Small Cap Research
Small Cap Reagents Company Positioned for Gene Therapy Upside
Alpha Teknova (TKNO) shares have gained 135% in 2024 and hitting two-year highs as an intriguing microcap to take a closer look. TKNO has a best-in-class platform for custom reagent manufacturing. Teknova is expediting clinical breakthroughs in the life sciences by...
China Cloud Provider Draws Upside Bets
Kingsoft (KC) traded over 10,000 calls on 12/27, 30X average and a volatile name with a 130% IV30. KC broke out of a bull flag on the daily last week and shares now +230% YTD. KC saw 2000 February 12.50 puts sell to open for 2.20, supportive of this move higher while...
Future Innovative Clean Energy Producer Sees Unusual Call Buying
Net Power (NPWR) shares jumped late in trading on Friday despite a weak market tape and traded 20X daily call volume as 4000 January $10 calls bought at $0.65 all the way up to $1.15 sending IV sharply higher. NPWR shares recently retraced back to the mid-November...
Small Software Provider with Accelerating Financial Strength
Priority Tech (PRTH) with a big flag breakout on a Holiday-shortened session at 6X relative volume for the day and back near a record high, a new name to me, so worth a quick look. Priority is a solutions provider in Payments and BaaS industry, operating at scale...
Small Cap Video Platform Play Trades Cheap on Valuation
Kaltura (KLTR) is a small software company with shares higher by 20% TYD but +72% this quarter and looks to be an intriguing name to look at more closely. Kaltura's Video Experience Cloud includes products that power digital experiences such as virtual and hybrid...
Unusual Call Buy in Hidden Quantum Computing Play
Veeco (VECO) could be a compelling opportunity being overlooked by markets right now. VECO had an unusual buy of 1500 April $34 calls for $440K on 12/18 and I think I have found out why, but first a little background. VECO is a manufacturer of advanced semiconductor...
Brazilian Fintech Draws Bull Positioning into Potential Asset Sale Catalyst
StoneCo (STNE) shares have sold off sharply the last few weeks with Brazilian stocks and are now -55% YTD but seeing some options positioning recently and valuation is looking quite compelling. STNE has seen recent buys of 5000 January 2025 $8 calls to open, 3500...
Small Cap AI Play to Benefit from Custom Manufacturing Shifting Online
XMTR caught an upgrade at JPM this morning taking its target to $45 from $25 noting its leading marketplace for custom manufacturing, a $2 trillion industry early in the shift to online and expects share gains to accelerate on tariff and supply chain uncertainty....
Small Media Firm with Value Unlocking Catalysts Sees Call Options Accumulate
Gannett (GCI) a name seeing a recent surge in call buying with over 9000 January $6 calls and 9000 April $6 calls now in open interest. GCI has a lot of resistance at $5.85 and a move above would break shares out of a weekly 21-EMA consolidation and target a move to...
Small Cap Defense Company Attractive with Unusual Call Buying
As I was going over Goldman’s M&A list for 2025 a name stood out that saw recent size unusual call buyer flows Kratos (KTOS) currently has $3M worth of calls bought in February $25, $27.5, $30 and May $35 calls. KTOS also has a great consolidation set-up under the...