Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings.
However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
The stocks in this article are all trading near their 52-week highs.
This strength often reflects positive developments such as new product launches, favorable industry trends, or improved financial performance.
Companies Reporting Before The Bell • Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGE) is expected to report quarterly loss at $0.80 per share on revenue of $301.83 million.
Shares of Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBLA) fell sharply during Monday’s session after the company announced pricing of a roughly $9 million public offering. Panbela Therapeutics shares dipped 65.5% to $1.47 on Monday.
U.S. stocks traded mixed, with the Dow Jones trading slightly lower on Monday. Shares of SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI) rose sharply during Monday’s session after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue.
By the end of today, December 18, 2023, Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) is set to deliver a dividend payout of $0.72 per share, equating to an annualized dividend yield of 1.81%. Shareholders who owned the stock prior to the ex-dividend date on November 24, 2023 will receive this payout.
