Best Stocks Under $1.00 for 2021

The stock market has had an incredible bull-run since the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. Stocks continue to hit new all-time highs and the price-to-earnings ratios of most S&P 500 companies look very expensive. Many investors are having trouble finding low-priced stocks that haven't already appreciated greatly during the last decade. It's hard to find a good deal on Wall Street right now when even small S&P 500 companies are trading at market caps above $1 billion.

Stocks have gotten expensive both in-terms of share price and their valuation relative to earnings. In more normal markets, a typical S&P 500 company has traded at about fifteen times their earnings. Most stocks are currently trading closer to 25 times their annual earnings. While the stock market has become more expensive as a whole, there are still a handful of undervalued stocks that are trading at less than $1.00 per share.

Value investing opportunities do exist if you're looking in the right places. Putting together a list of the best stocks under $1.00 requires investors to look at smaller and riskier companies and in sectors that are either undiscovered or unloved by the market as a whole. Some of these cheap stocks may not look especially attractive today, but long-term investors will profit if they are willing to exercise patience and hold on to shares of these comapnies through multiple economic cycles.

Some of these companies are solid investing ideas because they are too little and considered too risky to attract the interest of most managed mutual funds and Wall Street money managers. Others operate in unloved and untested areas of the market. You may find even find crypto stocks, marijuana stocks and bitcoin stocks on this list. Others have been beat up by Mr. Market after a long period of slowing profits, but are now actively trying to turn around their business and bounce back. These low-priced stocks operate in a lot of different industries, but these picks all carry two common characteristics. They all have a super-low share price of $1.00 or less and consisently-receive "buy" and "strong buy" ratings from Wall Street's top-rated research analysts.

#1 - MediPharm Labs

OTCMKTS:MEDIF
Stock Price: $0.40
Average Trading Volume: 1.21 million shares
Consensus Rating: Buy (3 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $1.56 (286.1% Upside)

MediPharm Labs Corp., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells pharmaceutical-grade cannabis oil and concentrates for derivative products in Canada and Australia. It also provides cannabis contract processing services to licensed producers and growers; and tolling services to licensed cultivators in Canada. In addition, the company supplies purified cannabis concentrate raw materials and product formulations for ready-to-sell advanced cannabis products. Further, it engages in the real estate business. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Barrie, Canada.

#2 - CaixaBank

OTCMKTS:CAIXY
Stock Price: $0.98 (-$0.05)
Average Trading Volume: 291,865 shares
Consensus Rating: Buy (6 Buy Ratings, 5 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

CaixaBank, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services in Spain and internationally. The company operates through Banking and Insurance, Equity Investments, and BPI segments. It offers retail, corporate, and institutional banking, as well as cash management and market services. The company also provides insurance, asset management, and card services; and holds a portfolio of real estate assets. As of December 31, 2019, it served its customers through 4,118 branches in Spain and 477 in Portugal; and approximately 9,111 ATMs in Spain and 1,380 ATMs in Portugal. CaixaBank, S.A. was founded in 1904 and is based in Valencia, Spain.

#3 - Acasti Pharma

NASDAQ:ACST
Stock Price: $0.71 (+$0.03)
PE Ratio: -6.45
Market Cap: $127.44 million
Average Trading Volume: 47.27 million shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (2 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $2.81 (295.8% Upside)

Acasti Pharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of prescription drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Its lead product candidate is CaPre, an omega-3 phospholipid therapeutic that is in Phase III clinical trial to treat patients with hypertriglyceridemia; and TRILOGY that is in Phase III to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CaPre in patients with sHTG. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

#4 - TheMaven

OTCMKTS:MVEN
Stock Price: $0.84 (+$0.03)
Market Cap: $147.50 million
Average Trading Volume: 30,259 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (3 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

TheMaven, Inc. engages in the software development, building a list of selective, invite-only channel partners, and reaching out to potential channel partners for discussion. It also develops an exclusive coalition of professionally-managed online media channels based on a company developed technology platform. The company's channel partners publishes content and oversee an online community for its channels, leverages its proprietary, socially-driven, mobile-enabled, and video-focused technology platform to engage niche audiences within a single coalition. It builds and operates a coalition of professionally managed media channels and interest groups, which are operated by a group of experts, reporters, group evangelists, and social leaders as channel partners. TheMaven, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

#5 - Crew Energy

OTCMKTS:CWEGF
Stock Price: $0.96 (+$0.02)
Average Trading Volume: 132,976 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (3 Buy Ratings, 5 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $1.24 (29.4% Upside)

Crew Energy Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in Canada. The company primarily holds interests in the Septimus/West Septimus, Tower, Groundbirch, Attachie, and Portage assets comprising approximately 438 net sections with condensate, light oil, liquids-rich natural gas, and dry gas reserves located in the Montney area situated to the south and west of Fort St. John, British Columbia. It also owns interest in the Lloydminster asset covering 45,216 net acres of land area located in the Saskatchewan/Alberta border region. As of December 31, 2019, the company's Lloydminster asset had proved plus probable reserves of 7,567.5 thousand barrels of crude oil and 82 million cubic feet of natural gas. Crew Energy Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

#6 - CV Sciences

OTCMKTS:CVSI
Stock Price: $0.53 (-$0.03)
PE Ratio: -2.63
Market Cap: $56.25 million
Average Trading Volume: 1.49 million shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (1 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $0.69 (31.4% Upside)

CV Sciences, Inc. operates as a life science company. It operates in two segments, Consumer Products and Specialty Pharmaceutical. The Consumer Products segment develops, manufactures, and markets hemp-based cannabidiol (CBD) products under the name of PlusCBD in a range of market sectors, including nutraceutical, beauty care, and specialty foods. It serves internet sales, direct-to-consumer health and wellness stores, collectives, cooperatives, master distributors, specialty retailers, and convenience stores, as well as food, drug, and mass merchandise retailers. The Specialty Pharmaceutical segment focuses on developing and commercializing cannabinoids to treat medical indications. Its products product candidates are based on proprietary formulations, processes, and technology. The company was formerly known as CannaVest Corp. and changed its name to CV Sciences, Inc. in January 2016. CV Sciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in San Diego, California.

#7 - Surge Energy

OTCMKTS:ZPTAF
Stock Price: $0.50 (-$0.01)
Average Trading Volume: 105,030 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (2 Buy Ratings, 5 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $0.71 (40.9% Upside)

Surge Energy Inc. explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas in western Canada. The company holds interest in the Greater Sawn Lake assets located in Northern Alberta; Valhalla/Wembley property located in northwestern Alberta; Sparky assets located between Provost and Wainwright in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan; and Shaunavon properties located to the southwest of Swift Current, Saskatchewan. It holds an average working interest of approximately 83% in approximately 109,941 net developed acres and approximately 92% in approximately 152,344 net undeveloped acres in Greater Sawn area; approximately 70% in approximately 16,032 net developed acres and approximately 74% in approximately 8,208 net undeveloped acres in Valhalla area; and approximately 76% in approximately 80,213 net developed acres and 96% in approximately 58,598 net undeveloped acres in Sparky area; and approximately 61% in approximately 88,178 net developed acres and approximately 39% in approximately 10,483 net undeveloped acres in Edmonton and other minor areas. As of December 31, 2020, it held interests in 316 net oil and 13 net gas wells in Greater Sawn area; 56 net oil and 4 net gas wells in Valhalla area; 466 net oil and 10 net gas wells in Sparky area; 176 net oil wells, as well as an average working interest of approximately 100% in approximately 23,409 net developed acres and 13,698 net undeveloped acres in the Shaunavon properties; and 28 net oil wells and 7 net gas wells in Edmonton and other minor areas. The company was formerly known as Zapata Energy Corporation and changed its name to Surge Energy Inc. in June 2010. Surge Energy Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

#8 - Painted Pony Energy

OTCMKTS:PDPYF
Stock Price: $0.52 (+$0.00)
PE Ratio: -0.21
Market Cap: $83.32 million
Average Trading Volume: 68,935 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (1 Buy Ratings, 5 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $0.78 (49.9% Upside)

Painted Pony Energy Ltd. explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and natural gas liquids from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in British Columbia, Canada. It focuses primarily on the development and production of natural gas and natural gas liquids from the Montney formation in northeast British Columbia. The company was formerly known as Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. and changed its name to Painted Pony Energy Ltd. in May 2017. Painted Pony Energy Ltd. is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

#9 - Bombardier

OTCMKTS:BDRBF
Stock Price: $0.66 (+$0.05)
Average Trading Volume: 4.81 million shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (2 Buy Ratings, 7 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $0.59 (-11.6% Upside)

Bombardier Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells transportation equipment worldwide. The company designs, manufactures, and markets business jets; designs and manufactures a portfolio of commercial aircraft in the 50- to 100-seat categories, including the CRJ550, CRJ700, CRJ900, and CRJ1000 regional jets; designs, develops, and manufactures aircraft structural components, such as engine nacelles, fuselages, and wings; and provides aftermarket component repair, overhaul, and other engineering services. Bombardier Inc. was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

#10 - Gran Tierra Energy

NYSEAMERICAN:GTE
Stock Price: $0.79 (-$0.01)
PE Ratio: -0.41
Market Cap: $289.92 million
Average Trading Volume: 29.54 million shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (1 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $0.96 (21.8% Upside)

Gran Tierra Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas properties in Colombia and Ecuador. As of December 31, 2019, it had total proved undeveloped reserves of 31.0 million barrels of oil equivalent in Colombia. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

#11 - Pgs Asa

OTCMKTS:PGSVY
Stock Price: $0.78 (+$0.02)
PE Ratio: -1.18
Market Cap: $301.44 million
Average Trading Volume: 7,304 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (2 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

PGS ASA operates as a marine geophysical company. The company offers a range of seismic and reservoir services, including acquisition, imaging, interpretation, and field evaluation to oil and gas companies. It operates in Africa, Brazil, Canada, Guyana, the United Kingdom, Norway, Angola, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Petroleum Geo-Services ASA and changed its name to PGS ASA in May 2019. PGS ASA was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

#12 - Hammerson

OTCMKTS:HMSNF
Stock Price: $0.44 (-$0.08)
Market Cap: $67.96 million
Average Trading Volume: 279,042 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (2 Buy Ratings, 5 Hold Ratings, 5 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

At Hammerson, we create vibrant, continually evolving spaces, in and around major cities, where people and brands want to be. We seek to deliver value for all our stakeholders and to create a positive and sustainable impact for generations to come. We own and operate high-quality flagship destinations and have investments in premium outlets in selected European countries and have a City Quarters strategy to evolve our portfolio beyond retail.

#13 - Petrofac

OTCMKTS:POFCY
Stock Price: $0.68
PE Ratio: 1.65
Market Cap: $467.64 million
Average Trading Volume: 13,828 shares
P/E Ratio: 1.6
Consensus Rating: Hold (0 Buy Ratings, 9 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

Petrofac Limited, an oilfield service company, provides services to the oil and gas production and processing industry worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Engineering & Construction; Engineering & Production Services; and Integrated Energy Services. The Engineering & Construction segment provides onshore and offshore engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning services. The Engineering & Production Services segment offers concept, feasibility, and front-end engineering and full project delivery, as well as a range of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for onshore and offshore projects. The Integrated Energy Services segment provides an integrated service for clients under flexible commercial models that are aligned with their requirements in projects, including upstream developments and related energy infrastructure projects. Petrofac Limited was founded in 1981 and is based in St Helier, Jersey.

#14 - Telecom Italia

OTCMKTS:TIAOF
Stock Price: $0.49 (-$0.02)
Average Trading Volume: 102,869 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (0 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

Telecom Italia S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Italy and internationally. The company operates through Domestic, Brazil, and Other Operations segments. It offers fixed and mobile voice and Internet, and public telephony services, as well as products managed and developed for individuals and families; and voice, data, and Internet services and products, and information and communications technology solutions for small and medium-size enterprises, small offices/home offices, the public sector, large accounts, and enterprises in the fixed and mobile telecommunications markets. The company also manages and develops a portfolio of regulated and unregulated wholesale services for fixed-line and mobile telecommunications operators; provision of infrastructure for housing radio transmission equipment of mobile telephone networks; and development, engineering, construction, and operation of network infrastructures, information technology (IT), real estate properties, and plant engineering. In addition, it is involved in customer care, operating credit support, loyalty, and retention activities; and staff functions and other support activities. Further, the company offers products and services for IT sector. The company has a strategic partnership with Google. Telecom Italia S.p.A. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

#15 - Wirecard

OTCMKTS:WCAGY
Stock Price: $0.24
PE Ratio: 0.11
Market Cap: $59.31 million
Average Trading Volume: 302,367 shares
P/E Ratio: 0.1
Consensus Rating: Hold (0 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

Wirecard AG, a technology company, provides outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payments worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Payment Processing & Risk Management, Acquiring & Issuing, and Call Center & Communication Services. The Payment Processing & Risk Management segment offers products and service for the acceptance or transactions, and the processing of electronic payments and associated processes. The Acquiring & Issuing segment provides settlement services for credit card sales for online and terminal payments, as well as current accounts with prepaid cards and Girocard/Maestro debit cards; processes payment transactions in various currencies; and issues prepaid and debit cards to private and business customers. The Call Center & Communication Services segment offers value added services, aftersales services to customers, and mailing services. The company also provides payment processing solutions that include Wirecard Payment Page, a payment page; credit card processing; direct debit; online banking payment; alternative payment; international payment processing; tokenization; point of sale terminals; and Wirecard Checkout Portal, a payment portal. In addition, it offers mobile payment solutions; risk management solutions, such as fraud prevention, credit worthiness checks, and individual solutions; integration and testing solutions, including enterprise integration, transaction testing, payment hub, customer self-select PIN, and secure mailer solutions; and communication services. The company serves the consumer goods, digital goods, and travel and mobility sectors. Wirecard has strategic partnerships with Poynt, CreditPilot PLC, SunExpress, and Emonvia. Wirecard AG was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Aschheim, Germany.

#16 - Hurricane Energy

OTCMKTS:HRCXF
Stock Price: $0.05
PE Ratio: 4.76
Market Cap: $94.74 million
Average Trading Volume: 696,252 shares
P/E Ratio: 4.8
Consensus Rating: Hold (0 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

Hurricane Energy plc, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, appraises, and develops oil from fractured basement reservoirs. The company has a portfolio of contiguous offshore licenses on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf, West of Shetland. Its producing oil fields include Clair, Foinaven, and Schiehallion; licenses focuses on the Rona Ridge, a major NE-SW trending basement; and assets comprise Lancaster, Whirlwind, Lincoln, Halifax, and Warwick. Hurricane Energy plc has an estimated contingent resources of approximately 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The company was formerly known as Hurricane Exploration plc and changed its name to Hurricane Energy plc in April 2013. Hurricane Energy plc was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Godalming, the United Kingdom.

#17 - Banco de Sabadell

OTCMKTS:BNDSF
Stock Price: $0.58
Average Trading Volume: 27,794 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (0 Buy Ratings, 7 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

Banco de Sabadell, S.A. provides banking services to personal, business, and private customers in Spain and internationally. The company offers retail banking products, such as current and savings accounts, personal loans, cards, and mortgages. It also provides financial products and services to large and medium enterprises, SMEs, shops and self-employed workers, private individuals, and professionals, as well as consumer finance, asset management and bancassurance. In addition, the company offers corporate banking services, including financing services from transactional banking services to other solutions in finance, treasury, and import/export, among others. Further, it provides insurance and pension products. As of December 31, 2019, the company operated 2,402 branches. Banco de Sabadell, S.A. was founded in 1881 and is based in Alicante, Spain.

#18 - Trevali Mining

OTCMKTS:TREVF
Stock Price: $0.15
Market Cap: $121.19 million
Average Trading Volume: 167,263 shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (0 Buy Ratings, 6 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $0.19 (23.2% Upside)

Trevali Mining Corporation, a base-metals mining company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. The company primarily explores for zinc, lead, silver, gold, and copper deposits. Its operational assets include the 90%-owned Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso; 90%-owned Rosh Pinah Mine in Namibia; Caribou Mine in the Bathurst mining camp, northern New Brunswick, Canada; and Santander Mine in Peru. The company was formerly known as Trevali Resources Corp. and changed its name to Trevali Mining Corporation in April 2011. Trevali Mining Corporation was incorporated in 1964 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

#19 - Gulfport Energy

NASDAQ:GPOR
Stock Price: $0.06
PE Ratio: 0.00
Market Cap: $10.37 million
Average Trading Volume: 10.43 million shares
Consensus Rating: Hold (1 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: $4.00 (6,101.6% Upside)

Gulfport Energy Corporation engages in the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States. Its principal properties include Utica Shale covering an area of approximately 205,000 net reservoir acres primarily located in Eastern Ohio; and SCOOP covering an area of approximately 76,000 net reservoir acres primarily located in Oklahoma. As of December 31, 2019, it had 4.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent of proved reserves; proved undeveloped reserves of 10 MMbbl of oil; and 2,291 Bcf of natural gas and 32 MMbbl of NGL. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

#20 - Premier Oil

OTCMKTS:PMOIY
Stock Price: $0.35 (-$0.07)
PE Ratio: 2.06
Market Cap: $323.94 million
Average Trading Volume: 30,507 shares
P/E Ratio: 2.1
Consensus Rating: Hold (1 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 3 Sell Ratings)
Consensus Price Target: N/A

Premier Oil plc, an oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties in the Falkland Islands, Indonesia, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and internationally. As of December 31, 2019, its proved and probable reserves (2P) were 175 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe); and 2P and estimated contingent resources were 847 mmboe. Premier Oil plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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