Shares of Grid Dynamics Holdings, a provider of technology consulting, platform and product engineering, and analytics services, surged nearly 10% in after-hours trading on Thursday, December 26. This came after the announcement that the company will join the S&P SmallCap 600 index on January 2. Details Grid Dynamics Holdings stock…
Quotes on SoundHound AI, a developer of voice assistants, has soared over 1,000% for the year to date, reports the Motley Fool. While this rally makes it one of the year’s best-performing stocks, the Motley Fool warns that the company may be overvalued. Details On Thursday, December 26, SoundHound AI…
Shares of Health In Tech, whose AI-based platform helps create personalized health insurance programs, surged to $5.50 per share on their first trading day on the Nasdaq, rising to 37.5% above the IPO price. Details Health In Tech stock opened at $4.92 per share on its first trading day, Tuesday,…
CNBC has put forward four small-cap stocks “for the stocking” going into 2025. These companies operate in different sectors but have a couple things in common: their shares have risen over 5% in the last month, yet they remain undervalued compared to their peers and have further upside, according to…
The head of Ark Invest, Cathie Wood, has recently increased her stake in 10x Genomics, among other small-cap names, reports the Motley Fool, which said the company has been “going in the wrong direction.” 10x Genomics, with a market capitalization of $1.78 billion, designs and manufactures gene sequencing technology. Details…
Fund managers at Royce, founded by Wall Street legend Chuck Royce and known for specializing in small- and mid-cap stocks, have shared investment ideas for 2025, including consumer durable names and discounters. Consumer durable products Royce fund managers are keen on companies that sell consumer durable products, such as RVs…
Over the first 11 months of the year, Almaty hotels reported more than $133 million in revenue, marking a 28% increase compared to the same period last year and a threefold surge compared to pre-pandemic levels. The increased financial indicators have attracted new investors to the industry, and Almaty’s hotel…
Shares of Canada’s Gatekeeper Systems, which offers intelligent video solutions designed to provide a safer transportation environment, plunged nearly 17% on Friday, December 20. While it reported record revenue for the 2024 fiscal year, the company also revealed a 34% decline in total comprehensive income. Details On Friday, Gatekeeper Systems…
Shares of AtlasClear, a micro-cap company building a platform to offer financial services to smaller and medium-sized businesses, fell almost 10% in after-hours trading on Friday, December 20, following the announcement of a 1-for-60 reverse stock split. Details In after-hours trading on Friday, AtlasClear Holdings stock tumbled almost 10% on…
Wedbush has initiated coverage of the “under-the-radar AI name” Innodata, rating it a “buy” with a target price 40% above the current market price. This gave a boost to Innodata stock, which jumped 16% before dropping almost 5% in premarket trading today, Friday, December 20. Details The target price for…
Starting in 2035, the EU and several U.S. states plan to ban sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles — those powered by gasoline or diesel. This plays directly into the hands of Beam Global, a small company creating EV charging infrastructure and serving clients such as Google and the…
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…
