Small Cap Analysis

Shares of Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE: OEH), operator of a global chain of luxury hotels, closed approximately 3.5% lower today, contributing to a decline of around 23.3% this month. During this month, Orient-Express issued a first quarter earnings release on May 4th containing an adjusted loss...

In order to find a collection of small-cap stocks that are outperforming the market in 2012 and also yielding in excess of 5%, I ran a simple scan. The metrics used were that the stocks have market caps between $50 million and $300 million, dividend yields of more than 5%, be up at least 20% in...

It has been said time and time again in recent weeks that oil and oil equities just aren't the places to be putting cash to to work. In the past month, the U.S. Oil Fund (NYSE: USO) has slid almost 17% and the Energy Select SPDR (NYSE: XLE), a collection of mainly large-cap oil names, is no peach...

Small cap companies, which have market capitalizations near or less than $2 billion, typically receive less news coverage than larger companies. This lack of news coverage creates a greater information asymmetry between investors and management. Investors cannot easily obtain thorough news...

Time after time, insider buying is one event that investors should pay attention to. Insiders may sell shares for a number of reasons, such as to fund their kids college studies, but buy for only reason - they think the share price is going to go higher. Yesterday after the close, Agree Realty...

Many small cap investors believe that small caps are mostly, if not completely, immune to foreign crises and pressures, as most or all of their business is domestic. However, this may not be true at all. Small caps do have less international exposure than large caps, but for some companies, there...

Medical device provider Mako Surgical (NASDAQ: MAKO) has risen by around 10.5% since market close on May 21, perhaps indicating that the stock had been oversold. Even after this increase, however, shares of Mako are still trading more than 40% lower since it released earnings on May 7. The company...

Healthcare product distributor PSS World Medical (NASDAQ: PSSI) closed more than 4% higher today, contributing to a price increase of more than 9.5% since market close last Wednesday, May 23. This increase occurred during and after PSS World's Investor Day last Thursday, May 24. During its...

The small-cap space can be very profitable scouting grounds for trading opportunities. Smaller stocks tend to be more volatile than large caps, and because these smaller companies attract less attention from investors, it could be argued that the small-cap market is less efficient. These...

With a current market value of $1.7 billion, Atlas Pipeline Partners (NYSE: APL) is, by definition, a small-cap stock. What isn't small about this unheralded master limited partnership (MLP) is its yield. As interest rates have remained artificially low in the U.S. for several years, investors have...