Penny Stocks

Q: Where can I buy penny stocks?

Most penny stocks trade on OTC markets , where companies don’t need to meet strict listing requirements. Some also trade on major exchanges like the NYSE or Nasdaq if they qualify.

Penny stocks are low-priced, high-risk shares of public companies typically found on OTC markets. Many investors are attracted to penny stock investments because their low share prices suggest a strong possible upside.

While some investors consider a penny stock to be any stock trading under $5.00, the table below focuses on stocks literally trading for pennies—i.e., under $1.00 per share—that have had the highest trading volume during the most recent trading day. As the markets change, so does this list. We'll bring you up-to-date information about penny stocks right here, serving as a jumping-off point for any investor in penny stocks.

You can sort the table below by current price, volume, and market cap to find the stocks you want to add to your portfolio.

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Company	Current Price	P/E Ratio	Market Cap	Volume	Average Volume	Indicator(s)
BYND Beyond Meat	$0.62 -5.3%	N/A	$338.07 million	$27.21 million	$17.84 million	Analyst Upgrade
ATLN Atlantic International	$0.89 -1.6%	N/A	$72.03 million	$16.62 million	$27.63 million	Gap Up
MVST Microvast	$0.98 -8.8%	N/A	$356.48 million	$12.65 million	$3.36 million	High Trading Volume
SES SES AI	$0.71 -8.5%	N/A	$282.48 million	$9.42 million	$8.12 million
CIRC Atlantic International	$0.69 -20.3%	N/A	$69.91 million	$8.70 million	$24.73 million	News Coverage Gap Down
RCT RedCloud	$0.25 +3.3%	N/A	$14.25 million	$7.57 million	$4.05 million	News Coverage Short Interest Increase Gap Up
ONCY Oncolytics Biotech	$0.93 +4.7%	N/A	$105.90 million	$7.55 million	$986.25 thousand	News Coverage Positive News Gap Up High Trading Volume
FFIE Faraday Future Intelligent Electric	$0.19 -10.9%	N/A	$13.89 million	$6.91 million	$2.32 million	High Trading Volume
FFAI Faraday Future Intelligent Electric	$0.17 -10.9%	N/A	$57.86 million	$6.10 million	$2.74 million	High Trading Volume
ORBS Eightco	$0.64 -5.8%	N/A	$264.82 million	$5.60 million	$10.04 million
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HUMA Humacyte	$0.69 -0.4%	N/A	$154.01 million	$5.28 million	$11.72 million	Positive News Analyst Downgrade
SMRT SmartRent	$0.98 -4.5%	N/A	$198.62 million	$4.88 million	$2.51 million	News Coverage Analyst Forecast Short Interest Increase
COSM Cosmos Health	$0.31 +5.4%	N/A	$18.17 million	$4.80 million	$6.88 million	Short Interest Increase Gap Up
GOSS Gossamer Bio	$0.14 -15.1%	N/A	$39.83 million	$4.41 million	$2.04 million	News Coverage High Trading Volume
ZBAO Zhibao Technology	$0.29 -31.7%	N/A	$13.95 million	$4.31 million	$5.59 million	News Coverage Gap Down
SEGG Lottery.com	$0.82 +4.4%	N/A	$13.05 million	$3.77 million	$486.70 thousand	News Coverage Analyst Downgrade Short Interest Decrease Gap Down High Trading Volume
GPRO GoPro	$0.71 -6.8%	N/A	$131.96 million	$3.64 million	$4.13 million
DVLT Datavault AI	$0.35 -1.7%	N/A	$308.26 million	$3.59 million	$7.38 million
SRFM Surf Air Mobility	$0.85 -8.7%	N/A	$98.72 million	$3.20 million	$10.87 million	Gap Down
QSI Quantum-Si	$0.87 -1.5%	N/A	$192.22 million	$3.06 million	$4.38 million	Positive News
CPHI China Pharma	$0.63 +9.6%	N/A	$25.33 million	$2.95 million	$274.78 thousand	High Trading Volume
DFNS Nukkleus	$0.09 -21.8%	N/A	$11.38 million	$2.67 million	$1.81 million	News Coverage Gap Down
HRTX Heron Therapeutics	$0.42 +0.6%	N/A	$78.44 million	$2.58 million	$1.27 million	Positive News High Trading Volume
GETY Getty Images	$0.70 -7.9%	N/A	$318.83 million	$2.18 million	$11.91 million	Gap Down
CNTX Context Therapeutics	$0.62 -4.5%	N/A	$59.99 million	$2.14 million	$3.18 million	Analyst Upgrade Short Interest Increase
TNYA Tenaya Therapeutics	$0.84 -3.9%	N/A	$188.88 million	$1.98 million	$2.11 million	News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
IVVD Invivyd	$0.79 +0.5%	N/A	$230.79 million	$1.93 million	$4.71 million	Gap Up
VYNE VYNE Therapeutics	$0.66 +3.2%	N/A	$21.27 million	$1.93 million	$627.98 thousand	Positive News Dividend Announcement High Trading Volume
RKTO Rocket One Inc. Common Stock	$0.86 -4.0%	N/A	$20.04 million	$1.64 million	$7.78 million	Short Interest Decrease Gap Down
MVIS Microvision	$0.38 -1.7%	N/A	$132.27 million	$1.63 million	$4.13 million
REKR Rekor Systems	$0.63 -8.9%	N/A	$95.64 million	$1.58 million	$1.35 million
CGC Canopy Growth	$0.96 -1.2%	N/A	$435.50 million	$1.54 million	$4.55 million	Positive News
INVZ Innoviz Technologies	$0.58 -7.8%	N/A	$136.14 million	$1.54 million	$1.81 million	News Coverage Gap Down
SAFX XCF Global Capital	$0.49 -11.0%	N/A	$184.37 million	$1.49 million	$2.23 million	Analyst Upgrade Gap Up
DEFT DeFi Technologies	$0.45 -9.6%	4.52	$193.79 million	$1.42 million	$1.17 million
CAN Canaan	$0.30 -2.5%	N/A	$220.95 million	$1.38 million	$3.07 million	Gap Down
PRPB CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II	$0.76 -2.4%	N/A	$63.01 million	$1.30 million	$370.87 thousand	Gap Down High Trading Volume
BTAI BioXcel Therapeutics	$0.88 +7.9%	N/A	$25.24 million	$1.28 million	$1.06 million
PROP Prairie Operating	$0.77 +6.0%	N/A	$55.82 million	$1.22 million	$1.93 million	Gap Up
SLQT SelectQuote	$0.72 -6.5%	8.00	$135.74 million	$1.13 million	$1.53 million	Positive News Short Interest Decrease
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LUCD Lucid Diagnostics	$0.99 -0.9%	N/A	$203.07 million	$1.08 million	$1.76 million	Positive News
BTCS BTCS	$1.00 -5.1%	N/A	$52.26 million	$1.04 million	$1.02 million	Dividend Announcement
GRML Greenland Mines Ltd. Common Stock	$0.21 -14.3%	N/A	$33.83 million	$1.03 million	$681.03 thousand
ARAY Accuray	$0.27 +12.8%	N/A	$28.71 million	$1.01 million	$479.63 thousand	Gap Up High Trading Volume
OGI Organigram Global	$0.90 -7.3%	N/A	$136.11 million	$996.27 thousand	$439.20 thousand	Positive News High Trading Volume
UPXI Upexi	$0.76 -8.7%	N/A	$65.32 million	$929.85 thousand	$1.60 million	Gap Down
SCNX Scienture	$0.36 -3.8%	N/A	$15.04 million	$916.07 thousand	$1.31 million	Gap Down
SPWR CSLM Acquisition	$0.65 +1.3%	N/A	$93.78 million	$911.52 thousand	$2.43 million	Short Interest Decrease
NFE New Fortress Energy	$0.35 -0.8%	N/A	$101.51 million	$907.96 thousand	$1.70 million	Positive News
STEX Biosig Technologies	$0.84 -8.5%	N/A	$166.82 million	$876.83 thousand	$1.66 million	Buyback Announcement
CYPH Cypherpunk Technologies	$0.70 -0.6%	N/A	$74.83 million	$859.71 thousand	$2.02 million	Positive News
LAB Standard BioTools	$0.85 -7.6%	4.24	$358.51 million	$853.44 thousand	$4.06 million	News Coverage Positive News Short Interest Decrease
JSPR Jasper Therapeutics	$0.61 +4.9%	N/A	$16.22 million	$816.62 thousand	$321.54 thousand	Gap Up High Trading Volume
MDCX Medicus Pharma	$0.37 -8.7%	N/A	$23.09 million	$811.55 thousand	$651.43 thousand	Positive News Short Interest Decrease
BLNK Blink Charging	$0.54 -4.8%	N/A	$81.90 million	$809.57 thousand	$1.11 million
OPTT Ocean Power Technologies	$0.22 -1.7%	N/A	$49.99 million	$791.89 thousand	$1.91 million
SKIN Beauty Health	$0.84 -7.6%	N/A	$117.88 million	$783.32 thousand	$5.16 million	Positive News
OSRH OSR	$0.36 +8.4%	N/A	$11.53 million	$743.64 thousand	$179.15 thousand	High Trading Volume
YSXT YSX Tech	$0.70 -30.4%	N/A	$22.48 million	$717.23 thousand	$257.90 thousand	Gap Down High Trading Volume
RANI Rani Therapeutics	$0.63 -7.9%	N/A	$85.13 million	$702.31 thousand	$372.44 thousand	News Coverage
NXXT NextNRG	$0.30 -5.2%	N/A	$49.79 million	$686.77 thousand	$949.81 thousand	Positive News
GTBP GT Biopharma	$0.39 -8.8%	N/A	$18.84 million	$666.51 thousand	$458.19 thousand	Gap Down
CHGG Chegg	$0.85 -0.8%	N/A	$95.56 million	$630.93 thousand	$1.02 million
MYPS PLAYSTUDIOS	$0.76 +1.2%	N/A	$96.79 million	$588.58 thousand	$1.00 million	Positive News
RNTX Rein Therapeutics	$0.91 -7.4%	N/A	$83.83 million	$584.79 thousand	$500.08 thousand	News Coverage Short Interest Increase Gap Down
AIFC ALT5 Sigma	$0.53 -2.2%	N/A	$75.81 million	$575.77 thousand	$623.28 thousand
ARBE Arbe Robotics	$0.69 -3.4%	N/A	$87.40 million	$573.31 thousand	$1.11 million	Positive News
VIOT Viomi Technology	$0.84 +5.7%	N/A	$53.47 million	$553.03 thousand	$101.79 thousand	High Trading Volume
MERC Mercer International	$0.58 -8.9%	N/A	$42.98 million	$540.00 thousand	$406.66 thousand
LGO Largo	$0.67 -8.2%	N/A	$69.10 million	$535.16 thousand	$1.12 million	Gap Down
WWR Westwater Resources	$0.44 -7.7%	N/A	$55.39 million	$509.20 thousand	$612.18 thousand
DCGO DocGo	$0.64 +6.8%	N/A	$58.95 million	$475.08 thousand	$801.56 thousand	News Coverage Short Interest Decrease
NRDY Nerdy	$0.90 -2.5%	N/A	$175.96 million	$474.81 thousand	$850.95 thousand	Short Interest Decrease Gap Down
OBAI TG-17	$0.60 -9.2%	N/A	$14.63 million	$470.22 thousand	$4.44 million	Short Interest Increase
CALC CalciMedica	$0.82 -12.1%	N/A	$14.69 million	$459.19 thousand	$2.79 million	Short Interest Increase Gap Down
GUTS Fractyl Health	$0.76 -3.9%	N/A	$125.76 million	$445.93 thousand	$938.93 thousand
TPST Tempest Therapeutics	$0.98 +1.1%	N/A	$15.55 million	$435.50 thousand	$158.31 thousand	Positive News Gap Up High Trading Volume
GAME GameSquare	$0.34 +7.7%	N/A	$32.17 million	$413.00 thousand	$277.99 thousand	Gap Up
DBGI Digital Brands Group	$0.70 -9.5%	N/A	$16.63 million	$395.72 thousand	$709.80 thousand	News Coverage
ATYR aTyr Pharma	$0.50 -7.4%	N/A	$53.38 million	$386.57 thousand	$1.08 million	Analyst Upgrade Gap Down
VTGN VistaGen Therapeutics	$0.25 -2.1%	N/A	$10.59 million	$360.60 thousand	$1.15 million
HOWL Werewolf Therapeutics	$0.34 -15.3%	N/A	$19.58 million	$357.66 thousand	$310.50 thousand
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group	$0.56 -0.5%	N/A	$51.04 million	$338.05 thousand	$923.75 thousand
OMEX Odyssey Marine Exploration	$0.67 -4.8%	N/A	$41.42 million	$325.70 thousand	$418.61 thousand	Positive News
MDXH MDxHealth	$0.43 -9.6%	N/A	$23.56 million	$309.81 thousand	$314.56 thousand	Positive News Short Interest Decrease
BANL CBL International	$0.43 +2.5%	N/A	$11.41 million	$304.09 thousand	$61.91 thousand	Positive News Short Interest Decrease High Trading Volume
PRSO Peraso	$0.76 -7.0%	N/A	$11.97 million	$302.86 thousand	$340.22 thousand	Short Interest Increase
BCDA BioCardia	$0.91 -0.5%	N/A	$10.41 million	$299.99 thousand	$949.20 thousand	Positive News Gap Up
LITS Lite Strategy	$0.95 -6.4%	N/A	$34.37 million	$286.49 thousand	$291.40 thousand	Positive News Gap Down
LGVN Longeveron	$0.63 -6.5%	N/A	$21.02 million	$283.18 thousand	$169.64 thousand	News Coverage
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CXAI CXApp	$0.15 -5.5%	N/A	$11.02 million	$275.16 thousand	$1.15 million	Positive News Short Interest Decrease
BEAT HeartBeam	$0.58 -4.5%	N/A	$33.58 million	$261.70 thousand	$281.53 thousand
PDSB PDS Biotechnology	$0.75 -3.7%	N/A	$43.20 million	$241.37 thousand	$338.75 thousand	Positive News
LVWR LiveWire Group	$0.73 +4.2%	N/A	$142.12 million	$236.29 thousand	$314.90 thousand	News Coverage
WKSP Worksport	$0.80 -7.0%	N/A	$12 million	$236.12 thousand	$13.35 million	Short Interest Decrease
MREO Mereo BioPharma Group	$0.32 -4.2%	N/A	$53.47 million	$218.12 thousand	$469.59 thousand	Positive News
GWH ESS Tech	$0.81 -4.6%	N/A	$24.97 million	$212.98 thousand	$615.78 thousand	Gap Up
IMMP Prima BioMed	$0.45 +7.5%	N/A	$61.75 million	$205.44 thousand	$168.86 thousand
TOON Kartoon Studios	$0.59 -1.5%	N/A	$35.35 million	$200.55 thousand	$404.03 thousand
KTTA Pasithea Therapeutics	$0.49 -0.5%	N/A	$12.28 million	$197.48 thousand	$797.68 thousand

Written by Jeffrey Neal Johnson | Reviewed by Jessica Mitacek

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Frequently Asked Questions

Penny stocks can offer high-reward opportunities but come with significant risks due to volatility, low liquidity, and potential for fraud. They are best suited for experienced or risk-tolerant investors.

Most penny stocks trade on OTC markets, where companies don’t need to meet strict listing requirements. Some also trade on major exchanges like the NYSE or Nasdaq if they qualify.

Penny stocks are often thinly traded, lack financial transparency, and can be subject to price manipulation, making them riskier than traditional stocks.

Use resources like MarketBeat.com to research financial reports, company news, volume trends, industry potential, analyst ratings, insider activity, and top penny stock movers. This list of the most active penny stocks is a great place to start your search.

Penny stocks are defined by share price (typically under $1.00 or $5.00), while micro-cap stocks are classified by market capitalization, usually under $300 million. Some overlap, but they aren’t always the same.

Yes, penny stocks are legal, but they are more lightly regulated, especially those trading on OTC markets. Be cautious of pump-and-dump schemes.

Rarely. Most penny stocks belong to small or struggling companies that reinvest profits instead of paying dividends.

Use stop-loss orders, trade liquid stocks, avoid hype, and only invest money you can afford to lose.

This page shows the most active penny stocks today. Sorting penny stocks by trading volume helps traders identify stocks with higher liquidity, which allows investors to enter and exit positions without significantly impacting the stock price. With active penny stocks, investors are less likely to get stuck with a stock, unable to sell it at a price that makes sense. High trading volume can also indicate investor interest and that the price may move up or down soon. While by default these stocks are sorted by the highest dollar volume of trading, you can also sort by most shares traded. Be sure to check the average trading column as well to compare the stock's volume so far today with the stock's volume on an average day.

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