8 NASDAQ Stock Gainers Under $15

NASDAQ is my favorite exchange most of my trading has been there. Today, I’m looking for NASDAQ stocks that have some good momentum lately and are trading under $15 per share. I’m open to all market sectors for this screener.

Here are 8 NASDAQ stocks with good gains that trade for under $15 (as of this writing):

1. 1st Constitution Bancorp (FCCY) This is a micro cap stock ($38m market cap). It’s trading at $8.48 per share and has increased about 41% over the past couple of months. It’s been fairly consistent of late with some spikes each day. It did drop below $8 but was quickly back around its current price.
2. 3D Systems Corporation (TDSC) A small cap stock trading at $14.16. Almost 50% gains over the past 13 weeks. Appears to be trending down, but we’ll see where it goes over the next week.
3. Bank of Virginia (BOVA) Another micro cap (guess you could call it a penny stock). $13.76m market cap and trading at $4.54. It’s seen a gain of 65%.
4. JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) Mid cap (barely) stock trading at $10.94. 62.37% gain over the last 13 weeks. Actually, this would have made a nice short. Today, it’s down $2.76 (20%) off news (put spread). Could it be temporary? If so, this think could shoot right back up to $14 per share.
5. Popular, Inc. (BPOP) Listed as a top financial stocks mover, it’s at $3.59 per share—up almost 80%. On May 4th there was news that depositary shares are being converted to common stock.
6. American Capital Ltd. (ACAS) Up 73% in last 13 weeks. Lots of news out there. They reported 0.17 cents per diluted share net operating income and where part of an options alert. It’s down .54 cents today (8.52%), but may bounce back up to $6.50.
7. InterMune, Inc. (ITMN) This stock is really interesting. As of a few days ago, it was trading around $45 per share. On May 5, it dropped all the way to $9.99 off poor FDA news. Today, it’s up to about $12 per share and rising again. Will this stock return to $45? If you’re into FDA plays, this is one to research. Caution though. This could be a dead stock for investors and only worth it for traders.
8. Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (ADR) (IIJI) It’s up 7.88% again today and closed at $6.30 per share. This micro cap stock is up about 40% over the past 13 weeks. It was mentioned in news just a couple hours ago as being in a top performing industry. Last month it secured US and Japanese patents.