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Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) released its financial results for the second quarter of 2021 ending June 30, 2021, with total revenue increasing 219% to $47.7 million over last year. This was a sequential increase of 14.6%. year. Jushi also reported a net income of $4.8 million, which was a $31.6 million sequential improvement. The company said the increase was primarily driven by an increase in revenue, gross profit, and a gain on fair value derivative liabilities.
Jushi also gave full-year 2022 guidance for revenues to be between $375 to $425 million and Adjusted EBITDA to be between $110 to $130 million on an IFRS basis. As of June 30, 2021, Jushi had $126.8 million of cash and short-term investments.
“I’m very pleased with our performance in the second quarter; we achieved strong sequential revenue growth, industry leading year-over-year revenue growth, and maintained Adjusted EBITDA profitability, while continuing to invest in our strategic growth initiatives,” said Jim Cacioppo, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Founder of Jushi. “With our strong balance sheet we are well positioned to execute on our plans, which includes expanding our national retail footprint as well as building out our cultivation and processing assets to support increased demand from both patients and consumers for our high-quality products.”
Jushi said that the net income was $4.8 million, or $0.03 per basic share and a net loss of $(0.09) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(26.8) million, or $(0.18) per diluted share in Q1 2021. “The net loss of $(0.09) per diluted share in Q2 2021 was primarily due to the dilutive effects of the derivative warrants as accounted for under IFRS.” The company said that the $31.6 million improvements in net income in the second quarter were primarily driven by the gain on fair value derivative liabilities of $21.1 million.
Mr. Cacioppo commented, “Looking ahead to the remainder of the year, we expect to open an additional seven BEYOND/HELLO dispensaries, add two dispensaries and a grower-processor facility in Massachusetts through the acquisition of Nature’s Remedy of Massachusetts and continue to build out our Pennsylvania and Virginia grower-processor facilities, which will fuel our business as we head into 2022.”
Mr. Cacioppo added, “Assuming our Massachusetts acquisition closes late in the third quarter, we are revising our full year 2021 revenue guidance range from $205 to $255 million to $220 to $230 million and our 2021 Adjusted EBITDA guidance range from approximately $40 to $50 million to $32 to $37 million. The reduction in Adjusted EBITDA guidance relates to (1) the Virginia market developing slower than we initially forecast, mostly due to flower launching in September versus our assumption in July, the Company pivoting to a larger store format and the timing and regulations associated with the adult use program, which resulted in new store openings being delayed; (2) reducing the flower room capacity at the existing 89,000 square foot Pennsylvania grower-processor facility to accommodate post-harvest expansion related to expanding to a much larger facility than initially anticipated at acquisition in the summer of 2020; and (3) growth in corporate overhead that reflects the opportunity and challenges of the very significant growth associated with the larger than planned grower-processor expansion and the upcoming adult use markets in VA and PA, both of which may happen by 2023.”
