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Share Repurchases Are Not Always a Good Idea for Cannabis Companies – New Cannabis Ventures

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Alan Brochstein, CFA

You are reading this week’s edition of New Cannabis Ventures, a weekly magazine we have published since October 2015. The newsletter includes unique insight to help our readers stay ahead of the curve, as well as links to the most important news of the week. We no longer email them like we used to, but post this and all newsletters on our website here.

friends,

Earnings season kicked off this week, and so far it’s been a mixed bag. Green Thumb Industries beat expectations, while Trulieve missed. Cronos Group also missed adjusted EBITDA despite falling revenue.

What’s most interesting to me about these quarterly reports are the updates we get in documents or press releases. A large category is share buybacks that are done.

GTI, which has a strong balance sheet, especially compared to other MSOs, has bought back more inventory. Cronos Group, which is cash- and debt-free, also bought some shares in November and December. These shares were acquired at close to tangible book value.

Trulieve did not report the share buyback, but the 10-K disclosed a 2025 bonus announced on 2/24 for CEO Rivers. The company has net cash, but its tangible book value is very negative and has deteriorated. The company does not buy back shares.

Ascend is set to report Q4 financials on 3/12 and it will be interesting to see if this very cheap stock company continues to buy back shares. The company has negative tangible book value, and the GTI 10-K disclosed that Ascend paid a $17 million penalty to GTI on 2/12, so I don’t expect it to be as aggressive with buybacks.

Stock buybacks seem like a good thing, especially when valuations are so low. However, investors should be wary of hemp companies buying back shares when they have balance sheet challenges.

Sincerely,

Alan:


New Cannabis Ventures publishes curated articles as well as exclusive news. Here is what we have published in the last 2 weeks.

Exclusives

Canadian cannabis sales hit a new record high in December

Michigan hemp sales began in 2026

Financial statements

Green Thumb Industries’ revenue is rising as profitability improves

Trulieve Q4 revenue down 3%

Capital increase

Curaleaf took out $500M over 3 years at 11.5%

GTI increases borrowings by $50 million

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Based in Houston, Alan leverages his experience as an online community founder 420 Investorthe first and still the largest due diligence platform focused on publicly traded stocks in the cannabis industry. With his extensive network in the cannabis community, Alan continues to find new ways to connect the industry and facilitate its sustainable growth. time New Cannabis Ventureshe is responsible for content development and strategic alliances. Before turning his attention to the cannabis industry in early 2013, Alan, who began his career on Wall Street in 1986, worked as an independent research analyst with more than two decades of research and portfolio management experience. A prolific writer, with over 650 articles published since 2007 Looking for Alphawhere he has 70,000 followers, Alan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and frequent source Media including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. Contact Alan. Twitter: |: Facebook |: LinkedIn: |: El

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Michigan Cannabis Sales Fell Yet Again – New Cannabis Ventures

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Michigan April hemp sale decreased compared to a year ago, as they increased sequentially by 1.2%. At $258.6 million, sales decreased by 4.3 percent compared to last year.

Michigan’s cannabis regulatory agency breaks down sales by medical and adult use, with medical sales down 24.1% year-over-year to $0.4 million, down 5.6% sequentially, and adult-use sales down 4.3% year-over-year to $255.5 million, despite a one-day increase of 1.2% in March.

The state breaks down sales by category and provides pricing details by category for both medical and adult;

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As supply continues to expand, adult flower prices have fallen sharply, although the decline is slowing. April’s average price of $945 per pound fell 4.2% sequentially to just above December’s record low and down 5.1% from a year ago.

Michigan hemp sales are expected to grow 82.1% to $1.79 billion in 2021, 27.9% to $2.29 billion in 2022, and 33.3% to $3.06 billion in 2023. billion In 2026, Michigan cannabis sales decreased by 5.9%.

Alan Brochstein, CFA

Based in Houston, Alan leverages his experience as an online community founder 420 Investorthe first and still the largest due diligence platform focused on publicly traded stocks in the cannabis industry. With his extensive network in the cannabis community, Alan continues to find new ways to connect the industry and facilitate its sustainable growth. time New Cannabis Ventureshe is responsible for content development and strategic alliances. Before turning his attention to the cannabis industry in early 2013, Alan, who began his career on Wall Street in 1986, worked as an independent research analyst with more than two decades of research and portfolio management experience. A prolific writer, with over 650 articles published since 2007 Looking for Alphawhere he has 70,000 followers, Alan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and frequent source Media including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. Contact Alan. Twitter: |: Facebook |: LinkedIn: |: El

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Michigan Cannabis Sales Fell Again – New Cannabis Ventures

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Michigan Cannabis sales for March decreased compared to a year ago, as they increased sequentially by 8.9%. At 255.5 million dollars, sales decreased by 7.8 percent compared to the previous year.

The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency breaks down sales by medical and adult use, with medical sales down 36.8% year-over-year to $0.4 million, down 3.8% sequentially, and adult-use sales down 7.7% year-over-year to $255.5 million, up 8.9% sequentially.

The state breaks down sales by category and provides pricing details by category for both medical and adult;

For Adults - Use
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Medical

As supply continues to expand, adult flower prices have fallen sharply, although the decline is slowing. The average price of $987 per pound in March was up 3.0% sequentially from a record low in December and down 5.3% from a year ago.

Michigan hemp sales are expected to grow 82.1% to $1.79 billion in 2021, 27.9% to $2.29 billion in 2022, and 33.3% to $3.06 billion in 2023. billion In 2026, Michigan cannabis sales decreased by 7.8%.

Alan Brochstein, CFA

Based in Houston, Alan leverages his experience as an online community founder 420 Investorthe first and still the largest due diligence platform focused on publicly traded stocks in the cannabis industry. With his extensive network in the cannabis community, Alan continues to find new ways to connect the industry and facilitate its sustainable growth. time New Cannabis Ventureshe is responsible for content development and strategic alliances. Before turning his attention to the cannabis industry in early 2013, Alan, who began his career on Wall Street in 1986, worked as an independent research analyst with more than two decades of research and portfolio management experience. A prolific writer, with over 650 articles published since 2007 Looking for Alphawhere he has 70,000 followers, Alan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and frequent source Media including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. Contact Alan. Twitter: |: Facebook |: LinkedIn: |: El

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Cannabis Sales Sank in Illinois – New Cannabis Ventures

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Illinois released sales figures for two months recently. The data was published for the last time at the end of January. The previous report was for Cannabis for adults in May. The November document explained that the lack of data was due to the Metrc transition. Here is the updated data as of the end of February.

The state’s adult cannabis sales fell 5.1% sequentially to $110.7 million in January and then fell 5.4% sequentially in February. Annual growth was -21.0% in January and 19.8% in February, a slight improvement from the last level. Here’s a chart of adult sales over time:

After growing 106% in 2021, 13% in 2022 and 5% in 2023, annual sales for adults are set to grow 5.4% to $1.72 billion in 2024. In 2025, they decreased by 12.5% ​​and amounted to 1.51 billion dollars, which was lower than the total figure of 2022. Two months into 2026, sales for adults are down 20.4%.

There hasn’t been an update from the state on medical cannabis in a while. The state exempts the sale separately from its medical plan, and April issue showed that sales fell 1.6% sequentially to $19.7 million, down 13.2% year over year.

Alan Brochstein, CFA

Based in Houston, Alan leverages his experience as an online community founder 420 Investorthe first and still the largest due diligence platform focused on publicly traded stocks in the cannabis industry. With his extensive network in the cannabis community, Alan continues to find new ways to connect the industry and facilitate its sustainable growth. time New Cannabis Ventureshe is responsible for content development and strategic alliances. Before turning his attention to the cannabis industry in early 2013, Alan, who began his career on Wall Street in 1986, worked as an independent research analyst with more than two decades of research and portfolio management experience. A prolific writer, with over 650 articles published since 2007 Looking for Alphawhere he has 70,000 followers, Alan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and frequent source Media including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business and Bloomberg TV. Contact Alan. Twitter: |: Facebook |: LinkedIn: |: El

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