Now might be the best time to buy small-cap stocks, according to the investment firm BTIG. In December, the Russell 2000 index, which tracks this segment of the market, dropped more than 8%. BTIG points out that historically the index tends to decline in the final month of the year…
Freedom Broker analysts have highlighted three small-cap stocks to watch as the so-called Santa Claus rally approaches. This is the traditional rise in stock prices before Christmas and into the early days of January. Among the highlighted companies is Perfect Corp., which is making AI solutions for the fashion and…
JPMorgan has revealed its top internet picks for 2025, which include both Big Tech names and small-cap stocks. As reported in Benzinga, the bank believes that enhanced engineering efficiency, billions in AI revenue for Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, and accelerated ad and search growth for Meta and Google,…
Shares of less-lethal weapons manufacturer Byrna Technologies advanced nearly 5% on Tuesday, December 17, to three-year highs. The company announced plans to boost U.S. production by 33% and open a new facility. Byrna also committed to exiting China and sourcing all the components for its flagship product domestically by the…
Quotes on Sidus Space, a space services company, have quadrupled over the last two days. This week, the company plans to launch its second satellite. Ahead of this milestone, Sidus has announced a $14 million private placement, marking the fifth stock offering for the company this year. Details Shares of…
Quotes on MAIA Biotechnology shares jumped 6.4% in U.S. premarket trading today, Tuesday, December 17, following a 10.0% surge the previous day. This came after the company announced that the FDA had granted a special designation to its drug for pediatric brain tumors. The designation came with a voucher that…
Shares of easy-to-prepare food maker Mama’s Creations have plunged more than 20% in premarket trading as of this writing today, Tuesday, December 17, following the release of earnings for the fiscal-2025 third quarter, which revealed year-over-year declines in net and gross profit amid revenue growth. Note that the financial report…
The Royce Smaller-Companies Growth Fund has spotlighted three small-cap growth stories in payments processing. These companies started out several years ago when the industry was built around equipment sales. However, they successfully shifted their business models to generate recurring revenue while remaining committed to innovation, noted Royce portfolio manager Chip…
Simply Wall St believes Miller Industries is worth 50% more than its current share price, having set the highest target price on Wall Street at $105.3 per share. Meanwhile, Freedom Broker downgraded the name in early December, dropping their “buy” recommendation. Details Simply Wall St values Miller Industries at $105.30…
Barchart.com has highlighted two stocks from the Russell 2000 small-cap index that are rated as “strong buys” by Wall Street analysts and feature significant upside. Vaxcyte The biotech company Vaxcyte develops vaccines for infectious diseases, such as invasive pneumococcal infections, which include pneumococcal meningitis and bacteremia. While vaccines for these…
The small-cap company IN8bio promises to revolutionize oncology with cell therapies, including for the highly aggressive glioblastoma. While this treatment is a groundbreaking advancement that took place not long ago, its use remains limited. IN8bio seeks to change that. The cell revolution For decades, oncology relied on surgery, chemotherapy, and…
The Russell 2000 small-cap index is expected to have a better 2025 than the S&P 500, its large-cap counterpart, according to an analyst at the investment bank Piper Sandler. Such an outperformance usually takes place in the third year of a bull market, which will come in 2025. Details The…
Shares of Lightwave Logic, a development stage company developing electro-optic photonic devices, hit an all-time low on Wednesday, December 11. The company announced a management overhaul to accelerate commercialization of and identify new applications for its products. Details Lightwave Logic stock plummeted nearly 26% on the Nasdaq on Wednesday to…
On Wednesday, December 11, shares of Krispy Kreme, a doughnut shop and coffeehouse chain, dropped after the company reported operational disruptions caused by a cyberattack. Hackers compromised its online ordering system in the U.S., and it might take months to recover, according to the FT. While Krispy Kreme expects insurance…
In a recent note, Zacks Small-Cap Research (Zacks SCR) laid out why it believes Lexaria Bioscience, a micro-cap company that is working on making popular weight-loss injections like Wegovy and Zepbound into pills using its patented technology, should be valued at $8 per share — 222% above the current market…
Barron’s has highlighted six small-cap stocks from the S&P 600 index that it expects to keep rallying in 2025. They come from various sectors but have three common features: they have beat analyst earnings estimates in at least seven of the past eight quarters, along with at least 10% expected…
The volume of new office space construction in the first 11 months of 2024 has already exceeded the figures from the previous four years. The office market in Almaty is now set to see truly large-scale projects in the coming years, with major Kazakhstani real estate developers — BI Group…
On Friday, December 6, quotes on VolitionRx, a small-cap company that develops and sells early-detection tests for serious diseases, jumped almost 10% following the announcement of a registered direct offering priced at the previous day’s close. Details On Friday, VolitionRx stock jumped almost 10% on the NYSE to $0.63 per…
Shares of electric air taxi company Archer Aviation rose more than 8% on Friday, December 6, and continued to climb in premarket trading on Monday, December 9. The company announced an agreement that aims to make Archer the first manufacturer of electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the Middle East and…
In the month following the U.S. presidential election, the S&P SmallCap 600 index gained 6%. Among the biggest winners were regional bank Dime and car-rental company Hertz, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. Dime Community Bancshares Dime, a regional bank with a market capitalization of $1.6 billion, offers deposit…
The small-cap Inuvo has devised a way to rescue brands and the advertising market from restrictions on cookies. For years, cookies have been the primary means for companies to gather user data and target ads. Inuvo offers a technology capable of creating consumer profiles without cookies. On the back of…
On Wednesday, December 4, quotes on U.S.-based lunar lander developer Intuitive Machines, with a market capitalization of $1.8 billion, retreated more than 9% following the announcement of a secondary offering priced at a significant discount to the current share price. Details On Wednesday, Intuitive Machines stock fell 9.4% to $12.80…
On Wednesday, December 4, shares of communications and payment services company IDT Corporation spiked in after-hours trading following the release of record earnings for the fiscal-2025 first quarter (ended October 31), which highlighted increasing profitability. Details In after-hours trading on Wednesday, IDT Corporation stock added more than 6% to $53.65…
In a recent note, Zacks Small-Cap Research (Zacks SCR) has valued Canadian drug developer Nurexone Biologic, which trades in the U.S., at $2.55 per share, more than five times the current share price. In the over-the-counter market on Tuesday, December 3, the stock was quoted at $0.50 per share. Details …
