any CROs that are not permanently discussing contracts would soon be bust, it is getting them signed and delivered and paid for that counts, it would seem PYC is struggling again with slippage on this front.
Interims in the next fortnight will confirm how the first half went, but remember there was a large contracted order book overhang from the previous trading year, so drawing comparisons is even harder.