10 Sub $5 Stocks with Price Gains of Over 100% YTD: Investment Idea of the Day

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Today we have shortlisted 10 stocks trading below $5 across sectors which have recorded price gains of more than 100% year-to-date (YTD), outperforming their respective indices and some of these stocks are currently hovering around their 52-week highs. We note that these stocks have registered strong EPS growth during 2013. During the past three months, these stocks have recorded price gains of over 30% with daily average trading volume in excess of 100,000 shares.

Company Name

Exchange

Ticker

Sector

Market Cap
(MM)

Last Price

Average Volume
(3-Month)

Price Change
(3-Month)

Price Change
(YTD)

52- Week High

52- Week Low

EPS Growth
(2013)

Blackbird Energy Inc

TSXV

BBI

Energy

50.4

0.27

1,275,916

237.5%

237.5%

0.31

0.05

50.0%

MagneGas Corp

NASDAQ

MNGA

Industrial

40.2

1.26

2,838,666

57.5%

186.4%

2.45

0.40

29.3%

Tuckamore Capital Management Inc

TSX

TX

Financial

62.5

0.78

235,288

116.7%

183.6%

0.82

0.10

36.8%

SENSIO Technologies Inc

TSXV

SIO

Technology

23.2

0.25

994,310

138.1%

163.2%

0.35

0.06

25.0%

Raise Production Inc

TSXV

RPC

Energy

223.1

2.61

250,669

100.8%

153.4%

3.50

0.44

63.6%

ENGlobal Corp

NASDAQ

ENG

Industrial

84.0

3.10

117,173

96.2%

121.4%

3.24

0.55

92.9%

Nautilus Minerals Inc

TSX

NUS

Basic Materials

233.6

0.53

687,211

120.8%

120.8%

0.79

0.20

65.2%

Ballard Power Systems Inc

TSX

BLD

Energy

467.5

3.55

2,717,971

31.5%

120.5%

9.32

1.18

58.3%

Questor Technology Inc

TSXV

QST

Industrial

88.4

3.48

188,711

26.5%

113.5%

3.74

0.53

138.1%

Aldridge Minerals Inc

TSXV

AGM

Basic Materials

31.8

0.38

100,222

134.4%

108.3%

0.40

0.15

66.7%

Source: Bloomberg; YTD: Year-To-Date
Market Cap & Last Price are in their respective currencies

Company Description:

Blackbird Energy Inc (TSXV: BBI)
Blackbird Energy, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company. The company acquires, develops, and explores oil and gas properties in North America and internationally.

MagneGas Corp (NASDAQ: MNGA)
MagneGas Corporation provides services in cleaning and converting contaminated waste. The company recycles city sludge, animal manure, and other liquid waste materials into a clean burning biogas that can be used to operate machinery designed to use natural gas or used for a metal cutting fuel.

Tuckamore Capital Management Inc (TSX: TX)
Tuckamore Capital Management, Inc. is a publicly traded diversified fund that invests in Canadian private businesses.

SENSIO Technologies Inc (TSXV: SIO)
Sensio Technologies Inc. develops stereoscopic (3D) technology for the home theater market. The company offers 3-D services to the media production and postproduction industry.

Raise Production Inc (TSXV: RPC)
Raise Production Inc. is an oilfield service company. The company’s production services segment utilizes its patented Activator Hydraulic Submersible Pump to increase ultimate production in both conventional and unconventional gas, oil, a CBM wells.

ENGlobal Corp (NASDAQ: ENG)
ENGlobal Corporation provides engineering services and systems to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, pipeline, production and process industries throughout the United States and internationally. The company provides services that include feasibility studies, design, and procurement and construction management. ENGlobal supplies automation, control and electrical power systems to clients.

Nautilus Minerals Inc (TSX: NUS)
Nautilus Minerals, Inc. explores for gold and copper on the ocean floor near Papua New Guinea.

Ballard Power Systems Inc (TSX: BLD)
Ballard Power Systems Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells and service hydrogen fuel cells for a range of applications. The company’s products and services are used in many industries such as materials handling, residential cogeneration, backup power and transportation.

Questor Technology Inc (TSXV: QST)
Questor Technology Inc. develops environmental technologies for use primarily by the oil and gas industry.

Aldridge Minerals Inc (TSXV: AGM)
Aldridge Minerals, Inc. explores for base and precious minerals in Turkey.

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