Friday 22 May 2020

As Cannabis Stocks Are Trending Again, Look For EYC To Skyrocket

Cannabis stocks are finally moving up again. As they are trending, Eyecarrot Innovations Corp. (EYCCF) (EYC.V) may make one of the best near-term hype trades of them all. The stock moved up 38% to $0.235 on 5.8 million volume on the TSX Venture on Friday. We think that this is just the tip of the iceberg. It will likely gap up significantly on Monday as news gets out over the weekend but it's still worthy to chase as it could be starting a massive multi-day run to $1.00 or more. Why? Former Aurora Cannabis (ACB) CEO Terry Booth was named as Executive Chairman. This news is similar in nature to when former Canopy Growth (CGC) (WEED.TO) CEO Bruce Linton left and decided to focus his time on Martello Technologies (DRKOF) (MTLO.V), but is superior in a few ways that we will get to below.


EYC initially opened at $0.26 on Friday, but pulled back to $0.195 in response to the $1 million capital raise at $0.1275. But as this placement was very likely filled (including participation by Booth), strong buying and large bids came in towards the end of the day, pushing it to a $0.235 close. This is very bullish.

EYC was quite hot at the start of the year before the pandemic and market crash ruined its momentum. Its interesting vision care technology and deals with key sports figures coupled with Terry Booth's involvement will almost certainly get the stock trending and challenging 52-week highs once again. Booth said the following about his appointment to EYC:


"I am beyond excited to be a part of a new technology platform that will focus on improving vision globally. In particular, improving youth vision through this revolutionary technology that has not only been proven but is being used by world class athletes to improve their binocular vision, balance, and strength. Our product will set the standard in this nascent industry on a global basis," 


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A similar start as MTLO, but could be an even better finish

EYC's performance on Friday is eerily similar to what happened with MTLO when Bruce Linton left Canopy and decided to focus his efforts on it. This is the price history immediately following Linton leaving Canopy last July:














On July 3, 2019, MTLO rose 39% on 6.6 million volume and closed at $0.265. This is almost identical to EYC's 38% move on 5.8 million volume on Friday. MTLO followed that up with several highly bullish days, culminating with a $1.00 high on the 5th day of the run before pulling back.

While there are some striking similarities between Linton and MTLO with Booth and EYC, there are also a couple of key differences that we think will make EYC an even superior mover. First, Linton had a history with Martello, serving as a CEO before joining Canopy. His focus on MTLO did not come as a complete shock, but still was enough to really move the stock. Booth becoming EYC's Executive Chairman is a completely unexpected development. Frankly, we consider ourselves lucky to have gotten in at such a cheap price and are surprised at the lack of volume. We attribute this to the news being on Friday before a long weekend. EYC is being promoted by Agoracom and others. They will almost certainly heavily push the Terry Booth news out to their investor contacts next week.

While the stock market in the United States will be closed on Monday, the Canadian market will be open. Given the trendiness of cannabis stocks and the stay-at-home orders still impacting many across the country, we think a lot of traders will be taking their focus north of the border. EYC's news and situation makes for a perfect stock of focus for cannabis traders on Monday.

MTLO had 191 million shares outstanding at the time of the Linton news. Its market cap grew from $36 million to $191 million on the Linton run. EYC has just 51 million shares outstanding, or about 58 million if we include the private placement. It has just a $14 million market cap after Friday's increase. If it was to run to a $200 million market cap, the stock price would approach $2.00.

An additional thing to look closely for is the possibility of Terry Booth buying EYC shares on the open market as he could easily afford more than his 2 million share subscription. If that occurs, that will be another catalyst to shoot the stock way up.

Disclosure: We are long EYC.V

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