A stock-market rout in late 2019, caused by worries about growth and a resilient black market, led to a cash shortage. With little access to debt, many marijuana businesses were forced to sell their cultivation sites and lease them back at sky-high rates, or to call off acquisitions already announced.
Moreover, can a canopy recover?
Recovery potential is weak but still present
A return to high double-digit revenue growth may lift Canopy Growth’s stock price. However, Wall Street analysts currently project a low and disheartening 13.9% revenue growth for the fiscal year 2022, which ends in March next year.
Keeping this in view, will pot stocks Rise Again?
Many cannabis firms finished 2021 on a low note as inflation concerns led to a mass sell-off in growth stocks. However, analysts expect the industry to bounce back strongly in 2022. Some of the top weed stocks to buy in 2022 include Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ:CGC), Tilray, Inc.