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It’s time for your Daily Hit of cannabis financial news for January 10, 2021.
On The Site
Tilray
Tilray, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLRY) stock is popping over 11% in early trading as the company turned in a solid earnings report for the second fiscal quarter ending November 30, 2021. As shares were lately trading at $7.25, Tilray reported revenue increasing approximately 20% to $155 million versus last year’s $129 million for the same time period. However, analysts had estimated Tilray would report revenue of roughly $170 million causing the company to miss expectations for the second quarter in a row.
Tilray outlined the increases with a 7% growth in cannabis revenue to $58.8 million, net beverage alcohol revenue of $13.7 million from SweetWater, and wellness segment revenue of $13.8 million from Manitoba Harvest. The net income increased to $6 million from a net loss of $89 million in the previous year’s quarter. The earnings per share came in flat, which did beat analysts’ estimates that ranged from a loss of ($0.08) to a loss of ($0.13.)
Virginia
Even as cannabis companies are making lots of noise about their social equity actions, Republicans are quickly moving to strip out any efforts to level the playing field. The latest move is by Virginia’s legislation. The state’s SB107 was filed on January 6 and is scheduled to be offered on January 12, 2022. What is notable about the legislation is that 30% of the tax revenue was originally carved out to go to the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Fund established pursuant to § 2.2-2499.8 and instead is being directed to the general fund. Sources told Green Market Report that legislators were calling the program, “give a felon a license.”
Paul McLean of the Virginia Minority Cannabis Coalition one of the most respected new voices within the Virginian cannabis industry said, “The SB107 appears to be the first move in dismantling social equity in Virginia. Having funding is essential to the success of an equity program, and eliminating that funding is a slap in the face to those who have worked so hard to ensure Virginia has a healthy and equitable cannabis market. Part of what VMCC is doing with our boot camps is providing funding connections to graduates because of the systemic lack of funding opportunities overall and primarily Black and Brown entrepreneurs, especially those impacted by the war on drugs. We know that our elected officials can do better, and Virginians must demand they do what is fair for their constituents.”
In Other News
Jushi
Jushi Holdings Inc.(OTCQX: JUSHF) announced that Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Founder, Jim Cacioppo, has purchased 66,800 Class B Subordinate Voting Shares of the company in the open market for an approximate amount of$220,000. Jim holds in the aggregate, approximately 19.2% of the issued and outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares (calculated in accordance with National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues and on a non-diluted basis).
MindMed
Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD) announced the resignation of Stephen Hurst from his role as a Director of the Company’
