Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC)’s Stock Price Falls Due To Weak Fundamental Momentum

Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ:CGC) has a beta value of 0.88 and has seen 1.49 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $265.92M, closed the last trade at $2.69 per share which meant it lost -$0.18 on the day or -6.10% during that session. The CGC stock price is -454.65% off its 52-week high price of $14.92 and 1.49% above the 52-week low of $2.65. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 5.84 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 5.91 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.56. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 4 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.23.

Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ:CGC) trade information

Sporting -6.10% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CGC stock price touched $2.69 or saw a rise of 12.38%. Year-to-date, Canopy Growth Corporation shares have moved -1.64%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -1.64%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ:CGC) have changed -25.14%. Short interest in the company has seen 9.76 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.01.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $11.02, which means that the shares’ value could jump 75.59% from current levels. The projected low price target is $8.0 while the price target rests at a high of $27.85116355. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -935.36% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -197.4% from current levels.

Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Canopy Growth Corporation shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -57.42% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 18.27%, compared to 12.30% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -20.39%.

7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 69.44M for the current quarter. 7 have an estimated revenue figure of 74.25M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 90.06M and 83.15M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -22.89% for the current quarter and -20.39% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 20.88% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 59.65% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 35.49%.

CGC Dividends

Canopy Growth Corporation is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ:CGC)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.16% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 7.75% with a share float percentage of 7.76%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Canopy Growth Corporation having a total of 254.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are STRATEGIC INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. /IL with over 725.0 shares worth more than $23222.0. As of 2024-06-30, STRATEGIC INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. /IL held 0.0008% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is TURIM 21 INVESTIMENTOS LTDA., with the holding of over 230.0 shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1484.0 and represent 0.0003% of shares outstanding.