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Biggest Stock Gainers Year to Date on NASDAQ
Today we are looking at companies that have had the greatest percentage increase in share price year to date.
Top 25 Companies
Lists like these are always interesting to look at as they tell more than one story. Companies that are experiencing dramatic increases in share price can do so for a variety of reasons. These can include, the sector they are in has turned (such as companies in the commodities space or a new sector that has huge future potential), the company is in talks to be taken over, or the company has restructured and earnings are turning better than expected.
In this list we have selected the top 25 companies based on their percentage increase in share price year to date.
Today’s Data on NASDAQ
Today’s data is for companies listed on the NASDAQ.
| Symbol | Name | Total Return | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULM | Pulmatrix Inc | 693.220339 | YTD |
| LPTX | Leap Therapeutics Inc | 492.742518 | YTD |
| ETRM | EnteroMedics Inc | 292.500000 | YTD |
| MYOS | Myos Rens Technology Inc | 226.271186 | YTD |
| BIOC | Biocept Inc | 205.806452 | YTD |
| OREX | Orexigen Therapeutics Inc | 194.252874 | YTD |
| SGNL | Signal Genetics Inc | 189.421158 | YTD |
| NAKD | Naked Brand Group Inc | 184.000000 | YTD |
| CALA | Calithera Biosciences Inc | 172.307692 | YTD |
| KBSF | KBS Fashion Group Ltd | 158.810818 | YTD |
| FWP | Forward Pharma A/S | 100.333333 | YTD |
| IOTS | Adesto Technologies Corp | 100.000000 | YTD |
| PME | Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd | 96.551724 | YTD |
| FFHL | Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co Ltd | 86.338798 | YTD |
| CERU | Cerulean Pharma Inc | 83.563965 | YTD |
| VRAY | ViewRay Inc | 82.108626 | YTD |
| BNTC | Benitec Biopharma Ltd | 80.392157 | YTD |
| CLRB | Cellectar Biosciences Inc | 74.590164 | YTD |
| CGIX | Cancer Genetics Inc | 74.074074 | YTD |
| GLBS | Globus Maritime Ltd | 74.019608 | YTD |
| ESPR | Esperion Therapeutics Inc | 67.891374 | YTD |
| SBLK | Star Bulk Carriers Corp. | 66.927593 | YTD |
| WINS | Wins Finance Holdings Inc | 65.000000 | YTD |
| BVXV | BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd | 63.310448 | YTD |
| ASMB | Assembly Biosciences Inc | 62.880658 | YTD |
Let’s look at a few companies…
Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.
PULM:NAS Pulmatrix
http://www.pulmatrix.com
Pulmatrix has 22 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Pulmatrix Inc is developing inhaled therapies to address serious pulmonary disease using its clinically validated, proprietary iSPERSE technology.
LPTX:NAS Leap Therapeutics
https://www.leaptx.com
Leap Therapeutics has 13 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Leap Therapeutics Inc is an immuno oncology company with two clinical stage programs which includes DKN-01 and TRX518.
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