Resideo Technologies, Inc.

Amentum Holdings, Inc.

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.

Royce Investment Partners, founded by Wall Street <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/kak-investirovat-v-small-cap-pat-covetov-ot-caka-rojsa-legendy-uoll-strit">legend</a>&nbsp;Chuck Royce, has specialized in small-cap investing since 1972. Over that period, Royce <a href="https://www.royceinvest.com/funds/">built</a>&nbsp;a broad lineup of funds focused on micro-cap, small-cap, and mid-cap stocks. Chuck Royce’s investment philosophy has historically centered on undervalued small-cap businesses with sustainable operations, strong balance sheets, and visible cash flows – an approach that remains evident in the firm’s portfolios.

Industry, Energy, IT: Royce's small-cap investment ideas for 2026

Contango Ore, Inc.

Dolly Varden Silver Corporation

Gold exploration and production company Contango ORE and silver miner Dolly Varden Silver <a href="https://www.contangoore.com/press-release/contango-ore-and-dolly-varden-silver-announce-merger-to-create-a-new-north-american-high-grade-mid-tier-silver-gold-producer-and-developer">announced</a>&nbsp;a merger in late December. The transaction will combine their assets in Alaska and British Columbia. Below is a summary of what investors need to know about the deal, the outlook for the combined company, and its key projects.

Gold and silver combine: Breaking down the Contango ORE/Dolly Varden merger

Frontier Developments plc

Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Remedy Entertainment Oyj

Video games remain one of the fastest growing categories in the entertainment industry. According to Bloomberg Intelligence estimates, total global sales of gaming companies exceeded $183 billion in 2024. Analysts expect the upward trend to continue amid structural technological shifts, including the development of cloud gaming, the use of AI tools in game development, and the emergence of new gaming platforms.

How to make money on small caps in the gaming sector

Flotek Industries, Inc.

Core Laboratories Inc.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

On January 3, 2026, the US <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-zahvatili-maduro-posle-udarov-po-venesuele-onlajn">conducted</a> a military operation in Venezuela called "Absolute Resolve," during which the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, was captured. This move by Washington effectively ended months of escalation, accompanied by a naval blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers and accusations of the regime's involvement in drug trafficking.

Flotek, Core Lab, Helix: which small-cap stocks benefited after the overthrow of the Venezuelan government


In 2025, while U.S. tech megacaps continued to push to new highs, exchange-traded funds focused on small caps – particularly outside of the U.S. – delivered standout returns. According to BofA, global equities outperformed U.S. peers by more than 15 percentage points – the widest gap in 30 years. Much of that outperformance came from ETFs tracking small caps outside of the U.S.

Foreign, cheap, cyclical: Which small-cap ETFs led gains in 2025?


As the year draws to a close, investors traditionally turn their attention to the so-called "Santa Claus rally," a period that covers the last five trading days of December and the first two of January, when equities have historically tended to rise. The key question is whether investors can count on this seasonal effect and which segments of the market have delivered the most consistent results. For <i>Oninvest</i>, analyst Aldiyar Anuarbekov has looked at how small-cap ETFs have behaved during this window over the last 15 years and compared those patterns with the performance of individual stocks from the Russell 2000.

Small caps and the Santa Claus rally: What the data shows

The Oncology Institute, Inc.

Nutex Health Inc.

Claritev Corporation

Healthcare small caps have gained momentum in 2025. According to a Bloomberg Intelligence report published in November, the top-performing segments of the Russell 2000 in the first quarter of 2025 were utilities first, financials second, and health care third.

These small-cap healthcare names have rocketed YTD

Moura Dubeux Engenharia S.A.

Small-cap stocks in emerging markets continue to lag their large-cap peers. Global equity gains are being driven primarily by major tech companies, while the anticipated lift from the Fed’s rate cuts has yet to filter through to emerging-market small caps – historically, these companies, more sensitive to capital costs, react to falling funding costs with a delay.

Undervalued small caps: Where to make money in emerging markets

secunet Security Networks Aktiengesellschaft

Mobilicom Limited

Allot Ltd.

In 2025, cybersecurity remains one of the most dynamic areas of high tech. Insight Partners <a href="https://www.theinsightpartners.com/reports/cyber-security-market#:~:text=The%2520Cybersecurity%2520Market%2520size%2520is%2520projected%2520to%2520reach%2520US%2524%2520228.33%2520billion%2520in%25202024%2520and%2520is%2520projected%2520to%2520reach%2520US%2524%2520552.35%2520billion%2520by%25202031%253B%2520it%2520is%2520expected%2520to%2520register%2520a%2520CAGR%2520of%252013.8%2525%2520during%25202025%25E2%2580%25932031.">estimates</a>&nbsp;that the market for data and network security solutions will almost double between 2024 and 2031 to reach $552.4 billion. Growth in the sector is being driven by increasing cyberattacks, more stringent data-processing requirements, the shift to cloud services, and the rapid adoption of AI.

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