Penny Stocks List 2026 | Most Active Stocks Trading Under $1

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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.

Company	Current Price	P/E Ratio	Market Cap	Volume	Average Volume	Indicator(s)
PRZO ParaZero Technologies	$0.82 +31.0%	N/A	$16.23 million	$60.98 million	$1.11 million	News Coverage Short Interest Decrease Gap Up High Trading Volume
FNGR FingerMotion	$0.17 -12.5%	N/A	$11.98 million	$20.86 million	$722.86 thousand	News Coverage Short Interest Decrease High Trading Volume
CAN Canaan	$0.42 +15.8%	N/A	$257.83 million	$17.20 million	$8.49 million	News Coverage Upcoming Earnings High Trading Volume
ORBS Eightco	$0.80 -4.8%	N/A	$361.01 million	$11.17 million	$10.98 million
AKBA Akebia Therapeutics	$0.96 +6.4%	N/A	$249.56 million	$10.87 million	$5.47 million
OTLK Oncobiologics	$0.64 +5.1%	N/A	$90.49 million	$10.19 million	$16.15 million	Positive News
GOSS Gossamer Bio	$0.20 +16.9%	N/A	$41.07 million	$9.67 million	$6.54 million	Gap Up
AEON AEON Biopharma	$0.21 +7.3%	1.18	$10.57 million	$8.59 million	$215.91 thousand	Gap Up High Trading Volume
DVLT Datavault AI	$0.31 -1.0%	N/A	$296.79 million	$6.08 million	$13.34 million	Trending News Analyst Revision
HOWL Werewolf Therapeutics	$0.89 +0.8%	N/A	$42.93 million	$5.71 million	$17.05 million	News Coverage Analyst Upgrade Gap Down
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SES SES AI	$0.55 +1.3%	N/A	$200.49 million	$5.34 million	$9.25 million
SLQT SelectQuote	$0.55 -29.5%	6.08	$136.85 million	$5.25 million	$359.53 thousand	News Coverage Earnings Report Gap Down High Trading Volume
MVST Microvast	$0.79 +1.2%	N/A	$298.40 million	$5.04 million	$5.40 million	Trending News
ILLR Triller Group	$0.83 +3.5%	N/A	$16.43 million	$4.35 million	$200.78 thousand	Short Interest Decrease High Trading Volume
HUMA Humacyte	$0.70 +5.9%	N/A	$183.96 million	$4.14 million	$6.04 million
QSI Quantum-Si	$0.85 +10.1%	N/A	$168.39 million	$3.70 million	$2.76 million	Gap Up
GPRO GoPro	$0.61 +1.7%	N/A	$110.70 million	$3.57 million	$3.82 million	Analyst Upgrade
CNTX Context Therapeutics	$0.44 -6.4%	N/A	$42.76 million	$3.55 million	$864.07 thousand	High Trading Volume
SLGB Smart Logistics Global	$0.54 +7.9%	N/A	$22.48 million	$3.35 million	$3.57 million	Short Interest Increase Gap Up
EVTL Vertical Aerospace	$0.78 -1.2%	N/A	$100.03 million	$3.20 million	$7.49 million
LDI loanDepot	$0.93 +4.3%	N/A	$301 million	$2.76 million	$2.42 million
IVVD Invivyd	$0.94 -0.4%	N/A	$277.81 million	$2.68 million	$3.51 million	Analyst Downgrade
VERI Veritone	$0.87 +1.6%	N/A	$86.01 million	$2.45 million	$4.06 million	Insider Trade Gap Up
CBAT China BAK Battery	$0.95 +9.9%	N/A	$76.66 million	$2.44 million	$342.12 thousand	Short Interest Increase Gap Down High Trading Volume
OPTU Optimum Communications	$0.99 +15.6%	N/A	$234.38 million	$2.12 million	$2.47 million
BAOS Baosheng Media Group	$0.44 -5.4%	N/A	$20.24 million	$2.06 million	$3.74 million	Short Interest Increase Gap Down
APRE Aprea Therapeutics	$0.95 +18.0%	N/A	$10.14 million	$2.00 million	$177.31 thousand	Short Interest Decrease High Trading Volume
DEFT DeFi Technologies	$0.60 -2.6%	10.07	$240.68 million	$1.85 million	$1.56 million
WWR Westwater Resources	$0.60 +3.4%	N/A	$77.04 million	$1.62 million	$1.39 million
STEX Biosig Technologies	$0.76 -1.0%	N/A	$89.08 million	$1.42 million	$678.54 thousand	Analyst Upgrade High Trading Volume
CTXR Citius Pharmaceuticals	$0.60 +4.9%	N/A	$15.80 million	$1.30 million	$599.62 thousand	High Trading Volume
PROP Prairie Operating	$0.54 +5.7%	N/A	$57.65 million	$1.28 million	$1.35 million	Analyst Upgrade Short Interest Decrease
GUTS Fractyl Health	$0.78 +4.5%	N/A	$119.39 million	$1.27 million	$939.34 thousand	Trending News Gap Up
IINN Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N.	$0.87 -5.4%	N/A	$31.15 million	$1.25 million	$305.35 thousand	Gap Up High Trading Volume
TNYA Tenaya Therapeutics	$0.70 +4.0%	N/A	$151.29 million	$1.21 million	$1.53 million	Positive News
QTEX Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N.	$0.86 -0.5%	N/A	$31.15 million	$1.21 million	$2.67 million
BZAI Blaize	$0.47 +5.0%	N/A	$65.16 million	$1.19 million	$3.75 million	Trending News Gap Up
BTAI BioXcel Therapeutics	$0.74 -2.4%	N/A	$23.81 million	$1.17 million	$677.99 thousand	Gap Up
LGVN Longeveron	$0.68 -18.8%	N/A	$26.71 million	$1.08 million	$397.34 thousand	Gap Down High Trading Volume
SPWR CSLM Acquisition	$0.29 +3.0%	N/A	$61.62 million	$982.33 thousand	$2.26 million	Positive News
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SAFX XCF Global Capital	$0.35 -3.4%	N/A	$150.56 million	$942.87 thousand	$1.53 million	Analyst Downgrade Gap Down
CELU Celularity	$0.80 +3.4%	N/A	$22.43 million	$937.47 thousand	$34.45 thousand	News Coverage Gap Down High Trading Volume
REKR Rekor Systems	$0.58 +0.0%	N/A	$80.30 million	$865.97 thousand	$795.58 thousand	News Coverage Analyst Revision
LAB Standard BioTools	$0.65	2.95	$255.18 million	$845.49 thousand	$1.15 million	Gap Up
SRFM Surf Air Mobility	$0.66 -0.1%	N/A	$81.43 million	$800.81 thousand	$1.39 million
PRPB CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II	$0.26 -3.3%	N/A	$21.12 million	$748.96 thousand	$124.32 thousand	High Trading Volume
OPTT Ocean Power Technologies	$0.19 +2.6%	N/A	$50.30 million	$719.84 thousand	$1.52 million	News Coverage
ARBE Arbe Robotics	$0.70 +3.4%	N/A	$83.02 million	$719.73 thousand	$807.98 thousand
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group	$0.87 +4.0%	N/A	$75.85 million	$706.71 thousand	$753.94 thousand
NNOX Nano-X Imaging	$0.86 -0.1%	N/A	$67.92 million	$698.66 thousand	$928.08 thousand	Gap Up
RANI Rani Therapeutics	$0.89 +1.4%	N/A	$122.53 million	$697.03 thousand	$623.87 thousand	News Coverage Analyst Revision
AIFC ALT5 Sigma	$0.64 -2.6%	N/A	$92.19 million	$682.65 thousand	$671.02 thousand
OMEX Odyssey Marine Exploration	$0.93 +3.5%	N/A	$52.78 million	$677.53 thousand	$353.11 thousand
CIRC Atlantic International	$0.73 +9.7%	N/A	$61.06 million	$670.86 thousand	$803.52 thousand	Earnings Report Gap Down
ONCY Oncolytics Biotech	$0.86 +2.0%	N/A	$107.63 million	$667.70 thousand	$605.46 thousand
DCGO DocGo	$0.38 +0.2%	N/A	$37.75 million	$616.02 thousand	$358.26 thousand	Gap Up
INVZ Innoviz Technologies	$0.34 +0.3%	N/A	$72.66 million	$576.25 thousand	$1.87 million
FLUX Flux Power	$0.67 -4.7%	N/A	$15.13 million	$567.53 thousand	$667.94 thousand	Trending News Earnings Report Analyst Revision Gap Up
BLNK Blink Charging	$0.59 +1.4%	N/A	$84.75 million	$555.60 thousand	$801.16 thousand
MBRX Moleculin Biotech	$0.61 +0.3%	N/A	$11.87 million	$547.55 thousand	$1.50 million	Positive News Short Interest Decrease
HRTX Heron Therapeutics	$0.32 +0.1%	N/A	$61.28 million	$524.76 thousand	$987.05 thousand	Positive News Gap Up
DARE Dare Bioscience	$0.82 +2.4%	N/A	$12.26 million	$507.14 thousand	$852.52 thousand	Gap Up
GETY Getty Images	$0.26 +2.7%	N/A	$107.40 million	$466.39 thousand	$1.10 million
AIXC AIxCrypto	$0.93 -0.5%	N/A	$18.95 million	$428.96 thousand	$3.47 million	News Coverage Gap Down
NWGL Nature Wood Group	$0.67 +9.3%	N/A	$10.16 million	$428.71 thousand	$2.27 million	Gap Up
CHGG Chegg	$0.80 0.0%	N/A	$88.86 million	$426.75 thousand	$1.04 million	Options Volume
NAUT Nautilus Biotechnology	$0.88 +0.7%	N/A	$111.39 million	$425.37 thousand	$806.47 thousand	Positive News
NFE New Fortress Energy	$0.29 +4.1%	N/A	$78.66 million	$421.85 thousand	$528.31 thousand	Negative News
HYPR Hyperfine	$0.87 +1.6%	N/A	$90.81 million	$397.11 thousand	$517.64 thousand
ATYR aTyr Pharma	$0.57 +7.5%	N/A	$51.99 million	$385.05 thousand	$369.51 thousand
LOOP Loop Industries	$0.59 -4.8%	N/A	$29.93 million	$372.47 thousand	$2.77 million	Positive News Gap Down
BLNE Beeline	$0.98 -0.1%	N/A	$32.02 million	$356.18 thousand	$358.38 thousand	Gap Up
FLD Fold	$0.52 +7.5%	N/A	$26.48 million	$352.44 thousand	$161.60 thousand	Trending News Gap Down High Trading Volume
MDXH MDxHealth	$0.79 +6.4%	N/A	$36.69 million	$338.76 thousand	$13.93 million
ZEO Zeo Energy	$0.30 -25.7%	N/A	$23.05 million	$330.46 thousand	$666.85 thousand	Short Interest Increase Gap Up
MREO Mereo BioPharma Group	$0.28 -2.7%	N/A	$46.23 million	$324.86 thousand	$2.74 million
ADGM Adagio Medical	$0.55 -6.8%	N/A	$13.11 million	$310.54 thousand	$14.04 million	Short Interest Increase
GWH ESS Tech	$0.37 -4.4%	N/A	$12.83 million	$296.79 thousand	$373.75 thousand
GTEC Greenland Technologies	$0.90 -5.2%	1.55	$19.51 million	$266.54 thousand	$995.62 thousand	Short Interest Increase Gap Down
PDSB PDS Biotechnology	$0.22 +2.2%	N/A	$12.14 million	$262.19 thousand	$618.01 thousand
HUDI Huadi International Group	$0.88 -7.4%	N/A	$13.56 million	$242.14 thousand	$2.95 million	Short Interest Increase Gap Down
NXXT NextNRG	$0.23 +3.1%	N/A	$37.13 million	$238.21 thousand	$646.66 thousand
SKIN Beauty Health	$0.65 -4.4%	N/A	$88.50 million	$232.09 thousand	$334.96 thousand	Positive News Gap Down
HODO Brag House	$0.39 -14.4%	N/A	$38.28 million	$224.99 thousand	$83.20 thousand	Gap Up High Trading Volume
TEAD Teads	$0.55 -9.4%	N/A	$59.82 million	$222.54 thousand	$90.24 thousand	High Trading Volume
MDCX Medicus Pharma	$0.26 +1.4%	N/A	$16.26 million	$221.59 thousand	$492.00 thousand
RNTX Rein Therapeutics	$0.80	N/A	$69.01 million	$221.40 thousand	$389.58 thousand
COSM Cosmos Health	$0.21 -0.6%	N/A	$12.40 million	$217.94 thousand	$642.31 thousand	News Coverage Earnings Report Gap Up
CPHI China Pharma	$0.87 -8.0%	N/A	$37.60 million	$206.90 thousand	$1.63 million
GFAI Guardforce AI	$0.41 +3.7%	N/A	$12.47 million	$199.69 thousand	$108.08 thousand
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MERC Mercer International	$0.43 +6.4%	N/A	$26.86 million	$198.92 thousand	$185.91 thousand
INTZ Intrusion	$0.60 -3.6%	N/A	$15.25 million	$197.78 thousand	$121.00 thousand
BEAT HeartBeam	$0.50 +4.1%	N/A	$27.23 million	$197.34 thousand	$229.50 thousand
RKTO Rocket One Inc. Common Stock	$0.74 +0.1%	N/A	$16.48 million	$193.89 thousand	$444.30 thousand	News Coverage Gap Down
JSPR Jasper Therapeutics	$0.72 -0.3%	N/A	$24.04 million	$193.35 thousand	$553.34 thousand
UCL uCloudlink Group	$0.36 -1.7%	N/A	$14.04 million	$187.23 thousand	$1.86 million	Earnings Report Analyst Downgrade Short Interest Decrease Gap Up
MYPS PLAYSTUDIOS	$0.51 +1.0%	N/A	$60.30 million	$180.04 thousand	$147.83 thousand	Positive News
VTGN VistaGen Therapeutics	$0.25 +1.9%	N/A	$10.82 million	$176.96 thousand	$1.82 million
NIXX Nixxy	$0.71 +1.6%	N/A	$20.07 million	$173.01 thousand	$667.10 thousand
SOS SOS	$0.96 +4.8%	N/A	$14.88 million	$170.07 thousand	$109.65 thousand	Gap Up

Written by Jeffrey Neal Johnson | Reviewed by Jessica Mitacek

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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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