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Risk Overview Q2, 2019
Risk Distribution
33% Finance & Corporate
29% Legal & Regulatory
19% Ability to Sell
14% Production
5% Macro & Political
0% Tech & Innovation
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
This chart displays the stock's most recent risk distribution according to category. TipRanks has identified 6 major categories: Finance & corporate, legal & regulatory, macro & political, production, tech & innovation, and ability to sell.
Risk Change Over Time
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The quarters shown in the chart are according to the calendar year (January to December). Businesses set their own financial calendar, known as a fiscal year. For example, Walmart ends their financial year at the end of January to accommodate the holiday season.
The quarters shown in the chart are according to the calendar year (January to December). Businesses set their own financial calendar, known as a fiscal year. For example, Walmart ends their financial year at the end of January to accommodate the holiday season.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2019
Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 7 Risks
Finance & Corporate
With 7 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
21
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From last reportS&P 500 Average: 31
21
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From last reportS&P 500 Average: 31
Recent Changes
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Since Jul 2019
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Number of Risk Changed
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From last reportS&P 500 Average: 3
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From last reportS&P 500 Average: 3
See the risk highlights of Body & Mind in the last period.
Risk Word Cloud
The most common phrases about risk factors from the most recent report. Larger texts indicate more widely used phrases.
Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 21
Finance & Corporate
Total Risks: 7/21 (33%)Below Sector Average
Share Price & Shareholder Rights3 | 14.3%
Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
We may issue additional Common Shares in the future, which could cause significant dilution to all shareholders.Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
Our Common Shares are categorized as "penny stock", which may make it more difficult for investors to buy and sell our Common Shares due to suitability requirements.Our Common Shares are considered "penny stock". The SEC has adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines "penny stock" to be any equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. The price of our Common Shares is significantly less than $5.00 per share. This designation imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and "accredited investors". The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer buying securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities given the increased risks generally inherent in penny stocks. These rules may restrict the ability and/or willingness of brokers or dealers to buy or sell our Common Shares, either directly or on behalf of their clients, may discourage potential stockholders from purchasing our Common Shares, or may adversely affect the ability of stockholders to sell their shares.
Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
We are a holding company and investors are subject to the risks attributable to our subsidiaries which generate substantially all of our revenues.We are a holding company and essentially all of our operating assets are the capital stock of our subsidiaries. As a result, investors in us are subject to the risks attributable to our subsidiaries. As a holding company, we conduct our business through our subsidiaries, which generate substantially all of our revenues. Consequently, our cash flows and ability to complete current or desirable future enhancement opportunities are dependent on the earnings of our subsidiaries and the distribution of those earnings to us. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends and other distributions will depend on their operating results and will be subject to applicable laws and regulations which require that solvency and capital standards be maintained by such companies and contractual restrictions contained in the instruments governing their debt. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of our subsidiaries, holders of indebtedness and trade creditors will generally be entitled to payment of their claims from the assets of those subsidiaries before any assets are made available for distribution to us.
Accounting & Financial Operations3 | 14.3%
Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 1
We have incurred losses in prior periods, and losses in the future could cause the quoted price of our Common Shares to decline or have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, our ability to pay our debts as they become due and on our cash flow.Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 2
We have a limited operating history which may make it difficult for investors to predict future performance based on current operations.We have a limited operating history upon which investors may base an evaluation of our potential future performance. Our subsidiary, NMG was formed on March 3, 2014 and began carrying on business in the same year, and therefore, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks common to early-stage enterprises, including under-capitalization, cash shortages, limitations with respect to personnel, financial, and other resources and lack of revenues.
Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 3
Because we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our Common Shares, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them.We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Common Shares in the foreseeable future. Declaring and paying future dividends, if any, will be determined by our Board, based upon earnings, financial condition, capital resources, capital requirements, restrictions in our Articles of Incorporation, contractual restrictions, and such other factors as our Board deems relevant. Unless we pay dividends, our shareholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them. There is no assurance that shareholders will be able to sell shares when desired.
Debt & Financing1 | 4.8%
Debt & Financing - Risk 1
Under U.S. federal law, banks or other financial institutions that provide us with banking services could be found guilty of money laundering, therefore reducing our ability from receiving reputable banking services and adversely affecting business operations.Legal & Regulatory
Total Risks: 6/21 (29%)Above Sector Average
Regulation3 | 14.3%
Regulation - Risk 1
The Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada have obtained a preliminary injunction against the issuance of recreational marijuana licenses to anyone other than licensed alcohol distributors. If this injunction remains in place we will be unable to obtain a recreational marijuana distributor license which would have an adverse effect on our business operations.Regulation - Risk 2
Federal regulation and enforcement may adversely affect the implementation of cannabis laws and regulations may negatively impact our results of operations.Cannabis is a Schedule I controlled substance under the Controlled Substance Act (the "CSA"). Even in those jurisdictions in which the manufacture and use of medical cannabis has been legalized at the state level, the possession, use, cultivation, and transfer of cannabis remains a violation of federal law. Federal law criminalizing the use of cannabis preempts state laws that legalize its use for medicinal or adult-retail purposes, and therefore strict enforcement of federal law regarding cannabis would severely restrict our ability to carry out our business plan.
The U.S. Department of Justice under the Obama administration had issued memoranda, including the so-called "Cole Memorandum" on August 29, 2013, characterizing enforcement of federal cannabis prohibitions under the CSA to prosecute those complying with state regulatory systems allowing the use, manufacture and distribution of medical cannabis as an inefficient use of federal investigative and prosecutorial resources when state regulatory and enforcement efforts are effective with respect to enumerated federal enforcement priorities under the CSA. In the Cole Memorandum, the U.S. Department of Justice provided guidance to all federal prosecutors indicating that federal enforcement of the CSA against cannabis-related conduct should be focused on eight priorities, which are to prevent: (1) distribution of cannabis to minors; (2) revenue from sale of cannabis to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels; (3) transfer of cannabis from states where it is legal to states where it is illegal; (4) cannabis activity from being a pretext for trafficking of other illegal drugs or illegal activity; (5) violence or use of firearms in cannabis cultivation and distribution; (6) drugged driving and adverse public health consequences from cannabis use; (7) growth of cannabis on federal lands; and (8) cannabis possession or use on federal property.
On January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a new memo updating the Department of Justice's policy on federal marijuana enforcement (the "Sessions Memorandum"). The Sessions Memorandum effectively rescinded and replaced the Cole Memorandum, and directed all U.S. Attorneys to enforce the laws enacted by Congress and to follow well-established principles when pursuing prosecutions related to marijuana activities. While in theory the protections under the Cole Memorandum have been abolished, the new policy does not explicitly direct local U.S. Attorneys to launch an attack on state-legal marijuana businesses. Rather, the new policy promulgated by the Sessions Memorandum is to return local control to federal prosecutors who know where and how to deploy Justice Department resources most effectively to reduce violent crime, stem the tide of the drug crisis, and dismantle criminal gangs. The threat of federal prosecution remains for legitimate, state-legal marijuana businesses, including our business.
However, no assurance can be given that the federal prosecutor in each judicial district where we operate will agree that our activities within such prosecutor's district do not go contrary to the Justice Department's goals. There is also no guarantee that the current administration or future administrations will not revise the federal enforcement priorities enumerated in the Cole Memorandum, the Sessions Memorandum or otherwise choose to strictly enforce the federal laws governing cannabis production or distribution.
On April 11, 2018, U.S. Senator Cory Gardner received assurances from President Donald Trump that 1) states with legal marijuana industries would not be targeted by the Justice Department, 2) the rescission of the Cole Memorandum would not impact state's legal marijuana industries, and 3) that the President would support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix the states' rights issue once and for all. The President's comments are encouraging to legal marijuana businesses; however, no legislative action at the federal level has been taken.
Regulation - Risk 3
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") sales practice requirements may also limit a shareholder's ability to buy and sell our Common Shares, which could depress the price of our Common Shares.In addition to the "penny stock" rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require a broker-dealer to have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer before recommending an investment to a customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer's financial status, tax status, investment objectives, and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. Thus, the FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our Common Shares, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our Common Shares, have an adverse effect on the market for our Common Shares, and thereby depress our price per Common Share.
Litigation & Legal Liabilities2 | 9.5%
Litigation & Legal Liabilities - Risk 1
Litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.Litigation & Legal Liabilities - Risk 2
As a manufacturer and distributor of ingestible products, we face exposure to product liability claims, regulatory action and litigation if products are alleged to have caused harm.We face an inherent risk of exposure to product liability claims, regulatory action and litigation if our products are alleged to have caused significant loss or injury. In addition, the manufacture and sale of our products involves the risk of injury to consumers due to tampering by unauthorized third parties or product contamination. Previously unknown adverse reactions resulting from human consumption of our products alone or in combination with other medications or substances could occur. We may be subject to various product liability claims, including, among others, that its products caused injury or illness, include inadequate instructions for use or include inadequate warnings concerning possible side effects or interactions with other substances. A product liability claim or regulatory action against us could result in increased costs, could adversely affect our reputation with our clients and consumers generally, and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. There can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain or maintain product liability insurance on acceptable terms or with adequate coverage against potential liabilities. Such insurance is expensive and may not be available in the future on acceptable terms, or at all. The inability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage on reasonable terms or to otherwise protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of our potential products.
Environmental / Social1 | 4.8%
Environmental / Social - Risk 1
Failure to comply with environmental and safety laws may result in us incurring additional costs for corrective measures.Ability to Sell
Total Risks: 4/21 (19%)Above Sector Average
Competition1 | 4.8%
Competition - Risk 1
We face intense competition and our competitors may have a longer operating history or greater financial resources allowing them to compete more effectively.Demand2 | 9.5%
Demand - Risk 1
The cannabis industry is difficult to forecast due to the industry being in the early growth stages.Demand - Risk 2
Our intended growth could suffer if the markets into which we sell our products and services decline, do not grow as anticipated or experience cyclicality.Our growth depends in part on the growth of the markets which we serve, and visibility into our markets is limited. Our quarterly sales and profits depend substantially on the volume and timing of orders received during the fiscal quarter, which are difficult to forecast. Any decline or lower than expected growth in our served markets could diminish demand for our products and services, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Our business operates in industries that may experience periodic, cyclical downturns. In addition, if our business demand depends on customers' capital spending budgets, product and economic cycles can affect the spending decisions of these customers. Demand for our products and services is also sensitive to changes in customer order patterns, which may be affected by announced price changes, changes in incentive programs, new product introductions and customer inventory levels. Any of these factors could adversely affect our growth and results of operations in any given period.
Brand / Reputation1 | 4.8%
Brand / Reputation - Risk 1
Our public image and the consumer perception of us is greatly influenced by scientific research, regulatory investigations, and media attention. Negative publicity will result in an unfavorable public image and will negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations.Production
Total Risks: 3/21 (14%)Below Sector Average
Manufacturing1 | 4.8%
Manufacturing - Risk 1
As a manufacturer and distributor of products, we face exposure to product recalls or return of products.Employment / Personnel1 | 4.8%
Employment / Personnel - Risk 1
Our future success depends on our key executive officers and our ability to attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel.Costs1 | 4.8%
Costs - Risk 1
We may experience increased costs during the growth stage of the cannabis due to the possibility of rising energy costs.Macro & Political
Total Risks: 1/21 (5%)Below Sector Average
Natural and Human Disruptions1 | 4.8%
Natural and Human Disruptions - Risk 1
Our cannabis crop could be harmed by pests, plant diseases or other agricultural risks which would have a material adverse effect on our business.Changed
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1. Financial & Corporate
- Accounting & Financial Operations - risks related to accounting loss, value of intangible assets, financial statements, value of intangible assets, financial reporting, estimates, guidance, company profitability, dividends, fluctuating results.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights – risks related to things that impact share prices and the rights of shareholders, including analyst ratings, major shareholder activity, trade volatility, liquidity of shares, anti-takeover provisions, international listing, dual listing.
- Debt & Financing – risks related to debt, funding, financing and interest rates, financial investments.
- Corporate Activity and Growth – risks related to restructuring, M&As, joint ventures, execution of corporate strategy, strategic alliances.
2. Legal & Regulatory
- Litigation and Legal Liabilities – risks related to litigation/ lawsuits against the company.
- Regulation – risks related to compliance, GDPR, and new legislation.
- Environmental / Social – risks related to environmental regulation and to data privacy.
- Taxation & Government Incentives – risks related to taxation and changes in government incentives.
3. Production
- Costs – risks related to costs of production including commodity prices, future contracts, inventory.
- Supply Chain – risks related to the company’s suppliers.
- Manufacturing – risks related to the company’s manufacturing process including product quality and product recalls.
- Human Capital – risks related to recruitment, training and retention of key employees, employee relationships & unions labor disputes, pension, and post retirement benefits, medical, health and welfare benefits, employee misconduct, employee litigation.
4. Technology & Innovation
- Innovation / R&D – risks related to innovation and new product development.
- Technology – risks related to the company’s reliance on technology.
- Cyber Security – risks related to securing the company’s digital assets and from cyber attacks.
- Trade Secrets & Patents – risks related to the company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to infringement claims against the company as well as piracy and unlicensed copying.
5. Ability to Sell
- Demand – risks related to the demand of the company’s goods and services including seasonality, reliance on key customers.
- Competition – risks related to the company’s competition including substitutes.
- Sales & Marketing – risks related to sales, marketing, and distribution channels, pricing, and market penetration.
- Brand & Reputation – risks related to the company’s brand and reputation.
6. Macro & Political
- Economy & Political Environment – risks related to changes in economic and political conditions.
- Natural and Human Disruptions – risks related to catastrophes, floods, storms, terror, earthquakes, coronavirus pandemic/COVID-19.
- International Operations – risks related to the global nature of the company.
- Capital Markets – risks related to exchange rates and trade, cryptocurrency.