Canopy Growth reports $121.9M Q3 loss compared with $216.8M loss a year earlier

Excluding businesses sold during its prior financial year, Canopy Growth Corp. says net revenue was up eight per cent compared with a year ago.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick file

Canopy Growth Corp. reported a loss of $121.9 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $216.8 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

The cannabis company says the loss amounted to $1.11 per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31.

The result compared with a loss of $2.62 per diluted share a year earlier.

Net revenue for what was the company’s third quarter totalled $74.8 million, down from $78.5 million a year ago.

Excluding businesses sold during its prior financial year, Canopy says net revenue was up eight per cent compared with a year ago.

The company says the increase was helped by strength in its Canadian medical cannabis sales, Storz & Bickel vaporizer business and international cannabis operations.

– The Canadian Press