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Top Publicly Traded LED Companies for Cannabis Investors

Jason Mueller

October 23rd, 2017

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As cannabis legalization spreads to new states and countries, the demand for cannabis grow operations is going to rise exponentially.  Among all costs for a cannabis production operation, lighting is the largest chunk of starting up: lights, ballasts, and light housings tend to make up over 30% of the cost to get a cannabis grow operation going. For that reason, it is essential for upcoming cannabis producers to evaluate all options when choosing lights.  LED lighting, for instance, has swept the industry as the new standard over Metal Halide or High Pressure Sodium lights.  They operate cooler and at lower energy expense than their predecessors, and with their ability to adjust color in order to create a strain- specific spectrum of light, they’ve quickly become the upgrade necessary for producers to get the most out of their lighting systems.

Savvy investors know that the cannabis industry and all related industries are in for an exponential gain, come the day when the Federal government addresses the legalization of cannabis rationally: luckily, even the most conservative investors can start earning now on stock movement related to the “green rush”.  Despite many lighting companies specifically making products and marketing for cannabis grow operations, all lighting companies exist is a “safe zone”. Risk of a sudden sell-off as a result of a government crackdown on the cannabis industry won’t rock the lighting industry to its core: horticultural hydroponics is an industry well beyond the scope of cannabis, and these lighting companies that are already publicly traded will surely take all the benefit and little risk associated with growth in the cannabis industry.

Cree (CREE)

Cree is a bigger and more established LED company that relies heavily upon selling commercial lighting solutions for a variety of commercial applications including Health Care Facilities, Corporate Parks, Auto Dealerships, airports and more.  Based in Durham, NC, Cree boasts over six-thousand employees nationwide and their current estimated market cap stands at $3.28 billion.  Though impressive, that figure is actually representative of a -36% return over the past year, and a dismal -53% on their five year return.  Though they are producers of LED lighting systems that could be integrated into cannabis grow operations, Cree does not market or promote their lights aside from focusing on commercial property development.

Epistar (2448 on the TPE)

Epistar is a reputable, Taiwanese LED manufacturer, traded on the Taiwanese stock exchange under the ticker number, 2448.  Claiming a market cap of $1.76 billion, while not as established as Cree, Epistar certainly demonstrates their place in the LED market by maintaining a relatively high market cap.  Similar to Cree, Epistar is actually showing down signals on the one and five year returns: their figures are -26% on both their one and five year returns.  From this information, it can be extrapolated that while Epistar is in a recessionary event, their five-year returns are better than that of Cree, and that their hold on the Eastern market positions them to reap positive returns in the not-so-distant future.

Osram (OSR on the ETR)

Founded in Berlin, Germany and headquartered in Munich, Osram is a long-established LED company that was founded in 1919.  Traded on the Xetra Exchange in Germany, OSR boasts some of the most positive financial fundamentals in the lighting industry.  Posting a $5.62 billion market cap this year, Osram is one among few LED producers that show growth both in their one year, and five year history.  Remarkably, in the five year return, Osram’s market capitalization now is 81% larger than it had been five years ago, and within just the past year, the company worth grew by 33%.  This is a stable company with a trusted product that is traded on a well-known German exchange.

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