Small-Cap Stocks to Watch: 1 to Buy and 2 to Avoid
ByAinvest
Monday, Dec 8, 2025 4:57 am ET1min read
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Small-cap stocks can be a high-risk, high-reward environment due to limited analyst coverage. One small-cap stock to buy is Stride (LRN), a provider of education solutions through digital platforms, with rising enrollments and improving free cash flow margins. Two small-cap stocks to avoid are Accel Entertainment (ACEL), a provider of electronic gaming machines, with low demand and poor free cash flow margins, and Icahn Enterprises (IEP), a diversified holding company with declining sales and high debt levels.
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