Today we have picked 15 stocks trading below $10 across sectors which have registered over 100% increase in trading volumes and have recorded strong price gains touching their 52-week highs during the last week. We note that these stocks have registered significant increase in daily average trading volumes during the past five days compared with past one month daily average trading volumes, indicating a strong market interest. Moreover, these stocks outperformed their respective equity indices and sector indices last week registering significant gains. The shortlisted stocks recorded price gains ranging from 9% to 85% last week with daily average trading volume in excess of 100,000.
Company Name |
Ticker |
Exchange |
Sector |
Market Cap |
Last Price |
Price Change (5-Day) |
Average Volume |
Average Volume |
Volume Change* |
52-Week High |
52-Week Low |
XRS Corp |
XRSC |
NASDAQ |
Technology |
62.8 |
5.60 |
85.3% |
589,806 |
121,065 |
387.2% |
5.62 |
2.03 |
Image Sensing Systems Inc |
ISNS |
NASDAQ |
Industrial |
33.4 |
6.71 |
80.9% |
16,227,332 |
3,639,650 |
345.8% |
9.94 |
2.10 |
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc |
ASTY |
OTC BB |
Healthcare |
192.2 |
6.17 |
72.8% |
340,248 |
151,444 |
124.7% |
6.17 |
2.04 |
RADA Electronic Industries |
RADA |
NASDAQ |
Industrial |
22.5 |
2.52 |
71.4% |
2,429,555 |
410,062 |
492.5% |
3.23 |
1.26 |
Prescient Mining Corp |
PMC |
CNSX |
Basic Materials |
15.9 |
0.99 |
52.3% |
450,942 |
203,703 |
121.4% |
0.99 |
0.01 |
Magal Security Systems Ltd |
MAGS |
NASDAQ |
Industrial |
89.0 |
5.51 |
34.4% |
1,311,048 |
232,748 |
463.3% |
6.16 |
3.10 |
Western Lithium USA Corp |
WLC |
TSX |
Basic Materials |
92.4 |
0.78 |
32.2% |
3,723,543 |
1,521,658 |
144.7% |
1.00 |
0.15 |
Pethealth Inc |
PTZ |
TSX |
Financial |
84.3 |
2.77 |
25.3% |
725,382 |
151,066 |
380.2% |
2.79 |
1.33 |
1-800-Flowers.com Inc |
FLWS |
NASDAQ |
Communications |
390.3 |
6.09 |
18.3% |
387,996 |
123,307 |
214.7% |
6.44 |
4.53 |
Intertain Group Ltd/The |
IT |
TSX |
Communications |
199.9 |
8.15 |
13.4% |
728,851 |
298,965 |
143.8% |
8.42 |
3.83 |
Vicon Industries Inc |
VII |
NYSE |
Industrial |
37.5 |
4.15 |
12.8% |
3,131,536 |
815,887 |
283.8% |
6.14 |
1.79 |
Contact Exploration Inc |
CEX |
TSXV |
Energy |
156.6 |
0.55 |
11.1% |
1,731,571 |
766,836 |
125.8% |
0.56 |
0.23 |
Blackbird Energy Inc |
BBI |
TSXV |
Energy |
68.9 |
0.36 |
10.9% |
6,224,073 |
2,038,669 |
205.3% |
0.41 |
0.06 |
Graphene 3D Lab Inc |
GGG |
TSXV |
Basic Materials |
75.2 |
1.92 |
9.7% |
995,702 |
341,038 |
192.0% |
2.56 |
0.03 |
Prometic Life Sciences Inc |
PLI |
TSX |
Healthcare |
853.8 |
1.61 |
8.8% |
4,290,642 |
2,130,146 |
101.4% |
1.79 |
0.52 |
Source: Bloomberg
Market Cap and Last Price are in their respective currencies
*Volume Change: 5-Day average volume over 30-Day average volume
Company Description
XRS Corp (NASDAQ: XRSC)
XRS Corporation designs, develops, and distributes onboard information solutions to the commercial trucking industry. The company’s products and applications enable operating managers of remote mobile assets to collect, analyze, and communicate information.
Image Sensing Systems Inc (NASDAQ: ISNS)
Image Sensing Systems, Inc. manufactures and markets products using video image processing technology for use in traffic management systems and traffic data collection. The company’s Autoscope vehicle detection system converts video images of a traffic scene into digitized traffic data to be transmitted for real-time traffic management or stored for later analysis.
Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc (OTC BB: ASTY)
Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on the field of regenerative medicine. The company’s technology centers on stem cells capable of becoming all of the cell types in the human body, a property also called pluripotency.
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd (NASDAQ: RADA)
RADA Electronic Industries Limited develops, produces, and markets automatic test equipment and avionics systems. The company sells its systems to the civil and military aircraft industries.
Prescient Mining Corp (CNSX: PMC)
Prescient Mining Corporation provides exploration and development of resource properties.
Magal Security Systems Ltd (NASDAQ: MAGS)
Magal Security Systems Ltd. develops, manufactures, and markets computerized security systems. The company produces perimeter security systems, video motion detection systems, and a security management system that integrates management, control, and display of multiple security inputs into a single database. Magal also offers video monitoring services.
Western Lithium USA Corp (TSX: WLC)
Western Lithium USA Corporation explores for lithium in the southwestern United States. The company is developing the Kings Valley, lithium deposit in Nevada.
Pethealth Inc (TSX: PTZ)
Pethealth Inc. offers pet insurance products to owners of dogs and cats in Canada.
1-800-Flowers.com Inc (NASDAQ: FLWS)
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. is an e-commerce provider of floral products and gifts. The company’s product offerings, including fresh-cut and seasonal flowers, plants, floral arrangements, and home and garden merchandise, can be purchased online or by calling its toll-free telephone number.
Intertain Group Ltd (TSX: IT)
The Intertain Group Limited is an online gaming company. The company offers a range of Internet gaming solutions.
Vicon Industries Inc (NYSE:VII)
Vicon Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, assembles, and markets a wide range of closed-circuit television systems and system components. The company’s products are used for security, surveillance, safety, and control applications by a broad group of end users worldwide.
Contact Exploration Inc (TSXV: CEX)
Contact Exploration Inc. operates as an oil and gas exploration and development company. The company operates in Atlantic Canada as well as in Alberta’s liquid-rich Montney Formation tight gas play, focusing on drilling, exploring, acquiring, and holdings interests in oil and natural gas wells.
Blackbird Energy Inc (TSXV: BBI)
Blackbird Energy, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company. The company acquires, develops, and explores oil and gas properties in North America and internationally.
Graphene 3D Lab Inc (TSXV: GGG)
Graphene 3D Lab, Inc. is focused on the development and manufacturing of graphene-enhanced materials for 3D printing, with proprietary technologies aimed at augmenting the properties of materials currently used in 3D printers.
Prometic Life Sciences Inc (TSX: PLI)
ProMetic Life Sciences, Inc. is an international bio-pharmaceutical company. The company, through its subsidiaries, researches, develops, manufactures and markets a variety of commercial applications from its core technology. ProMetic’s applications are used in therapeutics, large-scale drug purification, chemical genomics and proteomics, drug delivery and drug development.
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