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May’s Top Five Super Small-Caps |
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As we update our quantitative ranking screen of stocks for the month of May, we are going to break our results down further to include various categories of stocks, with the results eventually culminating with our top 25 overall list for the month. Today, the focus is on micro- and small-caps, which we define as any company with a market capitalization under $500 million. By our count, there are 1,547 companies currently meeting that criteria. The top 5 are: 1. Vaalco Energy (EGY). An independent oil and gas driller, Vaalco owns fields in the nation of Gabon, Angola, Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico. At year end 2006, Vaalco had approximately 6 million barrels of proven oil reserves, and the company sports a strong balance sheet with next to no debt and almost 20% of its share price in cash. 2. AMREP (AXR). AMREP has multiple operatingchannels, as it owns residential, commercial, and industrial real estate as well as offering services for magazines, such as subscription fulfillment, listings, customer telephone support, and newsstand distribution. 3. US Physical Therapy (USPH). An operator of outpatient physical and occupational therapy clinics, it manages 292 locations in 41 states in addition to 4 third-party sites. Shares trade for 11.5x free cash flow and 6.6x EBITDA. 4. CPI Corp. (CPY). CPI runs Sears Portrait Studios, searsphotos.com, and searsportraits.com. The company offers professional portrait photography at over 1,000 Sears locations. Shares trade for 9x free cash flow and 8x EBITDA. 5. RELM Wireless (RWC). Tiny RELM sells wireless communication devices to government, public safety, business, and industrial users. The company has 21.5% EBITDA margins, a cash position equal to more than 25% of its share price, and trades for less than 5x free cash flow and 5.5x EBITDA. Shares are at the bottom of its 52-week trading range. Look for our list of the top 25 overall stocks for the month to appear tomorrow; in the mean time, you can also view our top five mega-cap stocks of the month. |