CANNAINVESTOR Magazine U.S. Publicly Traded February 2019 | Page 211

It is an industry given that CannaInvestor Magazine was the first and remains the only publication of our kind that I am aware of that has been bullish on the beverages sector for a few years now.

Let’s work backwards starting with the key metrics that I feel stand out before discussing the company:

>Low Share Count with 5% tightly held by insiders per Yahoo Finance.

>Recorded sales of over C$11.4M million for second fiscal quarter 2019, up over 78% compared to second fiscal quarter 2018.

>With a market cap of US$93M and annualized sales approaching US$33M, it is trading at 2.8x revenue.

>Notwithstanding the above point, The Alkaline Water Company reported its highest monthly sales in company history – if that is a trend and not an anomaly then WTER may be one of the most undervalued companies with a presence in this industry.

>Alkaline88® is available in all 50 states at over 47,000 retail locations, including top national grocery retailers Walmart, Kroger, Safeway-Albertsons and CVS.

>Expanded national distribution with the addition of over 7,500 locations of one of the largest drugstore/pharmaceutical chains in the U.S.

The below are all from January 2019 – you can see why I am revisiting WTER.

>The Alkaline Water Company’s east coast expansion continues through enhanced retail distribution with Publix.

>The Alkaline Water Company adds ShopRite as a major east coast retailer.

>Alkaline Water Company enters into brand development agreement with ArchPoint Group.

>The Alkaline Water Company partners with Water Source One.

>The Alkaline Water Company launches aggressive convenience store plan through partnership agreement with E.A. Berg Associates.

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