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Capital Raises Summary

Each week, Viridian publishes insights and analysis on completed capital raise transactions in the prior week, focusing on all equity and debt deals. Our analysis includes:

  • YTD Analysis
  • Sector Focus
  • Capital Raises vs Equity Prices
  • Outlook
  • Sector and Company Performance
  • Capital Raises by Sector

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YTD Analysis

Cannabis capital raises are off 63.6% YTD:

  • Total Equity issuance is off 74.5%, and total debt issuance is down 46.7%.
  • U.S. debt is down only 35.2%, while Canadian debt is down a more significant 79.7%.
  • At 57.2% of total capital raised, debt remains the highest in history for comparable periods.
  • Public companies accounted for 74.5% of total financing YTD, down from 79.6% in 2021.
  • The graph below shows that U.S. activity dominated capital raises for the first forty-six weeks of 2022, with 75.3% of all capital raised.
  • International capital raises of $319M represented 7.9% of total capital raises, exceeding the previous record of 6.3% in 2019.

Market Commentary and Outlook

This Week Sector Focus

Capital Raises vs Stock Prices

Best and Worst Stock Performers