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Good
afternoon and welcome to another episode of Investorideas.com
"Potcast" featuring cannabis news, stocks to watch as well as
insights from thought leaders and experts.
In
today’s podcast we look at a few public and private company announcements.
High
Tide Inc. (TSXV:
HITI) (OTCQB:
HITID), a retail-focused cannabis corporation enhanced by
the manufacturing and distribution of consumption accessories,
announced today that it has been added to the Cannabis ETF (NYSE:
THCX). Listed on New York Stock Exchange's Archipelago
Exchange, the THCX tracks the Innovation Labs Cannabis Index, a portfolio of 33
stocks that are expected to benefit from the growth of the legal global
marijuana, cannabinoid and hemp industries.
"High Tide's inclusion in THCX
is a significant vote of confidence in the progress we have made growing and
expanding our business, particularly in the United States", said Raj
Grover, President and Chief Executive Officer of High Tide. "Today's news
provides us with an additional tool to broaden our reach and profile among U.S.
investors who are attracted to High Tide's consistent track record of
delivering profitability and results for shareholders. With our pending listing
on Nasdaq, we hope that more institutions and ETFs will continue to take
positions in High Tide", added Mr. Grover.
VIVO
Cannabis Inc. (TSX:
VIVO) (OTCQX:
VVCIF) today
released its first quarter 2021 financial and operating
results.
"In
the first quarter of 2021, VIVO made significant contributions to its
organizational foundation with the EU-GMP certification of the Vanluven
Facility and by strengthening its balance sheet with an equity offering
completed in February 2021." said Rick Fitzgerald, interim-CEO of VIVO.
" We also continue to enhance our Cannabis 2.0 line of products with the
formulation of our new brick hash offering and our soon to be released topical
offering."
The Canadian Cannabis industry
continues to face strong headwinds caused by retail price compression and
customer inventory rationalization.
Net revenue for Q1 2021 was $5.5
million, representing a 11% decrease quarter-over-quarter as compared to Q4
2020, driven by a one-time $0.6 million excise tax underestimate, a late Q4
2020 Australian shipment and overall Canadian market compression in the
quarter.
VIVO continued to sustain top-tier
prices for its medical and adult-use dry flower products, with a net average
selling price (net of excise) of $6.28 per gram in Q1 2021, up 5% from Q4 2020
due to product mix.
Sales, general and administrative
expenses were $4.1 million in Q1 2021, compared to $5.1 million in Q4 2020, a
reduction of 20% driven by targeted cost reduction activities and one-time
restructuring costs incurred in Q4 2020.
The Company's adjusted EBITDA(1) was
($2.4) million for the quarter, compared to ($4.8) million in Q4 2020, the
difference primarily driven by targeted cost reduction activities and restructuring in the prior quarter.
VIVO continued to strengthen its
balance sheet through its $8M capital raise. The cost reduction activities and
the capital raise allowed for an increase in its cash and cash equivalents
balance from $5.7M in Q4 2020 to $16.9M in Q1 2021.
Nova
Cannabis Inc. (TSXV:
NOVC) today
released its unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial
statements and management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended
March 31, 2021.
"Nova has been executing its
growth strategy to bring everyday value for real cannabis consumers through the
Value Buds banner," said Darren Karasiuk, CEO of Nova. "The increase
of over 120% in the sales from the first 18 stores we've converted to Value
Buds in the last few weeks is evidence of our strategy's effectiveness. As
Alcanna experienced with their Deep Discount trial stores in 2020, we expect
further increases in sales in the coming weeks and months as more consumers in
those trade areas discover our value proposition and as we expand the Value
Buds footprint through more conversions and new store openings."
"Nova now has 53 stores
operating and a further 30 stores in development, with the majority scheduled
for completion in 2021. This is exclusive of a number of other potential sites
that we are evaluating, and we continue to lever Alcanna's relationship with national
landlords to identify store locations that we believe represents sustainable
value. We plan to build one of the largest retail cannabis footprints in
Canada, but what we believe sets us apart is our strategic focus on the
high-volume value-conscious consumer and our ability to offer a truly better
alternative to the illicit market."
Business
and Operating Highlights:
● Converted
eighteen (18) stores from either the Nova Cannabis or the Deep Discount
Cannabis banners to the Value Buds banner in Alberta in Q1 and to date in Q2
2021.
● Early
performance from the stores converted to the Value Buds banner have already
seen, on average, transaction count and sales increases of in excess of 120%
compared to the period before conversion:
○ Increased
sales under the Value Buds banner were realized at a gross margin as a
percentage of sales of approximately 19% compared to approximately 32% in the
period before conversion; and
○ As we
continue to increase the number of Value Buds locations and introduce this
banner to more customers, we anticipate that our gross margin as a percentage
of sales will blend out to be approximately 12% to 15% in the second half of
2021 and we anticipate that the sales increases already realized to date will
continue and possibly accelerate.
● Currently,
thirty (30) new stores are under development/construction – nineteen (19) in
Ontario and eleven (11) in Alberta; most are expected to open in the second
half of 2021. In addition, Nova has another thirty (30) new store locations in
Ontario under active negotiation.
● To date
in May, converted Nova's original Ontario store on Queen Street West to Value
Buds and opened one (1) new Value Buds store at Bloor and Lansdown in Toronto,
Ontario.
The
Company expects to adopt an aggressive and disciplined stance toward growth
focusing on:
● Organic
store openings
● Opportunistic
and sensible acquisitions to complement organic growth
● Same-store
sales growth
● Private
label
● Basket
size growth
When
it comes to both organic growth and acquisition opportunities, the Company is
focused on store locations that have long-term viability. Management recognizes
that in Ontario, due to its historically slow retail cannabis store rollout,
many existing cannabis retail locations have enjoyed monopoly-like positions in
very large trade areas. These monopolies have provided many cannabis retailers
with revenues that we believe are unsustainable with greater competition and
vulnerability to new retailers who can offer better pricing as well as
traditional retail fundamentals such as visibility, parking, and proximity to
other customer draws.
Additional
store conversions to the Value Buds banner will continue in Q2 and Q3 2021.
Store banner conversions from the legacy banners of YSS and Sweet Tree to our
new discount-focused banner, Value Buds, have been delayed by the world-wide
microchip shortage resulting in longer than expected lead times to acquire
point-of-sale hardware and other equipment necessary to properly operate the
stores as Value Buds; however, we believe that these conversions will be
substantially completed in Q3 2021.
Canopy Growth
Corporation (TSX:
WEED) (NASDAQ:
CGC)
will
release its financial results for the fourth
quarter and fiscal year 2021 ended March 31, 2021 before financial markets open
on June 1, 2021.
Following
the release of its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 financial results,
Canopy Growth will host an audio webcast with David Klein, CEO and Mike Lee,
EVP & CFO at 10:00 AM Eastern Time on June 1, 2021.
A
live audio webcast will be available at:
https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1455554&tp_key=5f1698b420
A
replay will be accessible by webcast until 11:59 PM ET on August 30, 2021 at:
https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1455554&tp_key=5f1698b420
Grapefruit USA,
Inc. (OTCQB:
GPFT), a diversified California-based cannabis and hemp
company, today
announced that it has commenced accepting cryptocurrency as
payment at its recently launched e-commerce store: www.hourglassonlinestore.com
Grapefruit’s
customers who prefer to use Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Dogecoin or
Monero will now be able to “convert” their crypto of choice at checkout to make
purchases at the Company’s new e-commerce store.
With
respect to the Company’s novel acceptance of cryptocurrencies, Bradley J.
Yourist, GPFT CEO, commented, “Grapefruit’s THC-free hemp-derived CBD Hourglass
technology-driven products, just like cryptocurrencies and the blockchain, are
the future, and Grapefruit’s acceptance of crypto as payment demonstrates
GPFT’s outreach to the explosively growing demographic of crypto early adopters
and other ‘younger’ buyers who also seek the holistic benefits of Grapefruit’s
THC-free, hemp-derived Hourglass time-release CBD products. Everyone, young and
old, experiences sore muscles from working out and other aches and pains, and
our THC-free hemp-derived CBD Hourglass-powered products can provide a solution
for all demographics – whether they choose to pay by American Express Platinum
or Dogecoin on our accurate and secure payment platform. We envision the days
after Sen. Schumer succeeds in his efforts to decriminalize THC and customers
from the 50 states and throughout the world will be able to use crypto to pay
for purchases of our full-spectrum THC Hourglass time-release
technology-powered products through our e-commerce platform.”
Grapefruit
is devoted to selling only the highest-quality, plant-based, independently
tested and reliable cannabis and hemp products and will make no claims unless
clinically validated. All of Grapefruit’s THC-free hemp-derived CBD-based
products to be marketed and sold on the new e-commerce website will be
thoroughly tested and include a QR coded certificate of analysis, which will
provide consumers with a complete list of third-party-verified ingredients
certifying each product’s cannabinoid content, purity and safety. The Company
does not recommend investing in cryptocurrencies without doing your own due
diligence and obtaining the advice of an investment advisor or other counsel.
To
learn more about the new Grapefruit Affiliate Program, please visit:
https://hourglassonlinestore.com/affiliates/
To
learn more about the new e-commerce store, please visit:
https://hourglassonlinestore.com/
To
learn more about Grapefruit, please visit InvestorBrandNetwork:
https://www.investorbrandnetwork.com/clients/grapefruit-usa-inc/
To
learn more about Grapefruit’s new sustained-release Hourglass™ THC +
Cannabinoid Topical Delivery Cream, please watch this promotional video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cU9MJMgH1w&feature=youtu.be, and visit our website at
https://grapefruitblvd.com/hourglass/.
To
learn more about Grapefruit, please visit our website at:
https://grapefruitblvd.com/investor-relations/
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