Grown Rogue International (CSE: GRIN) (OTC: GRUSF) reported a 16% increase in annual revenue for 2024, reaching $27 million versus $23.4 million in the previous fiscal year.
However, the company also posted a 16-fold increase in its annual net loss, which grew to $10.7 million for 2024 versus a $662,320 loss for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 2023. After the 2023 fiscal year, Grown Rogue adjusted its fiscal year to align with the calendar year. The ballooning loss was primarily attributed to non-cash items, most notably a $12.8 million unrealized loss on derivative liability.
The cannabis producer, which operates in Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Oregon, reported a 27% increase in adjusted EBITDA to $9.7 million, with its adjusted EBITDA margin improving to 35.8% from 32.7% the previous year.
For the fourth quarter of 2024, Grown Rogue reported revenue of $5.7 million and adjusted EBITDA of $2.6 million, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 46.9%. The company recorded a profit of $1.7 million, a significant improvement over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, when it reported a loss of $2 million.
For November and December of 2023, which fell outside the two fiscal years, Grown Rogue reported sales of $3.6 million and net income of $672,427.
“This was another productive year for Grown Rogue with growth in both revenue and aEBITDA showing the continued execution by our team in competitive markets,” CEO Obie Strickler said in a statement. He also noted that the growth was “against a backdrop of price compression” that was especially apparent in the second half of 2024.
The company reported market share increases in both Oregon and Michigan, with sales growth of 10% and 13%, respectively, outperforming overall state market growth. Oregon sales were flat while Michigan’s grew 8%, according to the company.
Operating expenses increased to $12.3 million versus $7.4 million in the previous fiscal year, with general and administrative costs rising to $10.1 million from $6.5 million.
Despite the net loss, Grown Rogue reported positive cash flow from operating activities of $7.1 million for 2024, up from $5.7 million in the previous fiscal year.
Grown Rogue has been actively boosting its footprint, receiving licensing approval in New Jersey where it acquired a 44% stake in ABCO Garden State LLC, with agreements to increase ownership to 70% pending regulatory approval. Sales of its flower and pre-roll products in New Jersey began in December, appearing in approximately half of the state’s 205 dispensaries by mid-March.
The company also upped its ownership stake in Michigan operations from 60% to 80% and saw its convertible lenders voluntarily convert $3.1 million of outstanding convertible debentures not due until 2027.
After the end of the fiscal year, Grown Rogue nabbed a $7 million credit line at around 9% interest and opened an affiliated dispensary, Nile, in West New York, New Jersey in February.
Strickler noted continuing pricing pressure in early 2025, especially in Michigan, but expressed optimism that the pressure would subside as the year goes on.