3 Fast-Growing Small Caps to Consider
- By Alberto Abaterusso
Growth-focused investors may be interested in the following small-cap stocks, as they represent companies that saw their trailing 12-month earnings per share (EPS) improve dramatically on a year-over-year basis.
Sell-side analysts on Wall Street also forecast that these stocks will continue to advance their earnings over the coming years, causing them to issue recommendation ratings of hold to buy.
Collectors Universe Inc
The first company investors may be interested in is Collectors Universe Inc (NASDAQ:CLCT), a Santa Ana, California-based provider of authentication services for coins and various collectibles. The stock has a market capitalization of $411.79 million.
Collectors Universe Inc's trailing 12-month EPS was $1.21 as of the most recent quarter, which ended on March 31, growing by an impressive 31.5% rate from 92 cents as of the same quarter of 2019.
Wall Street sell-side analysts predict that the company will continue to improve EPS by 20% every year over the next five years.
The share price ($44.42 as of Aug. 21) has increased by 92.13% over the past year, determining a 52-week range of $13.26 to $45.56.
One sell-side analyst on Wall Street issued a hold recommendation rating for the stock.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc
The second company investors may be interested in is Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NYSE:NGVC), a Lakewood, Colorado-based supplier of natural and organic foodstuffs and nutritional supplements to U.S. retail shops. The stock has a market capitalization of $306.78 million.
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc saw its trailing 12-month EPS increase tremendously on a year over year basis to 78 cents as of the most recent quarter, which ended on March 30, up 73.3% from 45 cents as of the comparable quarter of fiscal 2019.
Wall Street sell side analysts predict that the company will continue to increase its EPS at a growth rate of 5.1% every year over the next five years.
The share price ($13.62 as of Aug. 21) has increased by nearly 37% over the past year for a 52-week range of $5.41 to $17.39.
One sell-side analyst on Wall Street issued a buy recommendation rating for the stock.
Luminex Corp
The third company investors could be interested in is Luminex Corp (NASDAQ:LMNX), an Austin, Texas-based global provider of proprietary biological testing instruments supplying diagnostics, pharmaceutical and research industries. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.46 billion.
Luminex Corp saw its bottom-line result switch positively year over year to a trailing 12-month EPS of 23 cents as of the most recent quarter ended on June 29, up from a net loss of 5 cents as of the comparable quarter of 2019.
Wall Street sell-side analysts predict that Luminex Corp's EPS will keep on improving over the next five years, growing by 15% per annum.
Luminex Corp's share price ($31.47 as of Aug. 21) has increased by 59% in the past year for a 52-week range of $17.35 to $41.69.
Three sell-side analysts on Wall Street issued recommendation ratings on this stock with a median rating of hold and an average target price of $38.25 per share.
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