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Best profitable small-cap stocks for 2026: positive net income, ROE 12+

Most small-cap screens surface unprofitable hopefuls. The cohort below inverts that — small-cap names ($300M to $2B market cap) that are already profitable, generating real returns on equity, and carrying enough current assets to weather a downturn. This is the small-cap subset that institutional investors actually hold. Each name still carries small-cap volatility and liquidity risk, so the position-sizing rules in each ticker's full report (covered in the per-stock /risks tab) become more important than usual.

How we picked: Cohort: market cap between $300M and $2B, positive net income, ROE at least 12%, current ratio at least 1.5. Sorted by market cap descending.

Source snapshot 2026-10-28 · freshness SLO 72 hours.

  1. 01
    GRCThe Gorman-Rupp Company

    ROE 17.0% with a current ratio of 2.7 on Industrials exposure.

    1.98B USD
  2. 02
    PURRHyperliquid Strategies Inc.

    ROE 32.6% with a current ratio of 41.6 on Financials exposure.

    1.97B USD
  3. 03
    PRDOPerdoceo Education Corporation

    ROE 17.6% with a current ratio of 4.7 on Consumer Staples exposure.

    1.97B USD
  4. 04
    KALUKaiser Aluminum Corporation

    ROE 24.5% with a current ratio of 2.6 on Materials exposure.

    1.95B USD
  5. 05
    LMATLeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    ROE 16.8% with a current ratio of 16.3 on Healthcare exposure.

    1.89B USD
  6. 06
    ETOReToro Group Ltd.

    ROE 19.5% with a current ratio of 3.4 on Financials exposure.

    1.88B USD
  7. 07
    EVTCEVERTEC, Inc.

    ROE 14.8% with a current ratio of 1.7 on Technology exposure.

    1.86B USD
  8. 08
    HMNHorace Mann Educators Corporation

    ROE 12.4% with a current ratio of 2.9 on Financials exposure.

    1.85B USD
  9. 09
    EZPWEZCORP, Inc.

    ROE 14.7% with a current ratio of 4.8 on Financials exposure.

    1.82B USD
  10. 10
    EPACEnerpac Tool Group Corp.

    ROE 21.6% with a current ratio of 2.7 on Industrials exposure.

    1.82B USD
  11. 11
    BLBDBlue Bird Corporation

    ROE 64.3% with a current ratio of 1.6 on Industrials exposure.

    1.81B USD
  12. 12
    CTSCTS Corporation

    ROE 13.0% with a current ratio of 2.6 on Technology exposure.

    1.78B USD
  13. 13
    CMRECostamare Inc.

    ROE 15.3% with a current ratio of 2.5 on Industrials exposure.

    1.77B USD
  14. 14
    ATEXAnterix Inc.

    ROE 27.9% with a current ratio of 4.9 on Communication Services exposure.

    1.74B USD
  15. 15
    PLABPhotronics, Inc.

    ROE 13.8% with a current ratio of 4.9 on Technology exposure.

    1.73B USD
  16. 16
    PGYPagaya Technologies Ltd.

    ROE 19.5% with a current ratio of 14.6 on Technology exposure.

    1.71B USD
  17. 17
    ALHCAlignment Healthcare, Inc.

    ROE 20.0% with a current ratio of 1.7 on Healthcare exposure.

    1.69B USD
  18. 18
    GICGlobal Industrial Company

    ROE 26.5% with a current ratio of 2.2 on Industrials exposure.

    1.69B USD
  19. 19
    NATNordic American Tankers Limited

    ROE 25.7% with a current ratio of 3.3 on Energy exposure.

    1.68B USD
  20. 20
    TGLSTecnoglass Holdings Inc.

    ROE 17.0% with a current ratio of 1.9 on Materials exposure.

    1.67B USD
  21. 21
    HAPNHappen, Inc.

    ROE 13.2% with a current ratio of 3.5 on Financials exposure.

    1.66B USD
  22. 22
    INODInnodata Inc.

    ROE 37.8% with a current ratio of 1.7 on Technology exposure.

    1.64B USD
  23. 23
    SBHSally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

    ROE 23.5% with a current ratio of 2.4 on Consumer Discretionary exposure.

    1.63B USD
  24. 24
    OPRAOpera Limited

    ROE 12.9% with a current ratio of 2.0 on Communication Services exposure.

    1.62B USD
  25. 25
    HCSGHealthcare Services Group, Inc.

    ROE 20.4% with a current ratio of 2.8 on Healthcare exposure.

    1.62B USD
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