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May-2026
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Market Insights Snapshot
In May 2026, Alchemist concentrated 85.14% of sales in Concentrates while Vapor Pens accounted for 14.86%, with Concentrates down 42.93% year over year and 23.06% month over month, versus Vapor Pens down 84.29% year over year but up 27.58% month over month. Average price fell 13.87% year over year to $33.40, with Concentrates priced at $33.66 and Vapor Pens at $32.01, and the brand’s overall sales declined 59.43% year over year despite a 5.41% increase over 24 months. Alchemist ranked 18th in Concentrates in Maryland, indicating that the portfolio is overexposed to a contracting core category while a smaller segment is the only area showing near-term momentum.
The shift toward a lower-priced mix and a month-over-month rebound in Vapor Pens of 27.58% alongside a 23.06% decline in Concentrates implies margin pressure if the 13.87% price decline persists and mix continues tilting away from the higher-share flagship. With 85.14% of sales tied to Concentrates and a rank position of 18 in Maryland Concentrates, the brand’s positioning relies on stabilizing that category while using the smaller 14.86% Vapor Pens base to capture incremental share during months when that segment grows.
Competitive Landscape
Alchemist sits at rank #18 in May 2026 in MD Concentrates, down 4 positions year over year from #14 and slipping 5 places from #13 three months ago, while its peak was #8 in February 2025; in contrast, District Cannabis held #1 with a 73.36% YoY sales increase and Grassroots advanced from #7 to #2 alongside a 47.54% YoY sales lift, whereas Beezle Extracts is currently #4 with a -4.87% YoY decline. The combination of a 4-rank YoY drop and a 5-rank slide versus three months ago, alongside competitors gaining share at the top (e.g., #1 and #2 both improving positions), implies Alchemist is losing relative placement in a consolidating top tier and must reverse multi-period rank erosion to reenter the top 10.
Notable Products
Loud Cake Live Resin Badder (1g) posted the largest movement in May 2026 with a 148% month-over-month gain, jumping to rank 3 from outside the upper tier, while Pineapple Upside Down Cake Live Resin Badder (1g) fell 17% to rank 6. At the top, White 99 Live Resin Sugar (1g) held rank 1 despite an 8% decline, as Filthy Animal Live Resin Sugar (1g) dropped 41% to rank 2 and Jack Herer Live Resin Sugar (1g) plunged 80% to rank 8. With nine of the top ten products in Concentrates and only one Vapor Pens SKU in rank 4, the portfolio is concentrated in resin-based formats, implying a deliberate pivot toward high-velocity concentrate lines and away from breadth in other categories.
Top Selling Cannabis Brands
Data for this report comes from real-time sales reporting by participating cannabis retailers via their point-of-sale systems, which are linked up with Headset’s business intelligence software. Headset’s data is very reliable, as it comes digitally direct from our partner retailers. However, the potential does exist for misreporting in the instance of duplicates, incorrectly classified products, inaccurate entry of products into point-of-sale systems, or even simple human error at the point of purchase. Thus, there is a slight margin of error to consider. Brands listed on this page are ranked in the top twenty within the market and product category by total retail sales volume.
