Technology stocks have been performing very well in recent months. The and , which are heavily made up of tech companies, rose 8.29% and 9.95% over the past three months. In comparison, the went up 6.16% and the gained 3.62%.
Small-cap stocks have also done better than the broader market. The , which tracks US small companies, rose 9.41% over the same period.
With the expected to continue cutting interest rates, and investors anticipating rate cuts at every upcoming FOMC meeting this year, the outlook looks positive for both tech and small-cap stocks. These types of stocks tend to benefit when rates are falling.
We decided to focus on opportunities in US small-cap technology stocks. Using Investing.com’s screener, we filtered for US tech companies with market values between $300 million and $2 billion, which gave us a list of 234 stocks.
Our next step was to find the most undervalued stocks on this list, while also considering their financial health.
We applied the following search filters:
Stocks with a bullish potential of more than 30% based on the InvestingPro Fair Value.
Financial Health Score above 3 out of 5 on InvestingPro.
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This first round of screening helped us pinpoint 10 promising stocks:
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According to InvestingPro Fair Value, these stocks are undervalued by 31.9% to 60.9%.
Next, we looked for US technology small caps favored by analysts. We used these criteria:
Stocks covered by at least 10 analysts.
Potential upside of more than 30% based on the analysts’ average target.
This search highlighted seven additional potential opportunities:
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These small-cap US technology stocks could rise between 33.2% and 112.5% based on analysts’ average target prices.
Conclusion
Right now, US technology small caps offer many promising opportunities. With strong Q4 seasonality and expected Fed rate cuts, this could be a good time to consider investing in these stocks ahead of a potentially strong year-end.
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