{"id":10979,"date":"2022-05-05T12:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robomarkets.com\/blog\/?p=10979"},"modified":"2024-02-02T18:24:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:24:49","slug":"ipo-of-edible-garden-21st-century-greenhouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robomarkets.com.cy\/blog\/stock-market\/ipo-of-edible-garden-21st-century-greenhouses\/","title":{"rendered":"IPO of Edible Garden: 21st Century Greenhouses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fresh fruit and vegetables are available throughout the year nowadays, and consumers seldom reflect on the fact that this is thanks to the development of greenhouse businesses and agricultural technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our today's article is dedicated to Edible Garden, a company engaged in the development of technologies for growing produce in greenhouses. On 4 May, Edible Garden AG Inc. is planning to go public by listing on the NASDAQ under the \"EDBL<\/strong>\" ticker symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>What we know about Edible Garden<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Edible Garden AG Inc<\/strong>. is an agricultural company specialising in growing sustainable fruit and vegetables in an indoor environment. The company uses conventional agricultural methods combined with modern technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This combination offers opportunities not only to grow fresh organic food in a sustainable way but also to improve the control system and business processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, to grow herbs and lettuce, Edible Garden uses a controlled environment of classic installations – glass greenhouses – along with hydroponic and vertical farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These methods help to grow plants in greenhouses without soil and to make effective use of indoor installation space. To maintain ecological balance, the company tries to avoid the depletion of natural resources. For example, some materials are recycled for further use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Business of Edible Garden<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The process of growing the fruit and vegetable produce is controlled by using the company's proprietary software solution named GreenThumb. Compared with conventional agriculture, Edible Garden's closed systems require much less soil, water, and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sustainable approach to agriculture ensures taking appropriate and reasonable care of our planetary resources. In addition, the use of cutting-edge technologies for growing plants reduces the risk of possible plant infestations by harmful pathogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>What are the prospects of Edible Garden’s target market?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The traditional farming system in the US mainly consists of field farms. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2019, there were almost 900 million acres of farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past few decades, small agricultural households combined into large-scale farms. Nowadays, family lands in the US amount only to 3% of the farms and 42% of the total output, which has a well-defined regional structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, Monterey County in California provides the US market with 61% of leaf lettuce and 56% of cabbage lettuce produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This regional dependence leads to creating long and complicated distribution chains. Consequently, some products have to travel for several days, covering thousands of miles until they finally hit store shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking into consideration ecological and social-macro tendencies, Edible Garden experts came to the conclusion that conventional crop growing is not suited enough to meet the requirements of the planet's increasing population. The reason for this is the high dependency on land, water, and other natural resources, which are becoming more and more scarce, making them insufficient for the manufacturing of food products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>How Edible Garden performs financially<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the IPO<\/a>, the issuer had not generated any net profit, which is understandable for young companies at their early stage of development. We will therefore analyse Edible Garden's financial performance with its revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, the company's sales were $10.51 million, representing an 11.33% increase in comparison with 2020. Although this growth may not seem impressive, admittedly, the probability for more could not be possible bearing in mind that the company has only just started building its client base. Edible Garden says that there is every expectation that an average check and the total sales figures might increase in the nearest future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Financial performance of Edible Garden<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The issuer's net loss in 2021 was $5.54 million – this is a 49.33% increase in comparison with 2020. As of 31 December 2021, Edible Garden's total liabilities were $2.2 million, and the cash equivalents on its balance sheet were $14.41 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span><\/a>Strengths and weaknesses of Edible Garden<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The company's strengths are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n