In the face of slumping marijuana stock prices, publicly traded Canadian cannabis producers and U.S. ancillary companies are increasingly turning to share consolidations to maintain their listings on the Nasdaq exchange.
Canadian grower Canopy Growth Corp. is the latest to announce plans for a share consolidation after the company ran afoul of the Nasdaq’s minimum bid-price requirement.
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Nasdaq-listed cannabis companies that have completed share consolidations include Canadian producer Hexo Corp. – now part of Tilray Brands – which consolidated shares in December 2022, and fellow Canadian grower Organigram Holdings, which consolidated shares in early July.
Massachusetts-based marijuana ancillary company Agrify Corp. also consolidated shares in July.
Although negative sentiment surrounding cannabis stocks could potentially change because of external factors, all signs suggest more share consolidations to come: Several cannabis producers and ancillary firms are under Nasdaq warnings regarding their low share prices, and share consolidations are
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