Short Sellers Get Even Higher on Cannabis Stocks

By Chris Lange Updated Mar 13, 6:12PM EDT · Published Jul 25, 9:30AM EDT

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Cannabis stocks had a huge showing on Wall Street last fall. In fact, most of the news flow surrounding these stocks had investors pouring money into them. Some of the stocks even doubled or tripled in value in that time.

Although a fair number of these companies are based outside the United States, many of them trade on U.S. indexes. Marijuana is still illegal within U.S. borders on a federal level, but with Canada legalizing weed back in October, many believe that the United States will follow in the near future.

Many investors are focused on getting the jump on the cannabis industry, but they aren’t alone. And with this increased speculation, short sellers have plenty of room to play with whether some prices might be overly inflated.

The July 15 short interest data have been compared with the previous figures, and short interest in most of these selected marijuana stocks increased.

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Short interest in Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE: CGC) increased slightly to 34.84 million shares from the previous 34.49 million. The stock was trading at $35.41 Thursday morning, within a 52-week range of $24.46 to $59.25.

Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) short interest grew slightly to 6.78 million shares from the previous 6.51 million. Shares traded at $42.98, in a 52-week range of $21.50 to $300.00.

The number of Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) shares short increased to 37.66 million from 36.10 million in the previous period. Its shares were trading at $15.43, in a 52-week range of $5.61 to $25.10.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE: ACB) saw its short interest increase to 87.20 million shares from 85.93 million in the prior period. The stock was trading at $6.55. The 52-week range is $4.05 to $12.52.

Hexo Corp.’s (NYSE: HEXO) short interest rose to 19.63 million shares from the previous 19.22 million. The stock was trading at $4.27. The 52-week range is $4.25 to $8.40.

Short interest in Aphria Inc. (NYSE: APHA) decreased to 20.51 million from the previous 20.66 million. The stock was trading at $6.07, and its 52-week range is $3.75 to $16.86.

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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.