Zacks Picks Small-Cap Winners - Analyst Blog

Zacks Investment Research analysts have been actively searching through the Zacks database for small and micro-cap stocks to fit into a new product that the company is offering called Small-Cap Institutional Research.

Analysts are specifically looking for stocks that are under-valued or under-followed by the market. Zacks has initiated coverage on several of these names over the past few months, and many analysts have had significant success in picking winners.

Some recent initiations include:

• Angeion Corp (ANGN), initiated by Senior Medical Device Analyst, Brian Marckx, CFA. Angeion Corp. shares are up 18% since Mr. Marckx initiated on March 9, 2010.
• Redpoint Bio (RPBC), initiated by Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Jason Napodano, CFA. Redpoint Bio shares are up 36% since Mr. Napodano initiated on March 2, 2010.
• Spherix, Inc. (SPEX), initiated by Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Jason Napodano, CFA. Spherix shares are up 62% since Mr. Napodano initiated on February 9, 2010.
• Commtouch Software (CTCH), initiated by Senior Technology Analyst, Ken Nagy, CFA. Commtouch shares are up 46% since Mr. Nagy initiated on September 13, 2009.
• Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), initiated by Senior Technology Analyst, Ken Nagy, CFA. Tower Semiconductor shares are up 63% since Mr. Nagy initiated on January 31, 2010.