Straight Path Comms (STRP:ASE) and 22nd Century Group (XXII:ASE) Are Biggest Stock Gainers YTD on AMEX

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Biggest Stock Gainers Year to Date on AMEX

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 AMEX

Today’s data is for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange.

Symbol Name Total Return Period
STRP Straight Path Communications Inc 435.505751 YTD
XXII 22nd Century Group Inc 114.678899 YTD
HUSA Houston American Energy Corp 113.483146 YTD
ZOMHF Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp 111.529138 YTD
AINC Ashford Inc 98.776050 YTD
AMPE Ampio Pharmaceuticals Inc 87.736059 YTD
CVRS Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc 61.798396 YTD
MHH Mastech Digital Inc 47.977974 YTD
LLEX Lilis Energy Inc 46.129032 YTD
RNN Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc 44.467935 YTD
TMQ Trilogy Metals Inc 43.955827 YTD
NXE NexGen Energy Ltd 43.521209 YTD
BKJ Bancorp of New Jersey Inc 41.166676 YTD
ELMD Electromed Inc 40.206186 YTD
PARR Par Pacific Holdings Inc 39.202201 YTD
UEC Uranium Energy Corp 37.500000 YTD
AAMC Altisource Asset Management Corp 34.953271 YTD
GLO Clough Global Opportunities Fund 30.486034 YTD
URG Ur-Energy Inc 22.387498 YTD
GMO General Moly Inc 18.112755 YTD
ONP Orient Paper Inc 18.103448 YTD
CQH Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings LLC 18.059902 YTD
RLGT Radiant Logistics Inc 16.923077 YTD
XTNT Xtant Medical Holdings Inc 13.618182 YTD
NBY NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc 12.121212 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.

STRP:ASE Straight Path Comms

http://www.spathinc.com
Straight Path Comms has 9 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Straight Path Communications Inc is a communication asset company It holds and leases licenses for fixed and mobile wireless spectrum in the United States and also provides wireless services for internet service providers and mobile network operators.

XXII:ASE 22nd Century Group

http://www.xxiicentury.com
22nd Century Group has 46 employees and is headquartered in United States.
22nd Century Group Inc is a plant biotechnology company. It is focused on technology that allow to increase or decrease the level of nicotine and other nicotinic alkaloids in tobacco plants and levels of cannabinoids in cannabis plants.

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