14 Top Cannabis Stocks Targeted By Short Sellers

After a weak couple of months, cannabis stocks rallied in the first week of September. That rally seems to have stalled so far in the second week of the month.

S3 Partners analyst Ihor Dusaniwsy said Tuesday that short sellers made more than $100 million in profits on their cannabis positions on Monday alone.

Despite major $1.7 billion year-to-date losses for short sellers, the cannabis group remains one of the largest targets of short sellers.

Dusaniwsky said the total outstanding cannabis short position among 150 cannabis stocks is more than $5 billion. He said most of the short selling is concentrated in a handful of cannabis stocks, and the top 20 most shorted stocks have an average short percent of float of 15.8%.

“While recent mark-to-market profits have lessened the overall threat of a short squeeze in the Cannabis Sector there are specific securities that are still valid short squeeze candidates,” Dusaniwsky said.

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Top Cannabis Shorts

Here’s a look at the 14 cannabis stocks short sellers are targeting hardest, sorted by total short interest.

1. Canopy Growth Corp CGC, $1.27 billion short interest.
2. Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB, $922 million short interst.
3. GW Pharmaceuticals PLC- ADR GWPH, $562 million short interest.
4. Cronos Group Inc CRON, $498.9 million short interest.
5. Tilray Inc TLRY, $213.9 million short interest.
6. Aphria Inc APHA, $210.3 million short interest.
7. Hexo Corp HEXO, $182.2 million short interest.
8. Charlotte's Web Holdings Inc CWBHF, $55 million short interest.
9. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc ZYNE, $53.7 million short interest.
10. Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc NEPT, $44.7 million short interest.
11. Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd TGODF, $41 million short interest.
12. CannTrust Holdings Inc CTST, $39 million short interest.
13. OrganiGram Holdings Inc OGI, $25 million short interest.
14. Medmen Enterprises Inc MMNFF, $19.8 million short interest.

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