Tilray CEO warns many cannabis companies face bankruptcy

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First cannabis earnings following virus outbreak reported  On the earnings front, Tilray reported a wider-than-expected net loss for the first quarter. Against the backdrop of earnings season and the global coronavirus pandemic, the chief executive officer of Tilray warns that at least a dozen cannabis companies are poised to declare bankruptcy. Still, the company managed to beat revenue estimates, nearly doubling its revenue to $52.10 million for the quarter ending March 2020. If companies haven’t already strengthened their balance sheet, they’ve got a hard road ahead,” Kennedy explained. Based on the calls that I’m getting, I’m expecting another dozen more as funding has dried out.

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Against the backdrop of earnings season and the global coronavirus pandemic, the chief executive officer of Tilray warns that at least a dozen cannabis companies are poised to declare bankruptcy. 

In an interview with BNN Bloomberg this week, Brendan Kennedy said he is surprised that only about a dozen bankruptcies have been declared seeing as the legal market for weed in Canada was already plagued with difficulties before the COVID-19 outbreak began.  

“I’ve actually been surprised by the dozen bankruptcies that have already happened. Based on the calls that I’m getting, I’m expecting another dozen more as funding has...

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