Is Goodfood (TSX:FOOD) a penny stock worth exploring after Q1 results?

2 min read | January 19, 2022 01:52 AM AEDT | By Raza Naqvi
Highlights:
  • Goodfood's financial result indicates that the company is progressing, and its gross margin increased by 24 per cent.
  • Goodfood claims that Canadians prefer its 30-minute grocery offering, and it has surpassed C$ 21 million annual run-rate sales.
  • In Q1 2022, the adjusted EBITDA margin was a negative 18.7 per cent, an improvement from a negative 22.4 per cent in Q4 2021.

Goodfood Market Corp. (TSX:FOOD) announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2022 and revealed net sales of C$ 78 million compared to C$ 79 million in the fourth quarter of last year.

During the trading session on Monday, January 17, Goodfood stock jumped 3.1 per cent and closed at C$ 3.68 per share.

Let's take a look at the financial results of the first quarter and see if FOOD stock is worth exploring:

Goodfood's (TSX:FOOD) performance in Q1 2022

Goodfood's financial result indicates that the company is progressing, and its gross margin increased by 24 per cent quarter-over-quarter (QoQ).

Notably, the company's on-demand active customers were increasing and reached 13,000. Since the launch of quick-commerce delivery, the active customers have registered a growth of 50 per cent.

Goodfood stock performance                                                                                             ©2022 Kalkine Media® 

Goodfood claims that Canadians prefer its 30-minute grocery offering, and it has surpassed C$ 21 million annual run-rate sales, excluding credits and incentives.

The company has launched its third local micro fulfilment centre in Toronto and expects to launch three more by the end of March 2022.

In Q1 2022, the adjusted EBITDA margin was a negative 18.7 per cent, an improvement from a negative 22.4 per cent in Q4 2021.

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Meanwhile, the net loss widened to C$ 21.6 million from C$ 3.1 million in Q4 2021.

Bottom line

Established in 2014, Goodfood was started as an online grocery company in Canada. It now offers fresh meal solutions and groceries to its customers.

The company seems to have growth potential as it has a unique feature of offering its customers to easily complete their weakly meal planning and grocery shopping within minutes.

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