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Best small cap stocks
Smaller US listings with higher dispersion — more upside per name and far more ways to lose the position entirely.
The screen: 17 US exchange-listed companies across 8 sectors (Technology, Energy, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials…), 0 of which pay a dividend. Size mix: 17 small-cap.
What separates the winners from the losers here
- Cash runway and dilution risk
- Liquidity — the spread is a real cost here
- Index inclusion as a potential catalyst
The full list
| Ticker | Company | Price | 1D | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENPH | Enphase Energy | $30.56 | -0.23% | Microinverters sold into residential solar cycles. |
| LEU | Centrus Energy | $110.69 | +0.53% | Enrichment services including advanced reactor fuel. |
| LCID | Lucid Group | $3.09 | -0.16% | Luxury electric vehicles dependent on external funding. |
| RKLB | Rocket Lab | $51.44 | +0.16% | Small-launch provider building a larger rocket. |
| ACHR | Archer Aviation | $4.07 | +0.61% | Electric air taxi awaiting certification and revenue. |
| JOBY | Joby Aviation | $4.62 | +0.43% | Pre-revenue eVTOL developer with defence contracts. |
| IONQ | IonQ | $30.92 | +0.46% | Trapped-ion quantum computing sold as cloud access. |
| RGTI | Rigetti Computing | $11.73 | +0.51% | Superconducting quantum processors at early revenue scale. |
| OKLO | Oklo | $27.23 | 0.00% | Small modular reactor developer with no operating plant yet. |
| SMR | NuScale Power | $5.67 | -0.26% | SMR designer with regulatory approval but limited firm orders. |
| UEC | Uranium Energy Corp | $7.85 | -0.44% | US-focused uranium producer restarting mines into a tighter market. |
| NIO | NIO (ADR) | $3.40 | +0.15% | Chinese EV maker; ADR carries delisting and policy risk. |
| MARA | MARA Holdings | $7.40 | +0.33% | Bitcoin miner whose earnings track the coin price and hash rate. |
| RIOT | Riot Platforms | $13.97 | +0.01% | Bitcoin mining pivoting capacity toward AI hosting. |
| GME | GameStop | $26.15 | -1.10% | Retailer whose price has decoupled from its operating results. |
| ASTS | AST SpaceMobile | $41.94 | +0.17% | Direct-to-phone satellite network still building its constellation. |
| VKTX | Viking Therapeutics | $25.21 | +0.64% | Clinical-stage biotech racing an oral and injectable dual GLP-1/GIP agonist through Phase 3 obesity trials. |
Where to buy them
To hold these as real shares you need a stockbroker rather than a CFD provider. If you only want exposure to the price movement, a share CFD does that with leverage — and without ownership.
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Frequently asked questions
How many small cap stocks are in this list?
17, drawn from our US exchange-listed universe and spread across 8 sectors. 0 of them pay a dividend.
Is this a list of small cap stocks to buy?
No. It is a screen — a defined, reproducible filter over a stated universe. A screen tells you which companies share a characteristic; it says nothing about whether the price you would pay today is a sensible one. Nothing here is investment advice.
What is the main risk with small cap stocks?
Small caps carry dilution and liquidity risk that large caps do not. Position sizing matters more than selection.
How do I actually buy these from outside the US?
You need a broker that accepts your country of residence and gives you access to US exchanges. To own the shares outright, that usually means an international stockbroker plus a W-8BEN form to claim your treaty rate on dividend withholding.
Screen definition reviewed October 2026. Universe: US exchange-listed securities tracked by InvestingTrading. This page is information, not investment advice.