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:
Doral Financial Corp. (DRL)
Doral Financial Corp. gained 4.14% to $7.04 in morning trading today. Volume reached 293,559 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 1,116,254 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 $5.77 and $9.88 respectively.
Doral Financial Corporation is a bank holding company engaged in banking, mortgage banking and insurance agency activities through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. (SMBC)
Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. gained 2.14% to $35.75 in morning trading today. Volume reached 2,100 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 1,407 shares. Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. has a 52-week high of $37.29 and a 52-week low of $26.02, its P/E ratio is 12.1, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $35.09 and $34.08 respectively.
Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc is a holding company for Southern Missouri Savings Bank. It is engaged in attracting retail deposits & using such deposits to invest in one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, mortgage loans & consumer loans.
Old Second Bancorp Inc. (OSBC)
Old Second Bancorp Inc. gained 1.16% to $4.82 in morning trading today. Volume reached 4,134 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 35,031 shares. Old Second Bancorp Inc. has a 52-week high of $5.99 and a 52-week low of $4.16, its P/E ratio is 0.9, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $4.81 and $4.72 respectively.
Old Second Bancorp Inc through its subsidiaries provides commercial banking & financial services. It offers money market, savings, individual retirement, lending, safe & time deposit operations, trust services, wealth management services, among others.
Monarch Financial Holdings Inc (MNRK)
Monarch Financial Holdings Inc gained 0.96% to $12.57 in morning trading today. Volume reached 2,219 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 11,230 shares. Monarch Financial Holdings Inc has a 52-week high of $13.35 and a 52-week low of $10.94, its P/E ratio is 12.5, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $11.75 and $11.49 respectively.
Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc., is a holding Company, which through Monarch Bank, is engaged in business and consumer banking, investment and insurance sales, and mortgage origination and brokerage.
First Business Financial Services Inc. (FBIZ)
First Business Financial Services Inc. gained 0.96% to $47.20 in morning trading today. Volume reached 13,584 by noon. The stock's average daily volume is 19,212 shares. First Business Financial Services Inc. has a 52-week high of $49.13 and a 52-week low of $29.97, its P/E ratio is 13, and its 50-day SMA and 200-day SMA are $45.10 and $42.66 respectively.
First Business Financial Services Inc is engaged in commercial banking business. It operates as business banks focusing on delivering a full line of commercial banking products, including commercial loans and commercial real estate loans.
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.