Low Float

Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With countless methods available to retail traders, the challenge often lies in sifting through the abundance to uncover new information. Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of...

The executives for Better Home & Finance Holding Company (NASDAQ: BETR) have likely seen better days, but then again their former employees had too before some were fired over a Zoom call shortly before the 2021 holidays. Here’s a look at the dramatic fall in Better Home & Finance...

Investors are on the hunt for undervalued, underfollowed and emerging stocks and retail traders have countless methods at their disposal to uncover new information. For some, this may be overwhelming. Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern...

Investors are on the hunt for undervalued, underfollowed and emerging stocks and retail traders have countless methods at their disposal to uncover new information. For some, this may be overwhelming. Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern...

Financial services company Magic Empire Global (NASDAQ: MEGL) held its initial public offering (IPO) last week and shares have soared more than 100% since its opening price. It's up a significant amount from its original IPO price. Here’s what happened, and what could be next. Magic...

Shares of a SPAC are trading significantly higher Friday after a large portion were redeemed as part of the SPAC process. What Happened: OTR Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: OTRA) completed Thursday its merger vote with Comera Life Sciences. A total of 10.3 million shares, representing 98.4% of all...

Shares of Locust Walk Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: LWAC) are surging higher Wednesday morning after the merger with eFFECTOR Therapeutics was approved. eFFECTOR Therapeutics is focused on selective translation regulation inhibitors to treat cancer. The SPAC merger valued the company at $419...

Plus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: PSTV) is the latest and one of the most extreme recent examples of the powerful combination of low float and heavy trading volume. Plus shares traded higher by more than 215% on Friday. The biotech stock more than tripled after the company reported second-quarter...

Castor Maritime (NASDAQ: CTRM) is the latest and one of the most extreme recent examples of the powerful combination of low float and heavy trading volume. Castor shares traded higher by more than 40 percent on Tuesday. The stock nearly doubled on the open after Castor reported 20-percent revenue...

Genocea Biosciences (NASDAQ: GNCA) shares rallied higher after the company presented results from lead neoantigen vaccine at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2019. Genocea Biosciences develops personalized cancer immunotherapies and announced clinical results from its...

Reebonz Holding Ltd (NASDAQ: RBZ) is yet another extreme example of the powerful combination of low float and high trading volume. Reebonz shares were trading down 46 percent on Thursday after gaining 220 percent Wednesday. With no major news out from the e-commerce company, it’s likely...

It was smooth sailing for a while, but extreme volatility has returned to shipping stocks. Big moves in several shipping stocks this week is likely due to their extremely low float. Ironically, the potential trigger for the volatility may have been a shipping stock that is no longer involved in the...

Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: HUNT) is the latest and one of the most extreme examples of the powerful combination of low float and high trading volume. Hunter Maritime shares were trading higher by a staggering 916 percent this week before being halted Wednesday morning pending an...

SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SAEX) is the latest example of the powerful market combination of a low float and high trading volume. Shares were trading higher by another 35 percent Friday after Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) revealed in a 13G filing Thursday it has raised its stake in...

Shares of micro-cap Adial Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ADIL) have skyrocketed 196 percent in the past week on news that the company has established a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to explore advancement of the company’s leading drug candidate AD04 for the treatment of alcohol use disorder....