Short Sellers Getting Higher on Cannabis Stocks

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Published: April 10, 2019 10:20 am

Last Updated: January 30, 2020 10:15 pm

Cannabis stocks had a huge showing on Wall Street this past 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 this 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 March 29 short interest data have been compared with the previous figures, and short interest in most of these selected marijuana stocks increased.

Short interest in Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE: CGC) increased to 26.07 million shares from the previous 23.30 million. The stock was trading at $41.80 Wednesday morning, within a 52-week range of $20.99 to $59.25.

Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) short interest increased to 4.34 million shares from the previous 4.17 million. Shares traded at $56.88, in a 52-week range of $20.10 to $300.00.

The number of Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) shares short increased to 23.55 million from 18.85 million in the previous period. Its shares were trading at $17.74, in a 52-week range of $5.50 to $25.10.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE: ACB) saw its short interest rise to 79.60 million shares from 73.11 million in the prior period. The stock was trading at $8.88. The 52-week range is $4.05 to $12.52.

Hexo Corp.’s (NYSE: HEXO) short interest increased to 3.94 million shares from the previous 3.10 million. The stock was trading at $6.33. The 52-week range is $4.91 to $7.60.

Short interest in Aphria Inc. (NYSE: APHA) decreased to 15.99 million from the previous 17.37 million. The stock was trading at $9.67, and its 52-week range is $3.75 to $16.86.

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.’s (NYSE: SMG) short interest grew to 4.07 million from the previous level of 4.02 million. Shares were trading at $80.87, in a 52-week range of $57.96 to $91.81.

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