I think you’re making a lot of assumptions. If Surna buys companies to increase revenue and profitability, and generating a positive EPS, why would they short? Canadian LPs were in an arms race where acquiring companies and issuing shares were not for the reasons of increasing profitability. It was all top line growth to gain as much market share as quickly as possible.
Surna on the other hand, is acquiring companies to increase revenue and profitability in the short term, so they can uplist to the Nasdaq. This isn’t an arms race for Surna, this is building a powerhouse of growth and profits.
If they were trying to grow quickly without the goal of bottom line growth, they would have done it when they went to .50 during the cannabis hype in 2018.