Analysts Love These 5 Cannabis Stocks - AYR WELLNESS INC by AYR WELLNESS INC. (OTC:AYRWF), Curaleaf Holdi

As earnings season approaches, cannabis financial analysts are getting ready to conduct intrinsic valuations and scale back their market forecasts.

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Here's a look at some of the top cannabis stock picks from several analysts, according to Benzinga Analyst Stock Ratings.

TerrAscend Corp. (OTCQX:TRSSF) (CSE:TER)

Market Cap: $466.22 million

Analyst Ratings

Needham's Matt McGinley maintained a "Buy" rating on the company's stock in August, lowering the price target to $3 from $4.
Seaport Global's Sonny Randhawa initiated coverage of the company's stock in July with a "Buy" rating and price target of $4.

Recent Earnings Highlights

The company ended the second quarter of fiscal 2022 with net sales of $65 million, compared to $50 million in the previous quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA came in positive at $5.8 million as compared to $3.3 million in the first quarter of 2022.

Recent News

Price Action

TerrAscend's shares traded 3.40% higher at $1.52 per share at the time of writing on Wednesday morning.

Village Farms International, Inc. (NASDAQ:VFF)

Market Cap: $177.14 million

Analyst Ratings

Alliance Global Partners' Aaron Grey retained a "Buy" rating on the company's stock, lowering his price target to $6 from $10 in August.
Cantor Fitzgerald's Pablo Zuanic maintained an "Overweight" rating on the stock in August, lowering the price target to $6.75 from $7.3.

Recent Earnings Highlights

The company released financial results for the second quarter in August, revealing a sales increase of 18% year-over-year to $82.9 million from $70.4 million in the second quarter of 2021.
Consolidated adjusted EBITDA was negative $10.3 million compared with positive adjusted EBITDA of $1.5 million.

Recent News

Price Action

Village Farms' shares traded 1.50% lower at $1.97 at the time of writing on Wednesday morning.

Green Thumb Industries (OTC:GTBIF)

Market Cap: $2.54 billion

Analyst Ratings

Seaport Global's Sonny Randhawa initiated his coverage of the company's stock in July with a "Buy" rating and price target of $15.
Needham's Matt McGinley maintained a "Buy" rating on the company's stock in May, lowering the price target to $36 from $47.25
Cantor Fitzgerald's Pablo Zuanic maintained an "Overweight" on the company's stock in August, lowering his price target to $31 from $39.

Recent Earnings Highlights

The company reported its financial results for the second quarter in August, revealing a 4.8% sequential and 14.6% year-over-year increase in revenue to $254.3 million.
Adjusted Operating EBITDA grew 17.4% sequentially to $78.7 million or 31% of revenue.

Recent News

Price Action

Green Thumb's shares traded 6.37% higher at $10.85 per share at the time of writing on Wednesday morning.

Curaleaf Holdings Inc (CSE:CURA) (OTCQX:CURLF)

Market Cap: $3.89 billion

Analyst Ratings

Seaport Global's Sonny Randhawa initiated the coverage on the company's stock in July with a "Buy" and price target of $9.
Needham's Matt McGinley also maintained a "Buy" rating on the company's stock in May, lowering the price target to $10 from $15.

Recent Earnings Highlights

The company reported its financial and operating results for the second quarter in August, touting an 8% year-over-year increase to $338 million in revenue.
Adjusted EBITDA came in positive at $86.17 million, representing an increase of 18% sequentially and 2% year-over-year.

Recent News

Price Action

Curaleaf's shares traded 2.43% higher at $5.47 per share at the time of writing on Wednesday morning.

Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE:AYR) (OTCQX:AYRWF)

Market Cap: $265.35 million

Analyst Ratings

Seaport Global's Sonny Randhawa initiated coverage on the company's stock with a "buy" rating in July and a price target of $13.
Needham's Matt McGinley maintained a "Buy" rating on the company's stock in March, lowering the price target to $28 from $35.

Recent Earnings Highlights

Ayr's second-quarter revenue totaled $110.1 million, representing an increase of 20.6% year-over-year and a 1% decrease compared to Q1 2022.
In August, the company reported a positive adjusted EBITDA of $19.6 million for the period, representing a decrease of 28.5% percent compared to adjusted EBITDA of $27.4 million in Q2 2021 and an increase of 0.5% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $19.5 million in Q1 2021.

Recent News

Price Action

Ayr's shares traded 5.20% higher at $3.85 per share at the time of writing on Wednesday morning.

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AYRWFAYR WELLNESS INC by AYR WELLNESS INC.

$0.015510.7%

Overview

CURLFCuraleaf Holdings Inc

$3.48-%

GTBIFGREEN THUMB INDUS SUB VTG by Green Thumb Industries Inc.

$7.14-4.42%

VFFVillage Farms International Inc

$1.88-0.48%

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