Small-cap financial stocks offer a distinctly different investment thesis than their massive cousins on Wall Street, but one that can be financially rewarding with the right approach. Equities.com's Small-Cap Stars, our proprietary list of small-cap companies with metrics that indicate the highest chance of future success, can help identify which of those growing, small-cap financial companies could be the diamond in the rough that pays off in the long run.
Here are today's top-performing financial stocks from the Small-Cap Stars:
Doral Financial Corp. (DRL)
Doral Financial Corp. gained 21.06% to $5.69. The gains came on a volume of 7,142,070 shares against an average daily volume of 1,152,802 shares. Doral Financial Corp. has had a trading range from $25.00 to $1.87 over the last year, it has a 50-day SMA of $4.26, and a 200-day SMA of $11.19.
Doral Financial Corporation is a bank holding company engaged in banking, mortgage banking and insurance agency activities through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Customers Bancorp Inc (CUBI)
Customers Bancorp Inc gained 4.28% to $19.23. The gains came on a volume of 118,613 shares against an average daily volume of 108,423 shares. Customers Bancorp Inc has had a trading range from $21.25 to $14.19 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 15.2, it has a 50-day SMA of $19.48, and a 200-day SMA of $18.13.
Customers Bancorp Inc provides financial products and services to small businesses, not-for-profits, and consumers. It also provides liquidity to the mortgage market nationwide through the operation of its loans to mortgage banking companies business.
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc (PPBI)
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc gained 3.83% to $14.65. The gains came on a volume of 82,324 shares against an average daily volume of 40,117 shares. Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc has had a trading range from $17.48 to $12.40 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 25.5, it has a 50-day SMA of $14.19, and a 200-day SMA of $14.97.
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc through its subsidiaries provides banking products and services. It offers cash management, electronic banking services, credit facilities and retirement accounts, among others.
Timberland Bancorp Inc. (TSBK)
Timberland Bancorp Inc. gained 3.68% to $10.98. The gains came on a volume of 11,719 shares against an average daily volume of 5,702 shares. Timberland Bancorp Inc. has had a trading range from $11.83 to $8.20 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 18.7, it has a 50-day SMA of $10.61, and a 200-day SMA of $10.14.
Timberland Bancorp, Inc., is a holding company for Timberland Bank, which offers a variety of savings products to its retail customers while concentrating its lending activities on real estate mortgage loans.
Imperial Holdings Inc. (IFT)
Imperial Holdings Inc. gained 3.28% to $6.93. The gains came on a volume of 29,235 shares against an average daily volume of 137,819 shares. Imperial Holdings Inc. has had a trading range from $7.58 to $4.71 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 2.2, it has a 50-day SMA of $6.58, and a 200-day SMA of $6.26.
Imperial Holdings, Inc. is a specialty finance company. It operates in two reportable business segments: life finance and structured settlements.
Equities.com's Small-Cap Stars - A Smart Place to Store Your Money
Nailing down precisely which small-cap financial companies offer the best returns over time can be difficult, with a range of assets and liabilities spread over hundreds of balance sheets to consider. However, the Small-Cap Stars system takes the most successful financial small caps of years past, compares them using a complicated statistical regression that utilizes dozens of metrics creates a profile of a successful small-cap financial company prior to its growth with that regression, and then identifies which small caps are currently the best fits for that profile.
Given that the financial industry is one where a lot of leverage goes a long way, the screen found some of the most predictive traits to be high levels of total debt, high volatility in stock price, and a high book value of its assets.