Short Interest in Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:CURLF) Increases By 13.0%

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:CURLF) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,199,600 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the August 15th total of 5,488,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,072,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.8 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $6.25 target price on shares of Curaleaf in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. Cormark raised Curaleaf from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 12th.

Curaleaf Price Performance

CURLF opened at $2.96 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.67 and a beta of 0.83. Curaleaf has a 1 year low of $2.51 and a 1 year high of $6.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $3.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.33.

Curaleaf (OTCMKTS:CURLF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $342.29 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $344.57 million. Curaleaf had a negative net margin of 18.59% and a negative return on equity of 14.75%. Analysts forecast that Curaleaf will post -0.24 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Curaleaf Company Profile

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc operates a cannabis operator in the United States. It operates through two segments, Domestic Operations and International Operations. The company offers flower, pre-rolls, flower pots, and dry-herb vaporizer cartridges; concentrates for vaporizing which includes pre-filled vaporizer cartridges and disposable vaporizer pens; and concentrates for dabbing, such as mints, distillate droppers, mints, topical balms and lotions, tinctures, lozenges, capsules, and edibles.