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Insider Conviction — Small Caps 2026 — QMA ranking

Small-cap stocks where insiders (CEO/CFO/founders) heavily buy own shares. Only reason insider BUYS — believes in growth.

Why this list

Lynch: *"Insiders have a thousand reasons to sell, but only one reason to buy."* When CEO invests own money in their firm, signal is extremely strong — especially for small-cap firms media don't cover.

This insider conviction — small caps ranking is assembled by the QMA analytical engine from the current composite score and this category's filters — sorted from the highest rating. Recomputed daily. It is not a backtest result. This is a descriptive analytical assessment, not investment advice.

  1. #1
    Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 60, earnings quality (EQS) 80, composite 69.

    Composite 69$12.76$980M
  2. #2
    American Integrity Insurance Group, Inc. · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 55, earnings quality (EQS) 25, composite 67.

    Composite 67$28.83$358M
  3. #3
    Prospect Capital Corporation · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 55, earnings quality (EQS) 75, composite 64.

    Composite 64$1.48$1.2B
  4. #4
    Dole plc · Consumer Defensive

    Insider activity (IAS) 56, earnings quality (EQS) 28, composite 63.

    Composite 63$13.44$1.5B
  5. #5
    Biglari Holdings Inc. · Consumer Cyclical

    Insider activity (IAS) 58, earnings quality (EQS) 43, composite 62.

    Composite 62$396.19$1.3B
  6. #6
    PicS N.V. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 57, earnings quality (EQS) 85, composite 61.

    Composite 61$13.80$2.0B
  7. #7
    Pampa Energía S.A. · Utilities

    Insider activity (IAS) 58, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 57.

    Composite 57$79.50$4.5B
  8. #8
    Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 57, earnings quality (EQS) 40, composite 55.

    Composite 55$35.34$3.3B
  9. #9
    Alphatec Holdings, Inc. · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 59, earnings quality (EQS) 60, composite 55.

    Composite 55$11.11$2.0B
  10. #10
    MINISO Group Holding Limited · Consumer Cyclical

    Insider activity (IAS) 61, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 54.

    Composite 54$10.04$5.8B
  11. #11
    Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria · Industrials

    Insider activity (IAS) 59, earnings quality (EQS) 35, composite 53.

    Composite 53$11.45$782M
  12. #12
    BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 58, earnings quality (EQS) 88, composite 53.

    Composite 53$5.69$405M
  13. #13
    Inhibrx Biosciences Inc. · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 56, earnings quality (EQS) 50, composite 52.

    Composite 52$93.38$1.3B
  14. #14
    General American Investors Company, Inc. · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 60, earnings quality (EQS) 38, composite 52.

    Composite 52$63.72$1.4B
  15. #15
    Nayax Ltd. · Technology

    Insider activity (IAS) 61, earnings quality (EQS) 35, composite 48.

    Composite 48$48.47$2.0B
  16. #16
    Destiny Tech100 Inc. · Financial Services

    Insider activity (IAS) 58, earnings quality (EQS) 25, composite 46.

    Composite 46$27.50$351M
  17. #17
    Rapport Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 57, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 44.

    Composite 44$25.93$988M
  18. #18
    Kodiak Sciences Inc. · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 62, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 43.

    Composite 43$87.63$1.3B
  19. #19
    Relmada Therapeutics, Inc. · Healthcare

    Insider activity (IAS) 59, earnings quality (EQS) —, composite 43.

    Composite 43$3.27$309M
  20. #20
    Borr Drilling Limited · Energy

    Insider activity (IAS) 58, earnings quality (EQS) 5, composite 41.

    Composite 41$4.40$1.4B
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