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 carefully at liquidity, given the challenging environment for capital raises. One striking observation is that over 25% of the 101 Cultivation & Retail sector companies in the Viridian database now have a debt/ market cap over 2x and total liabilities to a market cap of over 4x, which we consider indicative of financial stress. Most of these companies are small, with little access to the capital markets.
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 carefully at liquidity, given the challenging environment for capital raises. One striking observation is that over 25% of the 101 Cultivation & Retail sector companies in the Viridian database now have a debt/ market cap over 2x and total liabilities to a market cap of over 4x, which we consider indicative of financial stress. Most of these companies are small, with little access to the capital markets.
*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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