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)
PRZO ParaZero Technologies	$0.93 +42.5%	N/A	$16.88 million	$65.62 million	$2.09 million	News Coverage Gap Up High Trading Volume
ALIT Alight	$0.95 +0.3%	N/A	$503.66 million	$34.65 million	$22.33 million
BYND Beyond Meat	$0.79 -3.9%	N/A	$422.74 million	$27.24 million	$37.10 million
OTLK Oncobiologics	$0.73 -1.4%	N/A	$89.44 million	$22.94 million	$22.87 million	News Coverage Analyst Upgrade
DVLT Datavault AI	$0.50 +0.6%	N/A	$425.30 million	$22.34 million	$32.86 million	Gap Up
OCTO Eightco	$0.93 -3.7%	N/A	$73.41 million	$13.92 million	$10.72 million
ORBS Eightco	$0.93 -3.7%	N/A	$373.27 million	$13.77 million	$18.13 million	News Coverage Options Volume
FFIE Faraday Future Intelligent Electric	$0.36 +15.6%	N/A	$26.52 million	$12.37 million	$4.42 million	News Coverage High Trading Volume
FFAI Faraday Future Intelligent Electric	$0.36 +15.6%	N/A	$110.50 million	$12.13 million	$4.42 million	High Trading Volume
SNGX Soligenix	$0.91 -6.4%	N/A	$14.42 million	$11.72 million	$17.35 million	News Coverage Gap Down
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GFAI Guardforce AI	$0.53 +6.0%	N/A	$12.17 million	$10.96 million	$169.76 thousand	High Trading Volume
BRTX Biorestorative Therapies	$0.46 -3.3%	N/A	$12.20 million	$8.32 million	$13.57 million	Analyst Forecast Short Interest Decrease
CXAI CXApp	$0.21 +21.4%	N/A	$11.98 million	$8.15 million	$3.36 million	News Coverage Short Interest Increase High Trading Volume
DFNS Nukkleus	$0.45 +8.0%	N/A	$15.58 million	$7.69 million	$1.21 million	News Coverage High Trading Volume
NTCL NetClass Technology	$0.99 +22.3%	N/A	$59.08 million	$5.01 million	$8.81 million	Gap Down
NFE New Fortress Energy	$0.56 -5.8%	N/A	$170.10 million	$4.35 million	$3.28 million
TNYA Tenaya Therapeutics	$0.87 +8.8%	N/A	$173.36 million	$4.34 million	$4.17 million
MVIS Microvision	$0.61 -4.4%	N/A	$207.57 million	$4.28 million	$4.57 million
OPTU Optimum Communications	$0.68 +12.1%	N/A	$313.61 million	$4.08 million	$2.88 million	Trending News Analyst Upgrade Analyst Revision Gap Down
CAN Canaan	$0.41 +0.4%	N/A	$296.01 million	$3.89 million	$3.84 million
NXXT NextNRG	$0.64 -10.2%	N/A	$112.52 million	$3.35 million	$29.23 million
REKR Rekor Systems	$0.84 +8.6%	N/A	$105.83 million	$3.34 million	$3.96 million	Positive News
GOSS Gossamer Bio	$0.23 +9.4%	N/A	$54.19 million	$3.05 million	$2.66 million	Trending News Analyst Forecast Analyst Revision
SAFX XCF Global Capital	$0.50 +10.7%	N/A	$164.99 million	$3.03 million	$4.08 million	Positive News Gap Up
ATYR aTyr Pharma	$0.54 +11.3%	N/A	$53.19 million	$2.94 million	$2.33 million	Positive News Gap Up
DEFT DeFi Technologies	$0.65 -1.8%	6.50	$252.23 million	$2.89 million	$2.76 million
INVZ Innoviz Technologies	$0.76 +4.2%	N/A	$157.07 million	$2.26 million	$2.71 million	Positive News Gap Up
SUUN PowerBank	$0.86 -16.9%	N/A	$49.19 million	$2.10 million	$1.29 million	Gap Down
PROP Prairie Operating	$0.89 -2.5%	N/A	$68.36 million	$2.08 million	$2.90 million	Gap Up
CGTL Creative Global Technology	$0.50 -28.5%	N/A	$12.04 million	$2.04 million	$3.72 million	News Coverage Gap Down
RIME Algorhythm	$0.78 +2.8%	N/A	$11.64 million	$1.94 million	$668.01 thousand	Gap Up High Trading Volume
NIXX Nixxy	$0.79 +11.3%	N/A	$19.09 million	$1.87 million	$472.65 thousand	Positive News Gap Up High Trading Volume
ARAY Accuray	$0.38 -9.9%	N/A	$49.97 million	$1.83 million	$2.59 million	Positive News Gap Down
MDCX Medicus Pharma	$0.38 +15.1%	N/A	$18.66 million	$1.67 million	$969.32 thousand	News Coverage
GTBP GT Biopharma	$0.48 +7.4%	N/A	$16.06 million	$1.65 million	$975.49 thousand	Short Interest Increase
HRTX Heron Therapeutics	$0.87 -2.4%	N/A	$168.82 million	$1.59 million	$1.96 million	Gap Down
OPTT Ocean Power Technologies	$0.38 -4.2%	N/A	$85.92 million	$1.51 million	$3.70 million
BLNK Blink Charging	$0.83 -1.9%	N/A	$121.00 million	$1.49 million	$2.14 million
LGO Largo	$0.93 -1.2%	N/A	$94.12 million	$1.46 million	$1.32 million
SKIN Beauty Health	$0.77 -1.5%	N/A	$101.81 million	$1.45 million	$1.20 million	Positive News
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ELBM Electra Battery Materials	$0.65 +6.2%	N/A	$64.71 million	$1.42 million	$807.17 thousand	Positive News Upcoming Earnings Gap Up
MREO Mereo BioPharma Group	$0.34 -0.3%	N/A	$55.07 million	$1.33 million	$2.04 million	Positive News
GRML Greenland Mines Ltd. Common Stock	$0.36 -0.7%	N/A	$43.63 million	$1.32 million	$1.19 million
GUTS Fractyl Health	$0.81 -4.1%	N/A	$133.42 million	$1.27 million	$1.85 million	Positive News Gap Down
SGMO Sangamo Therapeutics	$0.22 +4.5%	N/A	$86.34 million	$1.24 million	$1.88 million	Analyst Revision
AIFC ALT5 Sigma	$0.85 +3.2%	N/A	$115.37 million	$1.22 million	$1.77 million	Positive News
JUNS Jupiter Neurosciences	$0.26 -11.6%	N/A	$10.50 million	$1.19 million	$4.44 million	Gap Down
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group	$0.79 +5.2%	N/A	$67.98 million	$1.13 million	$652.34 thousand	Analyst Revision
KTTA Pasithea Therapeutics	$0.72 +2.9%	N/A	$17.34 million	$1.10 million	$258.66 thousand	Upcoming Earnings High Trading Volume
MYPS PLAYSTUDIOS	$0.55 +13.1%	N/A	$62.89 million	$1.08 million	$418.30 thousand	Positive News High Trading Volume
ABVE Above Food Ingredients	$0.59 +6.7%	N/A	$30.04 million	$1.02 million	$2.70 million
DBGI Digital Brands Group	$0.48 -1.8%	N/A	$10.55 million	$961.28 thousand	$2.01 million	News Coverage
RANI Rani Therapeutics	$0.95 -0.1%	N/A	$117.88 million	$955.29 thousand	$1.02 million
SNAL Snail	$0.90 -0.4%	N/A	$34.30 million	$954.55 thousand	$18.04 million	Analyst Upgrade Short Interest Increase
LASE Laser Photonics	$0.92 -1.4%	N/A	$29.97 million	$867.72 thousand	$1.70 million	Gap Up
SDA SunCar Technology Group	$0.82 +3.3%	N/A	$83.46 million	$731.55 thousand	$1.49 million	Positive News Earnings Report Gap Up
CANG Cango	$0.44 +2.6%	N/A	$76.38 million	$659.69 thousand	$421.48 thousand	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Upgrade Gap Up
DYAI Dyadic International	$0.81 +13.8%	N/A	$25.87 million	$645.82 thousand	$408.74 thousand	Gap Up
TBH Brag House	$0.57 -10.9%	N/A	$15.41 million	$640.99 thousand	$433.13 thousand	News Coverage Stock Split Gap Up
FEMY Femasys	$0.39 +1.9%	N/A	$22.92 million	$637.30 thousand	$756.68 thousand	Positive News
ENLV Enlivex Therapeutics	$0.81 +6.0%	N/A	$181.46 million	$610.46 thousand	$258.58 thousand	News Coverage Gap Up High Trading Volume
ARAI Arrive AI	$0.66 +3.5%	N/A	$34.23 million	$605.94 thousand	$818.31 thousand	Short Interest Decrease
CPY Corpay	$0.64 -5.9%	N/A	$433.05 million	$599.74 thousand	$1.30 million
OSRH OSR	$0.44 -5.3%	N/A	$16.15 million	$559.48 thousand	$1.14 million	News Coverage Gap Up
RCT RedCloud	$0.68 -4.5%	N/A	$42.27 million	$557.93 thousand	$2.16 million	Gap Down
DH Definitive Healthcare	$0.93 +4.9%	N/A	$93.65 million	$534.53 thousand	$289.41 thousand
VIOT Viomi Technology	$0.97 +1.3%	N/A	$64.14 million	$459.43 thousand	$177.81 thousand	News Coverage Short Interest Decrease High Trading Volume
GAME GameSquare	$0.41 -0.2%	N/A	$38.58 million	$440.22 thousand	$798.02 thousand	Positive News Insider Trade Gap Down
OBAI TG-17	$0.52 +18.2%	N/A	$10.77 million	$435.07 thousand	$709.87 thousand	Positive News
VTGN VistaGen Therapeutics	$0.63 -0.5%	N/A	$25.09 million	$408.90 thousand	$528.25 thousand	Positive News
BEAT HeartBeam	$0.88 -2.5%	N/A	$49.80 million	$385.75 thousand	$595.80 thousand	Analyst Revision
ILLR Triller Group	$0.24 -15.8%	N/A	$55.52 million	$381.00 thousand	$933.13 thousand	Positive News Short Interest Decrease Gap Down
WWR Westwater Resources	$0.56 -1.9%	N/A	$71.41 million	$380.20 thousand	$875.69 thousand
TOON Kartoon Studios	$0.71 +4.3%	N/A	$42.01 million	$372.21 thousand	$208.79 thousand
MERC Mercer International	$0.93 -4.6%	N/A	$65.27 million	$371.83 thousand	$574.38 thousand	Gap Up
SCYX SCYNEXIS	$0.71 -4.1%	N/A	$32.84 million	$369.52 thousand	$287.65 thousand	Stock Split
MDXH MDxHealth	$0.75 -0.1%	N/A	$37.32 million	$369.34 thousand	$903.90 thousand	Gap Up
BGL Blue Gold	$0.68 -9.6%	N/A	$25.90 million	$368.08 thousand	$267.52 thousand	Short Interest Decrease
CDLX Cardlytics	$0.67 -5.4%	N/A	$41.07 million	$362.92 thousand	$577.63 thousand	Positive News
SKYE Skye Bioscience	$0.78 -8.8%	N/A	$29.87 million	$350.15 thousand	$118.17 thousand	High Trading Volume
CISO CISO Global	$0.45 +6.0%	N/A	$19.03 million	$346.50 thousand	$179.79 thousand	News Coverage Short Interest Increase
CAST FreeCast (Direct Listing)	$0.83 +0.7%	N/A	$34.27 million	$341.37 thousand	$508.84 thousand	Gap Up
BTOC Armlogi	$0.34 +4.6%	N/A	$14.76 million	$335.11 thousand	$117.84 thousand	News Coverage High Trading Volume
VEEA Veea	$0.60 -8.9%	N/A	$33.27 million	$332.77 thousand	$161.09 thousand	Positive News High Trading Volume
BIOX Bioceres Crop Solutions	$0.45 +4.8%	N/A	$26.86 million	$322.09 thousand	$122.47 thousand	Positive News Analyst Upgrade High Trading Volume
MRNO Murano Global BV	$0.35 +4.9%	N/A	$26.61 million	$318.09 thousand	$6.38 million	Short Interest Increase
ONMD OneMedNet	$0.77 -2.7%	N/A	$43.12 million	$316.70 thousand	$216.40 thousand
IMMP Prima BioMed	$0.44 -1.3%	N/A	$65.52 million	$291.25 thousand	$459.67 thousand	Trending News
RNXT RenovoRx	$0.91 -8.0%	N/A	$44.60 million	$288.63 thousand	$263.24 thousand	News Coverage
JSPR Jasper Therapeutics	$0.83 -6.9%	N/A	$24.93 million	$280.09 thousand	$187.48 thousand	Positive News Gap Up
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FSP Franklin Street Properties	$0.53 -5.9%	N/A	$54.68 million	$279.04 thousand	$253.21 thousand
PSQH PSQ	$0.66 +5.6%	N/A	$30.22 million	$271.85 thousand	$229.18 thousand	Gap Up
CALC CalciMedica	$0.82 -6.1%	N/A	$13.74 million	$254.14 thousand	$106.15 thousand	Positive News Gap Up High Trading Volume
CETX Cemtrex	$0.93 +1.1%	N/A	$10.23 million	$250.47 thousand	$328.82 thousand	Positive News
LSH Lakeside	$0.67 +14.8%	N/A	$10.17 million	$249.20 thousand	$29.29 thousand	News Coverage High Trading Volume
CTXR Citius Pharmaceuticals	$0.65 +0.3%	N/A	$17.92 million	$248.87 thousand	$533.84 thousand
AIDX 20/20 Biolabs	$0.87 -8.7%	N/A	$10.08 million	$248.82 thousand	$312.23 thousand	Short Interest Decrease Gap Up
NSPR InspireMD	$0.92 +2.3%	N/A	$43.13 million	$232.48 thousand	$169.12 thousand
DCGO DocGo	$0.66 +0.1%	N/A	$64.91 million	$221.08 thousand	$353.75 thousand
ONEG OneConstruction Group	$0.93 +4.5%	N/A	$12.09 million	$220.10 thousand	$1.50 million	Short Interest Decrease

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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