Verano Studies $879 Million in 2024 Income

[PRESS RELEASE] – CHICAGO, Feb. 27, 2025 – Verano Holdings Corp., a number one multistate hashish corporate, introduced its monetary effects for the fourth quarter and whole 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2024, which have been ready according to U.S. most often authorised accounting rules (GAAP).

Fourth Quarter 2024 Monetary Highlights

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Revenues, web of reductions, of $218 million, a lower of 8% year-over-year, and an build up of one% as opposed to the prior quarter.
Gross benefit of $108 million or 49% of earnings.
SG&A expense of $84 million or 38% of earnings.
Web lack of $(273) million or (125)% of earnings.
Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $63 million or 29% of earnings.
Web money supplied via working actions of $44 million.
Capital expenditures of $14 million.

Complete 12 months 2024 Monetary Highlights

Revenues, web of reductions, of $879 million, a lower of 6% year-over-year.
Gross benefit of $444 million or 51% of earnings.
SG&A expense of $353 million or 40% of earnings.
Web lack of $(342) million or (39)% of earnings.
Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $264 million or 30% of earnings.
Web money supplied via working actions of $112 million.
Capital expenditures of $99 million.

A line-by-line breakdown of the fourth quarter and full-year 2024 monetary highlights is viewable right here.

Control Remark

“I am significantly happy with our staff’s resilience in 2024, a 12 months by which we laid the root to fortify and optimize our core trade to pursue long-term expansion,” Verano founder, Chairman and CEO George Archos stated. “All over a dynamic 2024, we entered the precious Virginia marketplace and reinforced our footprint in Arizona, introduced 17 new dispensaries on-line in six key markets, celebrated adult-use gross sales in Ohio, and introduced a chain of thrilling new merchandise around the fastest-growing classes.

“Taking a look forward, now we have a transparent imaginative and prescient to harness innovation, automation and differentiation throughout all portions of the trade to gas our endured evolution and endless pursuit of high quality and excellence. I’m assured in our skill to transport with velocity and agility in pursuit of expansion and glance ahead to proceeding to construct Verano right into a hashish powerhouse in 2025 and past.” 

Fourth Quarter 2024 Monetary Assessment

Income for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $218 million, down from $237 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, and up from $217 million for the 3rd quarter of 2024. The lower in earnings for the fourth quarter of 2024 in comparison to the fourth quarter of 2023 was once pushed basically via an build up in promotional job and value compression in key markets.

Gross benefit for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $108 million or 49% of earnings, down from $118 million or 50% of earnings for the fourth quarter of 2023, and down from $109 million or 50% of earnings for the 3rd quarter of 2024. The lower in gross benefit for the fourth quarter of 2024 in comparison to the fourth quarter of 2023 was once basically because of declines in earnings.

SG&A expense for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $84 million or 38% of earnings, down from $86 million or 36% of earnings for the fourth quarter of 2023, and down from $92 million or 43% of earnings for the 3rd quarter of 2024. The lower in SG&A expense for the fourth quarter of 2024 in comparison to the fourth quarter of 2023 was once pushed basically via operational and headcount optimization and restricted new retailer openings.

Web loss for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $(273) million or (125)% of earnings, as opposed to $(77) million or (33)% of earnings within the fourth quarter of 2023. The build up in web loss for the fourth quarter of 2024 in comparison to the fourth quarter of 2023 was once attributed to the mounted and intangible asset impairments and truthful price measurements.

Adjusted EBITDA¹ for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $63 million or 29% of earnings.

Web money supplied via working actions for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $44 million, up from $32 million for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Capital expenditures for the fourth quarter of 2024 had been $14 million, up from $10 million for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Complete 12 months 2024 Monetary Assessment

Income for the total 12 months of 2024 was once $879 million, down from $938 million for the total 12 months of 2023. The lower in earnings for the total 12 months of 2024 in comparison to the complete 12 months of 2023 was once pushed basically via anticipated declines in Illinois and New Jersey because of greater retail pageant, and a brief shift in cultivation output in Florida.

Gross benefit for the total 12 months of 2024 was once $444 million or 51% of earnings, down from $475 million or 51% of earnings for the total 12 months of 2023. The lower in gross benefit for the total 12 months of 2024 in comparison to the total 12 months of 2023 was once basically on account of the decline in 2024 earnings.

SG&A expense for the total 12 months of 2024 was once $353 million or 40% of earnings, up from $332 million or 35% of earnings for the total 12 months 2023. The rise in SG&A expense for the total 12 months 2024 in comparison to the total 12 months 2023 was once pushed basically via improvements in processes and generation, and an build up in salaries and advantages, because of new retailer openings and acquisition job.

Web loss for the total 12 months of 2024 was once $(342) million, or (39)% of earnings, up from $(117) million, or (13)% of earnings within the complete 12 months of 2023. The rise in web loss for the total 12 months of 2024 in comparison to the total 12 months of 2023 was once in large part pushed via mounted and intangible asset impairments and truthful price measurements.

Adjusted EBITDA¹ for the total 12 months of 2024 was once $264 million or 30% of earnings.

Web money supplied via working actions for the total 12 months of 2024 was once $112 million, up from $110 million for the total 12 months of 2023.

Capital expenditures for the total 12 months of 2024 had been $99 million, up from $36 million for the total 12 months of 2023.

2025 Steering

The corporate anticipates 2025 capital expenditures to vary between $25 million and $40 million.

Fourth Quarter 2024 Operational Highlights

Initiated “Save the BITS,” a fundraising marketing campaign that includes BITS edibles and a coalition of loads of dispensaries throughout 8 states in reinforce of the Lynn Sage Breast Most cancers Basis.
Commenced adult-use gross sales at Zen Leaf Waterbury, finishing the conversion of all 5 present Connecticut Zen Leaf dispensaries from clinical to hybrid gross sales.
Expanded the corporate’s retail footprint via opening Zen Leaf Mount Holly, raising the corporate’s New Jersey footprint to 4 dispensaries statewide.
Introduced 3 new product extensions to reply to marketplace call for and increasing client traits, together with:

BITS Dragonfruit LOL gummies, the emblem’s 6th taste providing a adapted mixture of five milligrams of THC, cannabinoids and adaptogens;
(the) Essence J’s barrel-style pre-roll joints, tapping into the business’s fastest-growing class whilst harnessing the facility of state-of-the-art production innovation that exponentially will increase output; and
Further Savvy 2-gram vape cartridges in Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland and Arizona, accounting for 3 of the highest 5 best-selling merchandise in Zen Leaf retail outlets in Illinois since launching in December.

Next Operational Highlights

In January, the corporate terminated business agreements touching on a retail dispensary in Arkansas and offered the actual property leased via the dispensary for a benefit.
Expanded the corporate’s retail footprint in Florida, with the outlet of MÜV^™ North Miami, elevating the corporate’s present statewide retail footprint to 80 dispensaries.
Present operations span 13 states, constituted of 153 dispensaries and 15 manufacturing amenities with greater than 1.1 million sq. ft of cultivation capability.

Stability Sheet and Liquidity

As of Dec. 31, 2024, the corporate’s present belongings had been $358 million, together with money and money equivalents of $88 million. The corporate had a operating capital of $160 million and overall debt, web of issuance prices, of $414 million.

The corporate’s overall Elegance A subordinate balloting stocks remarkable was once 358,747,290 as of Dec. 31, 2024.

¹Adjusted EBITDA and changed EBITDA as a proportion of earnings (“adjusted EBITDA margin”) are non-U.S. GAAP monetary measures. Each and every is derived from EBITDA, some other non-U.S. GAAP monetary measure, and is outlined on this information liberate in the phase under titled “Non-U.S. GAAP Monetary Measures.” Probably the most at once related U.S. GAAP monetary measure to adjusted EBITDA is web source of revenue (loss) and probably the most at once related measure to adjusted EBITDA margin is web source of revenue (loss) as a proportion of earnings (“web source of revenue (loss) margin”). The reconciliation of (i) adjusted EBITDA to U.S. GAAP web source of revenue (loss) and (ii) adjusted EBITDA margin to web source of revenue (loss) margin is about forth under within the tables incorporated on this information liberate.