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Validea's Small-Cap Growth Investor Model: The model, based on Motley Fool's strategy, identifies small-cap growth stocks with strong fundamentals and price performance, highlighting recent upgrades for specific stocks.

Woori Financial Group Inc. (WF): This large-cap value stock's rating improved from 69% to 76%, indicating solid fundamentals and valuation, with a score above 80% suggesting interest from the strategy.

Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (HWBK): This small-cap value stock's rating increased from 65% to 72%, reflecting positive changes in its fundamentals and valuation, though it remains below the 80% interest threshold.

ABB Ltd (ABBNY) and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): Both large-cap stocks saw their ratings rise to 72%, indicating improved fundamentals and valuation, but still fall short of the 80% interest level typically sought by the strategy.

Investment Comparison: Woori Bank (WF) and Canadian Imperial Bank (CM) both have a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), indicating positive earnings outlooks, but WF is considered the superior value option due to its lower P/E and P/B ratios compared to CM.

Market Trends: The demand for data is driving growth in the semiconductor market, with an under-the-radar chipmaker poised to benefit from this trend by providing unique products that larger companies like NVIDIA do not manufacture.

Stock Ratings Update: Validea's Small-Cap Growth Investor model, based on Motley Fool's strategy, has upgraded United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (USLM) from 80% to 93% and Woori Financial Group Inc. (WF) from 69% to 76%, indicating strong interest in USLM and moderate interest in WF based on their fundamentals and valuations.

Company Descriptions: United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. operates in the lime and limestone industry, supplying various sectors including construction and environmental services, while Woori Financial Group Inc. is a financial holding company with subsidiaries providing banking and investment services.