Small cap stocks to buy now

Screening Filters

1. market_cap_category = small

   • Purpose: Limits the screen to small-cap companies.
   • Rationale: The user specifically asked for “small-cap stocks,” so this is the core filter that ensures the results match the requested company size.

2. price >= 5

   • Purpose: Excludes very low-priced stocks.
   • Rationale: Stocks under $5 can be more volatile, less liquid, and sometimes carry additional risk. Setting a minimum price helps focus on more established small-cap names that are more practical to buy now.

3. monthly_average_dollar_volume >= 1,000,000

   • Purpose: Ensures sufficient trading liquidity.
   • Rationale: This helps filter out thinly traded stocks that may be hard to enter or exit without a big price impact. For someone looking to buy now, liquidity matters because it makes execution easier and more reliable.

4. beta = LowRisk, ModerateRisk

   • Purpose: Screens for stocks with less extreme price volatility.
   • Rationale: Small caps can be very volatile, so this filter narrows the list to names that are relatively more stable than high-beta speculative stocks. That makes the output more suitable for investors looking to buy now rather than chase very risky momentum names.

5. moving_average_relationship = PriceAboveMA20

   • Purpose: Selects stocks trading above their 20-day moving average.
   • Rationale: This is a short-term technical strength filter. It suggests the stock is currently in an upward or at least healthy trading trend, which aligns with the idea of stocks to “buy now.”

6. region = US

   • Purpose: Restricts results to U.S.-listed stocks.
   • Rationale: This keeps the screen focused on the U.S. market, which is often what users mean by general stock searches and tends to provide more accessible data, liquidity, and familiarity for many investors.

7. quarter_revenue_yoy_growth >= 0

   • Purpose: Requires non-negative year-over-year quarterly revenue growth.
   • Rationale: This helps exclude small-cap companies with shrinking sales. Revenue growth is an important sign that the business is still expanding or at least holding steady, which supports the “buy now” idea.

8. quarter_eps_yoy_growth >= 0

   • Purpose: Requires non-negative year-over-year quarterly EPS growth.
   • Rationale: This adds a profitability/earnings momentum check. It helps identify small caps whose earnings are improving or not deteriorating, which can improve the quality of the screen.

Why Results Match:

• The filters directly target small-cap U.S. stocks, which is the main request.
• Liquidity and minimum price filters help avoid thin, hard-to-trade names, making the list more investable.
• The beta and moving-average filters bias the results toward stocks with more stable behavior and positive short-term momentum.
• The revenue and EPS growth filters ensure the companies are showing at least fundamental stability or improvement, which is useful for finding small-cap stocks to buy now rather than speculative names.