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Bearish bets against global marijuana boom increase to record
JEN SKERRITT
BLOOMBERG NEWS
PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO
UPDATED 3 DAYS AGO
The pool of bearish wagers on a pot bust in increasing.
The total value of short positions in global marijuana-related stocks has climbed to a record approaching US$2.1-billion, according to Sam Pierson, an analyst at IHS Markit in Boston. Short sellers have increased their positions amid concern the sector is overvalued and it’s becoming easier to find shares available to borrow for companies with a large market capitalization, he said.
“There’s still a concern about valuations,” Mr. Pierson said on Tuesday in a telephone interview. “By any valuation metric, whether they even have positive earnings or what those earnings are, they’re certainly stretched compared to what you would traditionally see.”
While cannabis stocks recently have retreated, the value of the nascent market is still much higher than it was 12 month ago. The BI Canada Cannabis Index has almost doubled in the past year.
In short selling, investors sell stocks that they borrowed with a view to buying them at a cheaper price later when they have to return the shares to the lender. They profit from the price difference minus the cost of borrowing.
The average cost to borrow marijuana stocks is below 20 per cent, according to IHS data. As of May 21, the short position in Canopy Growth Corp., Canada’s largest marijuana producer, was 17.6 million shares at a value of US$486-million, while the short interest in Aurora Cannabis Inc. was 46 million shares, or US$286-million, IHS data show.
Bloomberg News
BEARS BET AGAINST THE BUD
Value of short positions reaches record
Total value of marijuana short positions, in billions of U.S. dollars
$2.1
JEN SKERRITT
BLOOMBERG NEWS
PUBLISHED 3 DAYS AGO
UPDATED 3 DAYS AGO
The pool of bearish wagers on a pot bust in increasing.
The total value of short positions in global marijuana-related stocks has climbed to a record approaching US$2.1-billion, according to Sam Pierson, an analyst at IHS Markit in Boston. Short sellers have increased their positions amid concern the sector is overvalued and it’s becoming easier to find shares available to borrow for companies with a large market capitalization, he said.
“There’s still a concern about valuations,” Mr. Pierson said on Tuesday in a telephone interview. “By any valuation metric, whether they even have positive earnings or what those earnings are, they’re certainly stretched compared to what you would traditionally see.”
While cannabis stocks recently have retreated, the value of the nascent market is still much higher than it was 12 month ago. The BI Canada Cannabis Index has almost doubled in the past year.
In short selling, investors sell stocks that they borrowed with a view to buying them at a cheaper price later when they have to return the shares to the lender. They profit from the price difference minus the cost of borrowing.
The average cost to borrow marijuana stocks is below 20 per cent, according to IHS data. As of May 21, the short position in Canopy Growth Corp., Canada’s largest marijuana producer, was 17.6 million shares at a value of US$486-million, while the short interest in Aurora Cannabis Inc. was 46 million shares, or US$286-million, IHS data show.
Bloomberg News
BEARS BET AGAINST THE BUD
Value of short positions reaches record
Total value of marijuana short positions, in billions of U.S. dollars
$2.1
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