Against All Odds: 11 Cannabis Companies That Made It To Financial Times' 500 Fastest-Growing List


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Despite what often appeared to be endless industry struggles such as the lack of capital access, federal reform and scientific research, in addition to the tough competition with illegal markets, some marijuana businesses are managing to stay afloat. As many as 11 made it onto his year’s Financial Times ranking of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the Americas, based on the highest growth in publicly disclosed revenues between 2018 and 2021.

To say that the change from last year’s list is huge would be an understatement, considering that in 2022 there was only one cannabis company on the list and the year before not the single one.

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The 11 marijuana businesses on the list had compound annual growth rates (CAGR) in the range from 21% to 175% between 2018 to 2021 and two even reported $1 billion in sales. Using the CAGR factor, some of these companies ranked better than automotive giant Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), or e-commerce titan Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Nevertheless, if the sorting of the list was based on total 2021 revenues both Tesla and Amazon would rank very high on the list.

Here are the cannabis companies that have managed to grow their businesses in spite of difficult industry conditions:

  • High Tide Inc (NASDAQ:HITI) grew at 175% CAGR and had revenue of $144.5 million in 2021.
  • Cresco Labs Inc (OTCQX:CRLBF) grew at 167% CAGR and had revenue of $821.7 million in 2021.
  • GrowGeneration Corp (NASDAQ:GRWG) grew at 144% CAGR and had revenue of $422.5 million in 2021.
  • Columbia Care Inc (OTCQX:CCHWF) grew at 127% CAGR and had revenue of $460.1 million in 2021.
  • Schwazze (OTCQX:SHWZ grew at 126% CAGR and had revenue of $108.4 million in 2021.
  • MariMed Inc (OTCQX:MRMD) grew at 117% CAGR and had revenue of $121.5 million in 2021.
  • Trulieve Cannabis Corp (OTCQX:TCNNF) grew at 109% CAGR and had revenue of $938.4 million in 2021.
  • Glass House Brands (OTCQX:GLASFgrew at 98% CAGR and had revenue of $69.4 million in 2021.
  • Willow Industries grew at 81% CAGR and had revenue of $3.3 million in 2021.
  • Planet 13 Holdings (OTCQX:PLNHF) grew at 78% CAGR and had revenue of $119.5 million in 2021.
  • Village Farms International Inc (NASDAQ:VFF) grew at 21% CAGR and had revenue of $268.0 million in 2021.

To see the full list and more details of the fastest-growing cannabis companies in the Americas go to Financial Times.

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27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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