Common stock shares of Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.V) began trading on the OTCQX Best Market in the United States yesterday, adding to the company’s growing list of recent victories.
As Equity Guru’s Lucas Kane wrote earlier in the week, Supreme Cannabis has secured six provincial supply agreements, including a 24-month deal with Ontario, and has seen its stock price increase 35 percent in the last two weeks.
To frame this accomplishment, other cannabis companies to have secured five or more provincial supply deals include industry movers and shakers such as Canopy Growth (WEED.T), Aphria (APH.T), Aurora Cannabis (ACB.T), Tilray (TLRY.NASDAQ) and Organigram (OGI.V).
As I’ve said before, Supreme Cannabis does things a little differently. It utilizes a B2B sales model for their product: they don’t mind selling to other cannabis companies. They’re all about moving product and they’re doing a great job of that.
Mr. Supreme goes to the market
Looking through financial statements, what stands out is that Supreme Cannabis has done little to market itself when compared to competitors with similar market caps.
Supreme Cannabis, with a market cap of $350 million ten days ago, spent roughly $379,000 on marketing and advertising in Q1. Newstrike Brands spent $445,000 on marketing during the same period, despite having a similar sized market cap of $432 million.
Additionally, Maricann Group, with a market cap of only $288 million, spent $387,000 on marketing in Q1, surpassing Supreme Cannabis in advertising despite having a smaller valuation.
But Supreme took a managerial turn earlier in the month, choosing to begin telling its story to the greater market, including engaging in a marketing program with Equity.Guru.
Ten days later, and the company now sports a market cap of $550m. That’s a decent ROI…
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Supreme Cannabis has been kicking down doors and signing supply deals for months. Now they’ve been added to a new exchange and are seeing a surge in share price to boot. Sounds legit to us.
— Ethan Reyes, with file by Chris Parry
Full disclosure: Supreme Cannabis is an Equity Guru client.