The best small-cap stocks right now, ranked.
505 stocks qualify today; the 25 below rank highest on the full model. Companies under $5 billion in market value — the scale the small-cap indexes track — that still clear the size and liquidity screen, so every name is big enough to trade.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. Entertainment | $4.7B | 99.7 | +1.9 | 93.6 | 88.1 | 92.6 | 84.1 | 71.3 | 94.3 | 95.2 | 86.8 | 23.3 | |
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $3.4B | 99.7 | +2.6 | 93.9 | 93.2 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 43.5 | 99.2 | 97.4 | 71.1 | 27.6 | |
Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | $2.4B | 99.6 | +13.6 | 86.9 | 96.9 | 92.9 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 71.8 | 65.8 | 93.3 | 32.2 | |
Progyny, Inc. Healthcare Plans | $2.7B | 99.6 | +1.2 | 77.5 | 78.8 | 91.8 | 96.5 | 88.5 | 93.8 | 76.3 | 83.6 | 30.9 | |
Teradata Corp. Software - Infrastructure | $3.0B | 99.5 | +0.4 | 94.8 | 97.1 | 73.7 | 95.4 | 83.7 | 98.9 | 49.2 | 78.8 | 29.5 | |
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. Medical Care Facilities | $2.6B | 99.4 | −0.3 | 91.3 | 96.0 | 98.1 | 89.1 | 71.8 | 96.2 | 43.2 | 81.6 | 31.1 | |
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream | $4.1B | 99.2 | −0.4 | 85.7 | 94.1 | 81.5 | 78.1 | 55.2 | 98.1 | 97.7 | 82.2 | 25.2 | |
Sonos, Inc. Consumer Electronics | $1.9B | 99.0 | −0.5 | 79.8 | 82.0 | 66.5 | 94.2 | 79.4 | 88.3 | 89.1 | 77.5 | 34.9 | |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Entertainment | $3.6B | 98.9 | −0.3 | 84.6 | 59.6 | 93.3 | 75.0 | 92.2 | 88.0 | 94.3 | 69.0 | 27.0 | |
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Marine Shipping | $3.0B | 98.9 | 0.0 | 82.6 | 87.7 | 91.3 | 55.5 | 80.3 | 91.0 | 91.1 | 78.1 | 29.9 | |
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Household & Personal Products | $2.1B | 98.9 | 0.0 | 77.1 | 81.3 | 94.8 | 61.5 | 87.1 | 93.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 33.9 | |
Pitney Bowes, Inc. Integrated Freight & Logistics | $2.1B | 98.7 | +0.3 | 49.4 | 95.5 | 93.2 | 94.3 | 97.2 | 99.6 | 55.2 | 87.7 | 33.7 | |
OFG Bancorp Banks - Regional | $2.1B | 98.6 | +0.8 | 96.7 | 78.6 | 84.3 | 90.8 | 59.3 | 78.0 | 74.9 | 77.7 | 33.5 | |
Dorian LPG Ltd. Oil & Gas Midstream | $2.0B | 98.6 | +5.0 | 89.3 | 91.4 | 92.0 | 80.3 | 31.3 | 85.3 | 98.6 | 71.1 | 34.6 | |
Cargurus, Inc. Internet Content & Information | $3.3B | 98.5 | +0.3 | 83.5 | 86.2 | 55.4 | 99.7 | 92.2 | 97.7 | 52.7 | 88.3 | 28.4 | |
International Seaways, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream | $4.7B | 98.4 | +10.0 | 85.8 | 91.2 | 94.6 | 96.8 | 22.1 | 86.1 | 98.8 | 77.7 | 23.3 | |
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Electronic Components | $2.1B | 98.4 | +0.3 | 99.2 | 72.2 | 87.8 | 67.1 | 62.4 | 86.3 | 81.2 | 80.4 | 33.6 | |
Tutor Perini Corp. Engineering & Construction | $4.3B | 98.2 | −0.5 | 73.7 | 93.4 | 85.6 | 85.9 | 86.2 | 65.6 | 92.7 | 67.0 | 24.7 | |
FIGS, Inc. Apparel Manufacturing | $3.4B | 98.1 | 0.0 | 94.5 | 75.0 | 98.1 | 93.3 | 73.3 | 46.5 | 90.2 | 57.9 | 27.9 | |
Extreme Networks, Inc. Communication Equipment | $2.8B | 97.9 | +0.3 | 98.6 | 87.1 | 66.6 | 94.7 | 84.7 | 85.5 | 51.7 | 46.6 | 30.5 | |
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Biotechnology | $2.2B | 97.8 | +0.2 | 77.8 | 99.3 | 83.8 | 96.8 | 22.1 | 87.6 | 82.0 | 96.1 | 33.4 | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. Credit Services | $3.9B | 97.4 | +0.1 | 95.3 | 98.1 | 99.2 | 94.1 | 24.1 | 98.6 | 81.6 | 4.1 | 25.9 | |
ArcBest Corp. Trucking | $3.0B | 97.2 | +4.3 | 91.6 | 77.1 | 85.5 | 57.3 | 87.4 | 92.8 | 66.6 | 59.0 | 29.6 | |
World Kinect Corp. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $1.9B | 97.1 | −1.3 | 76.7 | 94.3 | 90.8 | 21.6 | 68.1 | 97.1 | 97.6 | 85.9 | 35.3 | |
Encore Capital Group, Inc. Credit Services | $2.7B | 97.1 | −0.4 | 89.3 | 76.1 | 99.7 | 97.7 | 22.9 | 61.9 | 98.6 | 81.5 | 31.0 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these small-cap stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
17 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: PARR at 4.2×, STNG at 4.4× and INSW at 6.0×.
Highest forward dividend yields: INSW at 21.4%, SBLK at 13.2% and LPG at 8.7%.
Where we've written the stock up.
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Questions people ask about small-cap stocks.
- What are the best small-cap stocks right now?
- As at 5 Nov 2026, the top-ranked small-cap stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK), Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (PARR), Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (XERS). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best small-cap stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are small-cap stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 5 Nov 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 17 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.