In case you missed it, marijuana stocks are unstoppable once again. After a lull early in the year, all but a very small handful of marijuana stocks surged by a double-digit percentage in August. Excitement over Canada’s upcoming recreational cannabis legalization on Oct. 17, along with a flurry of recent deal-making, has pushed a number of brand-name pot stocks to new heights.
The question is: What top marijuana stocks should you be watching this month?
The good news is, there’s an answer, according to three of our cannabis-focused Motley Fool contributors who are keeping their ears to the ground when it comes to marijuana developments. The pot stocks that could be all the buzz in September include Aphria (NASDAQOTH:APHQF), CannaRoyalty (NASDAQOTH:CNNRF), and Canopy Growth Corp. (NYSE:CGC)…
This pot stock is checking all the right boxes
Sean Williams (Aphria): Though the entire marijuana industry has been of interest lately, the company I’d watch in September is Aphria.
Ontario-based Aphria is coming off what I believe was an unimpressive quarterly report in August, but has nonetheless rallied extensively to the upside with its peers on the expectation that it’ll land a big alcohol, tobacco, or pharmaceutical partner. I believe that, based on what pot stocks have found brand-name partners, Aphria could be next.
In terms of pedigree, Aphria checks a number of boxes off that a prospective partner would be looking for. Though production totals remain exceptionally fluid, Aphria’s management has stated that the company is on track to yield 255,000 kilograms of cannabis annually, once it’s fully ramped up. That would allow it to slide in as the third-largest grower in Canada. Most of its production will be generated from its organically built Aphria One facility, as well as its joint venture with Double Diamond Farms, known as Aphria Diamond. Both of these grow farms are expected to begin selling weed in January 2019, with 100,000 kilograms and 120,000 kilograms in peak yield, respectively, when at full steam.
Aphria also announced its intent to construction an extraction center that’ll be capable of roughly 25,000 kilograms of cannabis-equivalent concentrate production. Along with oils, Aphria has one of the most diverse, high-margin product lines of all growers, which makes it a naturally good fit for a partner in the alcohol or tobacco industry that’s looking to expand their own product line.
Lastly, Aphria’s acquisition of Nuuvera earlier this year expedited its entrance into foreign markets where medical weed is legal. The buyout of Nuuvera was really an acquisition of existing infrastructure, which means Aphria has the ability to sell its cannabis in a dozen countries around the globe.
It’s well capitalized, has a management team that traditionally is more conservative than most pot stocks, and is sporting a diverse product line. It’s definitely worth keeping an eye on in September.
Just the facts about this California cannabis leader
Keith Speights (CannaRoyalty): I stated not long ago that CannaRoyalty was the best under-the-radar marijuana stock that I’ve seen so far. That’s still my view. But that’s just an opinion. Let’s look at the facts and just the facts…
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