Demand for adult use cannabis ‘seemingly strong’ in Canada, says Cowen

Citing her analysis of e-commerce platforms for adult use cannabis in Canada, Cowen analyst Vivien Azer remains encouraged to see “seemingly strong demand” as well as some instances of improved supply. In a research note pre-market open, the analyst notes she aggregated 533 product offerings with 1,149 SKUs from the e-commerce platforms for Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Overall, SKU stockout rates across the provinces were flat versus last week at 57%, although remains above the 46% rate during the prior week, Azer adds. Her view of the data is a modest positive for Canopy Growth (CGC), which has the second highest number of SKUs and out of stock rates declined from 65% to 54% while adding 16 SKUs this week. The read-through on Tilray (TLRY) is less clear, Azer contends, as the only three provinces where the company did not get supply agreements were all in her five province survey universe. The analyst reiterated an Outperform rating on Canopy Growth and Tilray.
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