Give me the top 5 cannabis companies

Screening Filters

1. market_cap ≥ 500,000,000 (≥ $500M)

   • Purpose: Focus on larger, more established cannabis companies.
   • Rationale: When people ask for the “top” companies, they usually mean leaders in size and prominence, not tiny or highly speculative names. A $500M minimum market cap screens out micro- and many small-cap stocks, leaving more significant players in the cannabis space.

2. monthly_average_dollar_volume ≥ 1,000,000 (≥ $1M traded per month)

   • Purpose: Ensure the stocks are reasonably liquid and actively traded.
   • Rationale: Top companies should have meaningful investor interest and sufficient liquidity so that investors can enter and exit positions without large price impact or wide bid–ask spreads. This filter removes illiquid or thinly traded cannabis stocks.

3. region = United States

   • Purpose: Restrict results to U.S.-listed companies.
   • Rationale: The question specifically asks for cannabis companies “in the US stock market.” This excludes Canadian-only listings or other foreign exchanges and keeps the focus on U.S. markets and U.S.-domiciled companies or primary U.S. listings.

4. themes = “The Cannabis Industry”

   • Purpose: Directly target companies classified as part of the cannabis industry.
   • Rationale: This is the core of the query. It narrows the universe to companies whose primary business model or substantial exposure is cannabis (producers, distributors, ancillary cannabis services, etc.), rather than unrelated sectors.

5. list_exchange in [XNYS, XNAS, XASE] (NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSE American)

   • Purpose: Limit to major U.S. stock exchanges.
   • Rationale: “Top” US stock market companies are generally found on the main exchanges rather than OTC or pink sheets. This improves overall quality and regulatory standards (reporting, governance) of the companies in the result set.

6. revenue_ttm ≥ 100,000,000 (≥ $100M trailing 12‑month revenue)

   • Purpose: Prioritize cannabis companies with substantial business activity.
   • Rationale: Top industry players typically generate meaningful revenue. This filter removes very early-stage or pre-revenue cannabis firms and focuses on companies with established operations and sales.

7. is_optionable = True

   • Purpose: Include only stocks that have listed options.
   • Rationale: Option availability tends to correlate with higher interest, size, and liquidity. While not required to be a “top” company, this is a useful proxy for market relevance and investor attention, reinforcing the focus on leading names.

Why Results Match:

• The theme filter guarantees the companies are actually in the cannabis industry.
• The region and exchange filters ensure they trade on major U.S. stock markets, as requested.
• The market cap, revenue, liquidity, and optionable filters collectively bias the results toward larger, more established, and actively traded cannabis companies, which aligns with the idea of the “top 5” in the U.S. market rather than small, speculative names.