Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch Right Now

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2018 has been an incredible year for stocks. Here are the five top-performing sectors of this year, and the top exchange-traded fund (ETF) in each industry.

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1. Small Cap Health Care
The top ETF of the small-cap health care sector is Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF (Nasdaq: PSCH), which is up an astounding 43% in 2018. The fund follows the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped HealthCare Index and has 80% of its assets deployed into common stocks of small-cap healthcare companies. The ETFs top three holdings are Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Neogen Corp, and HealthEquity.    

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch Right Now: PacWest Bancorp(PACW)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Media stories about PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW) have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. PacWest Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.0886152133536 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near term.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  PacWest Banc (NASDAQ: PACW) and Arrow Financial (NASDAQ:AROW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch Right Now: OMNOVA Solutions Inc.(OMN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (NYSE:OMN) – Analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2019 earnings estimates for shares of OMNOVA Solutions in a report issued on Wednesday, February 6th. KeyCorp analyst M. Sison expects that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $0.17 for the quarter. KeyCorp also issued estimates for OMNOVA Solutions’ Q3 2019 earnings at $0.18 EPS.

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  OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE:OMN) Q3 2018 Earnings Conference CallSep. 26, 2018 11:00 a.m. ET

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• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  OMNOVA Solutions (NYSE:OMN) Q2 2018 Earnings Conference CallJun. 28, 2018 11:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

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• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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  The Top Stock Market Stories for Wednesday The U.S. markets are preparing for the eighth interest rate hike since 2015, and the Federal Reserve may not be done yet. Markets are weighing the possibility that the Fed may raise rates one more time this year (in December). The hikes come as the Fed is attempting to shrink its $4.5 trillion balance sheet. When Powell speaks this afternoon, expect a few questions about the impact of the trade war between the United States and China. Reporters will also likely want to know about geopolitical risks to the U.S. economy and how they might affect growth in a higher-interest-rate environment. Yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump gave a speech before the United Nations General Assembly. During his talk, Trump praised the U.S. economy and defended his administration's actions this year on trade. Trump said that the United States will no longer endure "abuse" from other trade partners. The U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer also said Tuesday that the U.S. is prepared to proceed on a new trade deal with Mexico without the participation of Canada. Oil prices are in focus after President Trump called out OPEC members before the U.N. on Tuesday. During his talk, Trump accused OPEC and non-OPEC participants in collusion efforts on production and prices of ripping off the rest of the world. Three Stocks to Watch Today: NKE, SVMK, DB Shares of Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) fell 3.5% after the sports apparel giant reported earnings after the bell. The company topped earnings expectations and reported profit growth of 15%. However, investors took some profits off the table. Shares of Nike stock are up more than 35% on the year. SVMK, the parent company of SurveyMonkey, has priced its upcoming IPO at $12 per share. That figure is above analysts' initial range expectation of $9 to $11 per share. The firm expects to reach a market capitalization of $1.46 bil

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch Right Now: DCT Industrial Trust Inc(DCT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of DCT Industrial Trust Inc (NYSE:DCT) by 7.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,570 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,044 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in DCT Industrial Trust were worth $821,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Shares of DCT Industrial Trust Inc (NYSE:DCT) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the ten ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $62.83.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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  For an "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with Hamid Moghadam, chairman and CEO of the logistics REIT, Prologis Inc.  (PLD) , which recently announced the acquisition of DCT Industrial Trust (DCT) .

• [By Logan Wallace]

  DECENT (CURRENCY:DCT) traded down 20.5% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on September 5th. Over the last seven days, DECENT has traded 14% lower against the U.S. dollar. DECENT has a total market cap of $8.35 million and approximately $216,900.00 worth of DECENT was traded on exchanges in the last day. One DECENT coin can now be purchased for $0.16 or 0.00002516 BTC on major exchanges including Bittrex, Upbit, BCEX and HitBTC.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Teza Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in DCT Industrial Trust Inc (NYSE:DCT) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 6,379 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock, valued at approximately $359,000.