Small-cap financial investing is its own beast, with a variety of regional banks and savings and loan firms offering a chance at far bigger returns than their mega-cap cousins can produce. Equities.com's Small-Cap Stars, our proprietary list of small-cap companies with fundamentals we believe give them the potential for big gains, can help identify which of those growing, small-cap financial companies could offer the biggest returns.
Here are today's top-performing financial stocks from the Small-Cap Stars as of noon on the east coast:
Donegal Group Inc. (DGICB)
Donegal Group Inc. gained 17.21% to $25.75 in morning trading today. Volume reached 4 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 534 shares. Donegal Group Inc. has a 52-week high of $27.75 and a 52-week low of $18.12, its P/E ratio is 27.6, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $22.26 and $23.28 respectively.
Donegal Group, Inc an insurance holding company whose insurance subsidiaries offer personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals in 22 Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, New England and Southern states.
First Natl Cmnty Bncrp Pa (FNCB)
First Natl Cmnty Bncrp Pa gained 6.01% to $6.35 in morning trading today. Volume reached 500 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 1,253 shares. First Natl Cmnty Bncrp Pa has a 52-week high of $9.90 and a 52-week low of $3.90, its P/E ratio is 12.4, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $6.00 and $6.01 respectively.
First National Community Bancorp Inc is a registered bank holding company. It is the parent company of First National Community Bank.
Doral Financial Corp. (DRL)
Doral Financial Corp. gained 5.31% to $6.74 in morning trading today. Volume reached 510,982 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 1,353,211 shares. Doral Financial Corp. has a 52-week high of $24.74 and a 52-week low of $1.87, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $4.95 and $10.39 respectively.
Doral Financial Corporation is a bank holding company engaged in banking, mortgage banking and insurance agency activities through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Fxcm gained 1.85% to $13.19 in morning trading today. Volume reached 99,158 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 357,144 shares. Fxcm has a 52-week high of $19.97 and a 52-week low of $12.05, its P/E ratio is 44, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $13.91 and $15.31 respectively.
FXCM Inc., is an online provider of foreign exchange trading and related services to retail and institutional customers. It offers its customers the ability to trade contract for differences, spread betting, equities and equity options.
Imperial Holdings Inc. (IFT)
Imperial Holdings Inc. gained 1.83% to $6.67 in morning trading today. Volume reached 9,293 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 61,769 shares. Imperial Holdings Inc. has a 52-week high of $7.30 and a 52-week low of $4.71, its P/E ratio is 11.4, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $6.64 and $6.31 respectively.
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
Financial companies generally have massive balance sheets that are loaded with a wide variety of assets and liabilities. Figuring out which of these companies is healthy and ready to go and which are due for trouble can be difficult for even the savviest investor. But with equities.com's Small-Cap Stars system, you have a valuable tool for picking out those small-cap financial stocks most likely to be winners. The system takes the most successful small-cap financial stocks of recent history, runs a complex statistical regression using dozens of metrics to determine which characteristics these success stories had in common, then use the fundamental profile create by that regression to identify those stocks currently situated well for future success.
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.
All data provided by quotemedia and was accurate as of 12:00 pm ET.