OUR 9TH YEAR OF PROVIDING PROPRIETARY CAPITAL MARKETS INTELLIGENCE ON THE CANNABIS / HEMP / PSYCHEDELIC SECTORS
OUR 9TH YEAR OF PROVIDING PROPRIETARY CAPITAL MARKETS INTELLIGENCE ON THE CANNABIS / HEMP / PSYCHEDELIC SECTORS
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Credit ratings are not currently available for public cannabis companies leaving companies, lenders and investors with a gap of information. The Viridian Cannabis Credit Tracker fills this gap. The model uses 11 market and financial statement variables to discern 4 key credit factors: Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, and Size, to provide credit/liquidity analysis for over 370 public Cannabis/Hemp companies.
The Viridian Credit Tracker utilizes 11 different bespoke credit ratios to evaluate four aspects of credit quality: Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, and Size. We are looking at the extreme quartiles of our ratios to identify credit stresses. We see the most significant liquidity stress in the Infused Products and Extracts sector. The twenty-one companies in this sector have a median free cash flow adjusted current ratio of only .04x, indicating severe liquidity stress. These tend to be relatively small companies with an average market cap of only about $8M and may have little access to debt capital. The median debt/market cap is only .69x indicating some ability to pursue debt/equity swaps, which seems to be a good idea since even the highest quartile appears to have significant negative funds from operation relative to their liabilities. These small brand companies appear fertile hunting grounds for distressed investors who can combine these entities with larger organizations.
The Viridian Credit Tracker utilizes 11 different bespoke credit ratios to evaluate four aspects of credit quality: Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, and Size. We are looking at the extreme quartiles of our ratios to identify credit stresses. We see the most significant liquidity stress in the Infused Products and Extracts sector. The twenty-one companies in this sector have a median free cash flow adjusted current ratio of only .04x, indicating severe liquidity stress. These tend to be relatively small companies with an average market cap of only about $8M and may have little access to debt capital. The median debt/market cap is only .69x indicating some ability to pursue debt/equity swaps, which seems to be a good idea since even the highest quartile appears to have significant negative funds from operation relative to their liabilities. These small brand companies appear fertile hunting grounds for distressed investors who can combine these entities with larger organizations.
*Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. The Federal Government does not recognize marijuana to have any medicinal values. Marijuana cultivation, possession, consumption, sales, and distribution are illegal under federal laws and also certain state laws. Please note that there are differences in marijuana laws from one state, county, or city to another.
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