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Public Dashboard: Best Small Companies (2017)

Using traditional Forbes criteria modified in accordance with Manifest Investing quality and return forecasts. Value is $100 on 10/31/2016. IQNT ($137.08) CEB ($110.97) CYNO ($154.77) PLKI ($147.97)

06/16/2025
Company Symbol Shares Price Value % of Total Growth Proj P/E Proj Yield Fin Str EPS Stab Qlty PAR
CHUY 3.52
DL 7.81
EGOV 4.53
FRAN 6.22
HF 3.97
INOV 7.35
JCOM 1.43
MLNX 2.30
NLS 5.68
STMP 1.03
TIS 4.00
TYPE 5.36
VIVO 6.33
Cash $550.79 11.9% 4.0% 4.0%
Averages $4,637.23 12.0% 25.7 0.9% 69% 49 68.6 8.7%
Align Technology ALGN 1.16 $177.85 $207.02 4.5% 7.3% 20.7 0.0% 77% 69 83 12.5%
Atlantic Tele-Network ATNI 1.50 $15.73 $23.66 0.5% 7.2% 34.0 1.5% 5% 18 15 25.2%
BJ's Restaurants BJRI 2.77 $43.24 $119.77 2.6% 7.8% 9.7 0.3% 8% 44 33 8.4%
Blackbaud* BLKB 1.64 $60.60 $99.32 2.1% 7.0% 22.0 0.5% 32% 29 24 12.4%
CaesarStone* CSTE 2.83 $1.74 $4.92 0.1% -4.0% 33.0 0.0% 16% 5 1 13.7%
EXLService EXLS 2.27 $47.25 $107.30 2.3% 13.0% 28.3 0.0% 83% 73 89 9.1%
Five Below FIVE 2.66 $121.83 $324.18 7.0% 10.3% 21.9 0.0% 59% 53 65 2.2%
Forward Air FWRD 2.45 $20.21 $49.51 1.1% 4.0% 20.0 2.1% 4% 11 9 17.5%
IMAX IMAX 3.31 $28.88 $95.48 2.1% 13.4% 20.0 0.0% 25% 21 70 11.0%
IPG Photonics IPGP 1.03 $65.91 $67.95 1.5% 4.4% 29.0 0.0% 74% 23 33 6.5%
Grand Canyon Education LOPE 2.29 $184.86 $423.51 9.1% 5.4% 21.4 0.0% 86% 68 90 4.6%
Mercadolibre MELI 0.60 $2,371.98 $1,416.07 30.5% 20.9% 32.0 0.0% 83% 35 81 10.4%
Mesa Labs* MLAB 0.80 $97.10 $77.29 1.7% 7.0% 18.0 0.3% 29% 41 39 13.3%
Neogen NEOG 1.90 $5.53 $10.50 0.2% 3.7% 11.2 0.0% 13% 48 26 7.8%
Universal Display OLED 1.94 $153.52 $297.21 6.4% 10.2% 31.4 0.8% 86% 94 94 7.0%
Douglas Dynamics* PLOW 3.21 $28.68 $92.03 2.0% 3.4% 13.2 4.5% 20% 78 42 8.8%
Proto Labs PRLB 2.24 $37.61 $84.13 1.8% 3.0% 32.6 0.0% 62% 27 37 7.3%
Boston Beer SAM 0.64 $208.51 $134.28 2.9% 4.6% 37.7 0.0% 52% 22 29 8.8%
Superior Group* SGC 5.73 $9.79 $56.07 1.2% 1.1% 16.2 4.5% 14% 28 7 17.6%
Silicon Motion Tech* SIMO 2.51 $66.96 $167.94 3.6% 8.8% 19.0 2.5% 76% 69 59 10.8%
Synchronoss Tech SNCR 2.72 $6.62 $18.03 0.4% 5.6% 5.7 0.0% 28% 35 25 22.4%
Gentherm THRM 3.55 $27.44 $97.47 2.1% 4.3% 16.4 0.0% 49% 74 54 15.4%
Winnebago WGO 3.58 $31.52 $112.78 2.4% 3.5% 10.7 1.9% 86% 43 46 12.6%


MIPAR 9.8%  
Sweet Spot 14.8% - 19.8%  
Portfolio Averages
PAR 8.7%
Quality 68.6
Growth 12.0%
P/E Ratio 25.7
Yield 0.9%
Fin Strength 69%
EPS Stability 49

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Legend
Quality Legend:
Blue Excellent with quality greater than 80.
Green Good with quality between 60 and 80.
Neutral Average or below average with quality between 20 and 60.
Red Poor with quality less than 20.
Companies with less than 10 years of history are penalized by 5 points per year.
PAR Legend:
Green PAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 5.1%-10.1%
Yellow PAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 10.1%
PAR Projected Annual Return
MIPAR The Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database.
Company Name Legend:
* Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition.
b Uses price-to-book value for valuation purposes.
P/CF Uses price-to-cash flow for valuation.