List of best small cap companies from 2021 - Forbes
Here is the list of best small cap companies from #Forbes for 2021.
we have sorted out these by their 52-week return, with the top performers listed on top.
As always, this is a good list for us to start our research with. Please do our own due diligence before investing.
Forbes list of best small cap companies 2021
https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-small-cap-companies/#60bc3ec647db
Rank Company Industry 52-Week Return Revenue 1 IDT Telecommunications Services 498% $1.4 B 2 Joint Corp Health Care Equipment & Service 389.10% $70.2 M 3 Big 5 Sporting Goods Retailing 326.50% $1.2 B 4 Gritstone bio Drugs & Biotechnology 321.30% $44.8 M 5 Aviat Networks Technology Hardware & Equipmen 232.90% $274.9 M 6 AMMO Aerospace & Defense 222% $97.3 M 7 Advansix Chemicals 219.70% $1.6 B 8 Citi Trends Retailing 207.30% $973.7 M 9 A-Mark Precious Metals Trading Companies 183% $7.6 B 10 Clearfield Technology Hardware & Equipmen 182.30% $122.8 M 11 Tilly'S Retailing 162.20% $683.3 M 12 San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Diversified Financials 158.80% $18.6 M 13 Onewater Marine Retailing 157.60% $1.2 B 14 Hibbett Sports Retailing 153.40% $1.6 B 15 MYR Group Construction 147.50% $2.5 B 16 Axcelis Technologies Technology Hardware & Equipment 138% $512.7 M 17 Shoe Carnival Retailing 136.10% $1.2 B 18 Kimball Electronics Technology Hardware & Equipment 120% $1.3 B 19 Ebix Software & Services 104.20% $912.8 M 20 Heritage-Crystal Clean Business Services & Supplies 103.60% $477.9 M 21 Insteel Industries Materials 97.40% $590.6 M 22 CyberOptics Technology Hardware & Equipment 96.30% $87.6 M 23 Semler Scientific Health Care Equipment & Service 96% $53.6 M 24 MGP Ingredients Food Drink & Tobacco 87.30% $487.1 M 25 Materion Materials 84.50% $1.5 B 26 Carriage Services Business Services & Supplies 79.20% $370.8 M 27 Ichor Holdings Semiconductors 76.90% $1 B 28 MarineMax Retailing 72.10% $2.1 B 29 Echo Global Logistics Transportation 69.90% $3.5 B 30 Zumiez Retailing 69.20% $1.2 B 31 Innoviva Drugs & Biotechnology 69% $381.6 M 32 Forterra Construction 65.50% $1.8 B 33 Ethan Allen Interiors Consumer Durables 62% $716.4 M 34 Heska Health Care Equipment & Service 47.50% $246.4 M 35 Monarch Casino & Resort Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 43.50% $342.7 M 36 Supernus Pharmaceuticals Drugs & Biotechnology 40.50% $571 M 37 Container Store Group Retailing 40.30% $1.1 B 38 Cambium Networks Telecommunications Services 38.60% $337 M 39 Haverty Furniture Retailing 37.40% $988.2 M 40 Malibu Boats Consumer Durables 37.10% $926.5 M 41 Turtle Beach Consumer Durables 35.80% $417 M 42 Patrick Industries Construction 32.60% $3.7 B 43 Sportsmans Warehouse Holdings Retailing 30.80% $1.5 B 44 America's Car-Mart Retailing 29.80% $1 B 45 Johnson Outdoors Consumer Durables 26.20% $750.1 M 46 Retractable Technologies Health Care Equipment & Service 25.10% $151.7 M 47 Sturm, Ruger Consumer Durables 23.90% $699.4 M 48 Green Brick Partners Construction 19.90% $1.1 B 49 Growgeneration Trading Companies 16.90% $332.8 M 50 SIGA Technologies Drugs & Biotechnology 4.70% $95.5 M
From the table below, it seems that companies from industries of Telecommunications, Aerospace & Defense and Chemicals average the best returns. Most of the companies listed amongst the top 50 are able to double within the pandemic year of 2021.
For Retailing, these account for 12 (24%) of the top 50 best small cap companies.
Row Labels Total returns
Average Return % of no. of co.
Retailing 1423% 119% 24% Health Care Equipment & Service 558% 139% 8% Telecommunications Services 537% 268% 4% Drugs & Biotechnology 436% 109% 8% Technology Hardware & Equipmen 415% 208% 4% Technology Hardware & Equipment 354% 118% 6% Construction 266% 66% 8% Aerospace & Defense 222% 222% 2% Chemicals 220% 220% 2% Trading Companies 200% 100% 4% Consumer Durables 185% 37% 10% Business Services & Supplies 183% 91% 4% Materials 182% 91% 4% Diversified Financials 159% 159% 2% Software & Services 104% 104% 2% Food Drink & Tobacco 87% 87% 2% Semiconductors 77% 77% 2% Transportation 70% 70% 2% Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 44% 44% 2% Grand Total 5719% 114% 100%