Friday, June 29, 2012

3 High-Growth Small Caps Backed With Strong Analyst Confidence


Small-cap stocks can offer investors higher growth opportunities than larger alternatives, although this comes with added levels of risk. One way to mitigate that risk is to focus on small caps that have strong projected long-term growth on the horizon, along with 'Strong Buy' recommendations by analysts. Today we focused our screen on these sorts of stocks, and came up with a short, but rather interesting list.EPS growth (earnings per share growth) illustrates the growth of earnings per share over time. The 5-Year Expected EPS Growth Rate is a long term annual growth estimate, where the growth projections are made by analysts, the company or other credible sources.We first looked for small cap stocks. We then looked for businesses that analysts rate as "Strong Buy" (mean recommendation < 2). We then looked for companies that are considered high-growth, with 5-year projected EPS growth above 25%. We did not
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