Is GURU Organic Energy (GURU) halal?
GURU Organic Energy Corp. (TSX: GURU), the Montréal-based maker of organic, plant-based, non-alcoholic energy drinks, gets a PASS: the business is clean, debt is effectively nil (~0.8% of market cap), and interest revenue is about 2.5% of revenue - under the ~5% ceiling.
The two-gate Shariah screen
Every screener on this site runs the same two gates: first, the business must be halal (no conventional insurance, banking, alcohol, gambling, weapons manufacturing, and the like); second, the financial ratios must clear (debt under roughly 33% of market cap, non-compliant income under roughly 5%).
Gate one: the business — PASSED
GURU Organic Energy Corp. (TSX: GURU) was launched in 1999 in Montréal, where its administrative offices are located, and markets organic energy drinks in Canada and the United States through an estimated distribution network of about 25,000 points of sale, plus guruenergy.com and Amazon. Its products - Guru Original, Guru Lite, Guru Energy Water, Guru Matcha, Yerba Mate, Guayusa Tropical Punch and the GURU Zero Sorbet line launched in 2026 - are organic, vegan, gluten-free energy drinks made with natural caffeine and no artificial sweeteners, colours or flavours and no preservatives. The Company operates in a single operating segment, the production, marketing and distribution of energy drinks; manufacturing is outsourced to third-party co-packers. No non-permissible segments are disclosed anywhere in the filings reviewed - no alcohol, cannabis, gambling, conventional banking or insurance, weapons, pork, tobacco, or adult-entertainment activities. Energy drinks are caffeine/sugar beverages, not alcohol or cannabis, and are not flagged activities under standard AAOIFI-style screens. The business gate passes. Facts only, no fatwa.
Gate two: the ratios — PASSED
Both ratio checks pass comfortably. The Q3 2026 release (nine months ended July 31, 2026) reports a balance sheet with C$25.6M in cash and short-term investments, no debt, and a C$10.0M undrawn credit facility - total available liquidity of C$35.6M. The only debt-like item in the filings is lease liabilities, which stood at C$733K (including the current portion) at April 30, 2026 per the Q2 2026 MD&A. Against a market capitalization of about C$88.5M (Finnhub, October 1, 2026), that is about 0.8% - far under the ~33% ceiling, and the result is not sensitive to any reasonable variation in market cap quotes (portfolioslab: CA$87.64M; TipRanks: C$90.95M). Cash plus short-term investments of C$25.6M is about 29% of market cap - also under the ~33% liquidity gate. On the income side, the Company earns interest revenue on high-interest savings accounts and fixed-rate short-term investments with major North American financial institutions: interest revenue was C$224,865 in Q1 2026 (three months ended January 31, 2026) against net revenue of C$8,826,000 - about 2.55%; the full-year 2025 ratio was similarly about 2.5% (C$856,164 net financial income on C$34,747,920 revenue). Both are well under the ~5% ceiling. All figures recomputed from the cited sources; GURU reports in Canadian dollars.
What other screeners say
No public Zoya, Musaffa or ShariaPortfolio coverage was found for GURU Organic Energy (GURU) as of October 2026: no public Zoya page is indexed for the ticker, site-scoped Musaffa searches returned nothing, and ShariaPortfolio publishes no public per-stock screening pages for it. The PASS recorded here rests on the company own disclosures.
The bottom line
GURU Organic Energy (GURU) is a PASS. The business gate passes: the Company makes only organic, plant-based, non-alcoholic energy drinks, with no non-permissible segments disclosed. The ratios pass comfortably: the Q3 2026 release states no debt - the only debt-like item is lease liabilities of C$733K at April 30, 2026 - against a market capitalization of about C$88.5M (October 2026), about 0.8%, far under the ~33% ceiling; cash plus short-term investments of C$25.6M is about 29% of market cap, also under the liquidity gate; and interest revenue of about 2.5% of revenue is well under the ~5% ceiling. No public Zoya, Musaffa or ShariaPortfolio rating was found for this ticker as of October 2026. As with every screener here, this is a rules-based screening of published figures, not a religious ruling - consult a qualified scholar for personal guidance.
Sources
- GURU Q3 2026 results (Sept 9, 2026; record revenue, no debt, C$25.6M cash and short-term investments)
- GURU Q2 2026 results (June 11, 2026; revenue growth, balance sheet)
- GURU Q2 2026 MD&A (lease liabilities C$733K at April 30, 2026)
- GURU Q1 2026 interim condensed consolidated financial statements (interest revenue C$224,865, note 11)
- GURU market cap (~C$88.5M), October 1, 2026 (finnhub)
- GURU.TO performance and market data, October 1, 2026 (portfolioslab)
Frequently asked questions
Is GURU Organic Energy stock halal?
Based on this screener AAOIFI-style checks, GURU passes: it makes only organic, plant-based, non-alcoholic energy drinks, so the business gate passes; the debt gate passes with only ~C$0.73M of lease liabilities (the Company states no debt in its Q3 2026 release) against a market cap of ~C$88.5M; and interest revenue is about 2.5% of revenue, under the ~5% ceiling. This is a screening result, not investment advice or a religious ruling.
What is GURU Organic Energy debt to market cap ratio?
About 0.8%: the Company reports no debt at all in its Q3 2026 release (quarter ended July 31, 2026); its only debt-like item is lease liabilities, which stood at C$733K at April 30, 2026 per the Q2 2026 MD&A, against a market cap of about C$88.5M in October 2026. Cash and short-term investments were C$25.6M, about 29% of market cap - also under the ~33% liquidity gate.
Does GURU Organic Energy earn interest income?
Yes - it earns interest on high-interest savings accounts and fixed-rate short-term investments with major North American financial institutions. Interest revenue was C$224,865 in Q1 2026 (three months ended January 31, 2026) against net revenue of C$8,826,000 - about 2.55%, well under the ~5% ceiling; the full-year 2025 ratio was similarly ~2.5% (C$856,164 net financial income on C$34,747,920 revenue).
Does GURU make alcohol or cannabis drinks?
No: GURU Organic Energy Corp. (TSX: GURU) of Montréal makes only organic, plant-based, non-alcoholic energy drinks (Guru Original, Guru Lite, Energy Water, Matcha, Yerba Mate, Guayusa Tropical Punch, and the GURU Zero Sorbet line) - organic, vegan, gluten-free, with no artificial sweeteners, colours or flavours. It operates in a single segment, the production, marketing and distribution of energy drinks, with no alcohol, cannabis, gambling, conventional banking or insurance, weapons, pork, tobacco, or adult-entertainment activities disclosed, so the business gate passes.
Do Zoya, Musaffa, or ShariaPortfolio rate GURU Organic Energy?
No public coverage was found as of October 2026: no public Zoya page for the GURU ticker, no Musaffa public page, and ShariaPortfolio publishes no public per-stock screening pages for it. The PASS recorded here rests on the company own disclosures.
Screened with our two-gate Shariah screening methodology (business-activity gate, then AAOIFI-style financial ratios).