Penny Stocks

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)
PLUG Plug Power	$0.85 -2.4%	N/A	$787.97 million	$101.21 million	$46.25 million	Upcoming Earnings Options Volume Analyst Revision Gap Up High Trading Volume
RNAZ TransCode Therapeutics	$0.56 +38.7%	N/A	$13.16 million	$73.35 million	$1.46 million	Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Positive News Gap Up High Trading Volume
SPI SPI Energy	$0.77 -10.4%	N/A	$24.21 million	$34.02 million	$1.75 million	News Coverage High Trading Volume
HCTI Healthcare Triangle	$0.27 +72.0%	N/A	$12.21 million	$27.72 million	$664,083.76	Gap Down High Trading Volume
DRCT Direct Digital	$0.88 +26.2%	N/A	$15.73 million	$26.84 million	$980,370.20	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↓ High Trading Volume
WW WW International	$0.73 -5.6%	N/A	$58.27 million	$25.77 million	$6.96 million	Analyst Forecast Options Volume Gap Up High Trading Volume
OPEN Opendoor Technologies	$0.75 -1.4%	N/A	$548.64 million	$22.96 million	$25.86 million	Upcoming Earnings
SES SES AI	$0.90 +0.2%	N/A	$328.56 million	$18.75 million	$10.73 million	Earnings Report Short Interest ↓ Analyst Revision Gap Down
CAN Canaan	$0.69 -1.6%	N/A	$194.91 million	$15.05 million	$8.16 million	Analyst Revision News Coverage Gap Up
ME 23andMe	$0.50 -35.3%	N/A	$13.36 million	$14.58 million	$615,150.01	Gap Down High Trading Volume
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AZUL Azul	$0.70 -8.2%	N/A	$295.27 million	$9.43 million	$1.83 million	Options Volume Gap Up High Trading Volume
TLRY Tilray	$0.49 +0.1%	N/A	$488.65 million	$8.23 million	$13.94 million
GORO Gold Resource	$0.65 +3.7%	N/A	$78.29 million	$8.00 million	$1.14 million	Gap Down High Trading Volume
STEM Stem	$0.53 -1.6%	N/A	$87.33 million	$7.91 million	$4.00 million	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast
NKLA Nikola	$0.18 -28.7%	N/A	$11.14 million	$6.71 million	$1.61 million	Upcoming Earnings Gap Down High Trading Volume
KRON Kronos Bio	$0.71 -20.0%	N/A	$43.56 million	$6.43 million	$195,448.71	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Gap Down Trading Halted High Trading Volume
PTPI Petros Pharmaceuticals	$0.27 -10.0%	N/A	$14.45 million	$5.07 million	$185,255.68	Stock Split Short Interest ↑ Gap Up High Trading Volume
CHPT ChargePoint	$0.63 +1.0%	N/A	$288.21 million	$4.71 million	$10.80 million	Gap Up
ONDS Ondas	$0.79 +1.5%	N/A	$105.24 million	$3.54 million	$2.76 million	Positive News
ESPR Esperion Therapeutics	$0.98 -1.5%	N/A	$194.98 million	$3.10 million	$5.57 million	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Revision News Coverage
LXRX Lexicon Pharmaceuticals	$0.72 -0.9%	N/A	$178.40 million	$2.96 million	$4.70 million
EJH E-Home Household Service	$0.30 -29.7%	N/A	$25.01 million	$2.84 million	$457,332.86	Short Interest ↑ Gap Down High Trading Volume
OCGN Ocugen	$0.74 -1.2%	N/A	$215.54 million	$1.96 million	$3.44 million	News Coverage
SGMO Sangamo Therapeutics	$0.74 -4.0%	N/A	$166.56 million	$1.87 million	$6.34 million	Upcoming Earnings
IAUX i-80 Gold	$0.61 -1.1%	N/A	$269.25 million	$1.76 million	$3.46 million
TVGN Tevogen Bio	$0.98 -5.0%	N/A	$179.92 million	$1.52 million	$4.99 million	Analyst Forecast
EAF GrafTech International	$0.60 -4.7%	N/A	$155.22 million	$1.50 million	$1.62 million	Earnings Report
LITM Snow Lake Resources	$0.29 -8.9%	N/A	$29.72 million	$1.37 million	$3.56 million	Short Interest ↓ News Coverage
NKTR Nektar Therapeutics	$0.78 -1.9%	N/A	$145.18 million	$1.35 million	$1.42 million	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Positive News
ENZ Enzo Biochem	$0.33 -14.8%	N/A	$17.03 million	$1.34 million	$53,259.86	Gap Down High Trading Volume
AREC American Resources	$0.91 -6.2%	N/A	$70.45 million	$1.30 million	$1.59 million	Short Interest ↑ Gap Down
COSM Cosmos Health	$0.46 +9.2%	N/A	$12.65 million	$1.27 million	$391,207.47	Short Interest ↓ Positive News High Trading Volume
NOVA Sunnova Energy International	$0.20 +4.0%	N/A	$24.52 million	$1.23 million	$2.16 million	Upcoming Earnings Gap Up
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals	$0.91 -2.2%	N/A	$147.55 million	$1.21 million	$2.33 million	Upcoming Earnings
CHGG Chegg	$0.73 0.0%	N/A	$76.61 million	$1.19 million	$2.70 million	Positive News
SENS Senseonics	$0.72 -2.9%	N/A	$473.06 million	$1.13 million	$4.57 million	News Coverage
CGTL Creative Global Technology	$0.91 +9.5%	N/A	$19.54 million	$1.13 million	$272,903.37	High Trading Volume
GPRO GoPro	$0.59 +2.3%	N/A	$92.76 million	$1.03 million	$1.44 million	Analyst Forecast
MRSN Mersana Therapeutics	$0.40 -7.6%	N/A	$49.85 million	$975,613.60	$1.00 million	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage
BLNK Blink Charging	$0.74 +0.8%	N/A	$75.82 million	$940,804.40	$3.44 million	Upcoming Earnings
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PSTV Plus Therapeutics	$0.65 -9.6%	N/A	$11.05 million	$915,247.84	$2.76 million	Positive News
TNYA Tenaya Therapeutics	$0.51 +7.4%	N/A	$44.67 million	$865,094.64	$1.19 million	Short Interest ↓
XAIR Beyond Air	$0.21 +7.7%	N/A	$14.45 million	$864,281.67	$237,051.57	High Trading Volume
NOTE FiscalNote	$0.62 +2.3%	N/A	$100.24 million	$855,687.70	$969,608.23	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Forecast News Coverage Gap Up
ZJYL Jin Medical International	$0.80 -12.1%	N/A	$125.24 million	$847,329.60	$232,041.21	High Trading Volume
VGZ Vista Gold	$0.90 -8.8%	10.00	$112.01 million	$828,792.00	$373,855.80	Analyst Forecast News Coverage Gap Down High Trading Volume
SHOT Safety Shot	$0.53 +2.1%	N/A	$39.46 million	$812,468.80	$459,231.94	Gap Up
OPTT Ocean Power Technologies	$0.43 +4.5%	N/A	$73.31 million	$806,849.32	$8.75 million	News Coverage
ORGN Origin Materials	$0.68 -4.0%	N/A	$101.31 million	$781,687.16	$1.03 million	Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Positive News Gap Up
SMRT SmartRent	$0.96 +1.1%	N/A	$185.61 million	$773,686.16	$1.45 million	Upcoming Earnings Positive News Gap Up
ATOS Atossa Therapeutics	$0.84 -6.1%	N/A	$108.89 million	$770,480.93	$694,492.67	Gap Up
RLMD Relmada Therapeutics	$0.35 +8.5%	N/A	$11.61 million	$734,522.12	$306,878.04	Upcoming Earnings High Trading Volume
MMV MultiMetaVerse	$0.48 -51.0%	N/A	$17.76 million	$727,655.04	$544,955.74	Gap Down
RAPT RAPT Therapeutics	$0.92 -1.3%	N/A	$120.81 million	$701,354.37	$1.17 million	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Positive News
INVZ Innoviz Technologies	$0.70 +0.9%	N/A	$139.27 million	$694,363.60	$3.12 million	Upcoming Earnings Gap Up
BW Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises	$0.46 +2.9%	N/A	$45.66 million	$654,496.13	$626,969.80	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↑
PROC Procaps Group	$0.95 -40.3%	N/A	$107.18 million	$625,260.55	$41,947.23	Gap Down High Trading Volume
CRBU Caribou Biosciences	$0.80 -5.8%	N/A	$74.57 million	$618,854.90	$1.25 million	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision
LPSN LivePerson	$0.86 -1.3%	N/A	$78.38 million	$578,379.62	$2.47 million	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Positive News
CNTM Connectm Technology Solutions	$0.65 +0.2%	N/A	$13.74 million	$576,075.01	$981,457.46
NMRA Neumora Therapeutics	$0.77 -1.1%	N/A	$124.77 million	$569,293.97	$1.15 million
LESL Leslie's	$0.63 +4.4%	N/A	$116.12 million	$549,965.58	$3.48 million	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↑
CTMX CytomX Therapeutics	$0.76 +1.7%	4.45	$60.66 million	$542,413.10	$1.43 million	Upcoming Earnings
NRGV Energy Vault	$0.70 -6.4%	N/A	$107.99 million	$535,303.46	$789,808.62
QVCGA QVC Group Inc Series A	$0.15 -0.1%	N/A	$59.71 million	$521,078.85	$475,627.43	Upcoming Earnings Positive News Gap Down
CYCC Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals	$0.24 -5.3%	N/A	$53.53 million	$511,384.46	$383,476.99	Upcoming Earnings Dividend Announcement Short Interest ↓ News Coverage
PEV Phoenix Motor	$0.27 +0.3%	N/A	$12.46 million	$505,774.62	$1.02 million
JUPW Jupiter Wellness	$0.50 +0.0%	N/A	$13.73 million	$501,823.00	$455,648.50	News Coverage
IPSC Century Therapeutics	$0.56 +2.5%	N/A	$47.85 million	$486,660.36	$242,366.38	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage High Trading Volume
GDHG Golden Heaven Group	$0.31 +2.7%	N/A	$10.56 million	$483,215.00	$202,216.03	Short Interest ↓ Positive News Gap Down High Trading Volume
LICY Li-Cycle	$0.84 -4.1%	N/A	$19.57 million	$481,847.00	$895,886.70	News Coverage
LVO LiveOne	$0.72 -18.3%	N/A	$68.95 million	$474,610.47	$354,015.98	News Coverage
DVLT Datavault AI	$0.92 +10.3%	N/A	$61.58 million	$473,597.71	$1.04 million	News Coverage
SLNH Soluna	$0.84 +2.7%	N/A	$10.51 million	$450,511.88	$321,261.81	Short Interest ↓ Positive News Gap Down
CYCU Cycurion	$0.44 +0.2%	N/A	$13.91 million	$446,186.94	$2.93 million
PROK ProKidney	$0.85 -3.6%	N/A	$249.96 million	$398,602.79	$583,172.99	Positive News Gap Up
OPI Office Properties Income Trust	$0.34 -16.1%	N/A	$24.02 million	$387,344.69	$296,382.09	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Positive News Gap Down
TDTH Trident Digital Tech	$0.27 +10.0%	N/A	$17.11 million	$385,762.89	$235,120.09
APLT Applied Therapeutics	$0.41 +1.3%	N/A	$58.70 million	$371,399.92	$1.32 million	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Positive News
NINE Nine Energy Service	$0.85 +2.6%	N/A	$36.08 million	$368,547.08	$796,227.98	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Negative News Gap Down
VERU Veru	$0.52 -3.2%	N/A	$76.78 million	$368,480.13	$937,884.21	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Positive News
VXRT Vaxart	$0.43 -2.5%	N/A	$97.81 million	$355,934.73	$1.03 million	News Coverage
ALTO Alto Ingredients	$0.90 -0.2%	N/A	$68.97 million	$319,391.33	$547,301.83	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Gap Up
GWAV Greenwave Technology Solutions	$0.19 +1.7%	N/A	$11.14 million	$318,398.46	$1.04 million	Short Interest ↓ Positive News
BCAB BioAtla	$0.50 +2.8%	N/A	$29.20 million	$316,254.50	$484,213.18	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage
IVVD Invivyd	$0.61 -3.6%	N/A	$72.84 million	$313,343.13	$2.60 million	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Gap Up
CDIO Cardio Diagnostics	$0.40 -5.8%	N/A	$20.86 million	$308,819.20	$1.03 million	Positive News
LYEL Lyell Immunopharma	$0.47 -1.1%	N/A	$138.81 million	$305,806.91	$489,398.32	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Positive News Gap Up
DTCK Davis Commodities	$0.68 +13.9%	N/A	$16.61 million	$300,644.18	$96,140.38	Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Gap Down High Trading Volume
LWLG Lightwave Logic	$0.88 -0.9%	N/A	$109.90 million	$300,568.84	$668,775.04	News Coverage Positive News
What President Trump’s Executive Order 14154 means for your money (Ad) Nearly $3 trillion disappeared from the stock market on Thursday morning. According to Whitney Tilson - a former hedge fund manager who predicted the dotcom crash, the housing crisis, and the 2022 tech stock bloodbath - a little-known executive order from the President's first day in office could spark a paradigm-shift that will likely catch millions of Americans off guard. But because of the massive changes impacting U.S. stocks, Tilson has agreed to publish his latest fi
BIVI BioVie	$0.86 +5.4%	N/A	$15.91 million	$285,612.49	$1.52 million	Short Interest ↓ News Coverage Gap Up
RVPH Reviva Pharmaceuticals	$0.87 -2.0%	N/A	$40.79 million	$276,614.20	$988,652.49	Short Interest ↑
GOVX GeoVax Labs	$0.99 -2.0%	N/A	$13.69 million	$274,982.86	$580,732.95	Earnings Report
ALLK Allakos	$0.33 +0.1%	N/A	$29.49 million	$250,881.95	$373,514.27	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↓ Positive News
UNCY Unicycive Therapeutics	$0.65 -0.2%	N/A	$77.81 million	$242,895.90	$942,558.96	Short Interest ↓ Positive News
TPIC TPI Composites	$0.94 +2.4%	N/A	$44.57 million	$241,570.90	$957,227.27	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage Positive News
HOWL Werewolf Therapeutics	$0.87 -3.5%	N/A	$39.04 million	$239,004.57	$340,228.51	Upcoming Earnings News Coverage
PRPH ProPhase Labs	$0.32 -7.2%	N/A	$13.52 million	$238,573.09	$854,846.38	Upcoming Earnings Positive News Gap Down
WWR Westwater Resources	$0.49	N/A	$35.00 million	$230,125.54	$236,607.29
PRTS CarParts.com	$0.92 +0.0%	N/A	$53.85 million	$216,916.55	$655,525.56	News Coverage Positive News

Written by Jeffrey Neal Johnson | Reviewed by Jessica Mitacek

February 24, 2025

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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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