Canopy Growth Corporation’s (TSE:WEED) Profit Outlook – Simply Wall St News

Canopy Growth Corporation’s (TSE:WEED): Canopy Growth Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in engages in production, distribution, and sale of cannabis in Canada. With the latest financial year loss of -CA$685.4m and a trailing-twelve month of -CA$1.9b, the CA$8.5b market-cap amplifies its loss by moving further away from its breakeven target. The most pressing concern for investors is WEED’s path to profitability – when will it breakeven? In this article, I will touch on the expectations for WEED’s growth and when analysts expect the company to become profitable.

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WEED is bordering on breakeven, according to the 21 Pharmaceuticals analysts. They expect the company to post a final loss in 2022, before turning a profit of CA$904m in 2023. Therefore, WEED is expected to breakeven roughly 4 years from now. In order to meet this breakeven date, I calculated the rate at which WEED must grow year-on-year. It turns out an average annual growth rate of 92% is expected, which is rather optimistic! Should the business grow at a slower rate, it will become profitable at a later date than expected.

I’m not going to go through company-specific developments for WEED given that this is a high-level summary, however, bear in mind that generally a pharma company has lumpy cash flows which are contingent on the drug and stage of product development the business is in. So, a high growth rate is not out of the ordinary, particularly when a company is in a period of investment.

One thing I’d like to point out is that WEED has managed its capital prudently, with debt making up 11% of equity. This means that WEED has predominantly funded its operations from equity capital,and its low debt obligation reduces the risk around investing in the loss-making company.

Next Steps:

There are key fundamentals of WEED which are not covered in this article, but I must stress again that this is merely a basic overview. For a more comprehensive look at WEED, take a look at WEED’s company page on Simply Wall St. I’ve also put together a list of key factors you should look at:

1. Historical Track Record: What has WEED’s performance been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
2. Management Team: An experienced management team on the helm increases our confidence in the business – take a look at who sits on Canopy Growth’s board and the CEO’s back ground.
3. Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.

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