With a cash buyout price anchoring the stock and orders still hitting records, this move looks less like a macro call and more like a wager on deal certainty and downside protection.
With shares hovering near a potential takeout price, this move highlights how disciplined portfolio management can matter just as much as picking the right winner.
High volatility doesn’t always mean high risk - some companies experience wild price swings but still trend reliably upward over time.
In fact, many of the market’s biggest winners have been highly volatile stocks.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Wall Street has issued downbeat forecasts for the stocks in this article.
These predictions are rare - financial institutions typically hesitate to say bad things about a company because it can jeopardize their other revenue-generating business lines like M&A advisory.
Small-cap stocks in the Russell 2000 (^RUT) can be a goldmine for investors looking beyond the usual large-cap names.
But with less stability and fewer resources than their bigger counterparts, these companies face steeper challenges in scaling their businesses.
Gas handling company Chart (NYSE:GTLS) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025 as sales rose 3.6% year on year to $1.10 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.78 per share was 11.2% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
While strong cash flow is a key indicator of stability, it doesn’t always translate to superior returns.
Some cash-heavy businesses struggle with inefficient spending, slowing demand, or weak competitive positioning.
