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Cannabis investors remain hungry for stock as long as the company is one with solid and consistent revenue. It seems GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ: GRWG) and Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR) are two such companies. Both priced and upsized offerings today
IIP Upsizes Huge Offering
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIP) priced its underwritten public offering of 2,683,363 shares at $83.85 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $225 million. The deal is expected to close on or about July 2, 2020. The underwriters also have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 402,504 shares of its common stock.
IIP said it plans to use the net proceeds from this offering to invest in specialized industrial real estate assets that support the regulated cannabis cultivation and processing industry that are consistent with its investment strategy and for general corporate purposes.
According to Yahoo Finance, five analysts cover the stock. Four have a buy rating, while one is at hold. The average target price is $111 and the stock is currently trading near $85.
GrowGeneration Upsizes Offer
GrowGeneration Corp. (NASDAQ: GRWG) priced an underwritten public offering of 7,500,000 shares of its common stock at $5.60 per share. GrowGen said it expects the gross proceeds to be roughly $42 million, before deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses. The deal was upsized from the previously announced offering size of $35 million of common stock and is expected to close on July 2. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 shares of common stock offered in the public market.
According to Yahoo Finance, five analysts are covering the stock and all have a buy rating. The average target price is $8 and the stock is selling near $6.50. The average revenue estimate for the current quarter is $36 million, an increase of 87% over last year’s sales for the same time period.
