10 Small Firms Kick Off Monday with Strong Gains

4. Capstone Holding Corp. Common Stock (NASDAQ:CAPS)

Capstone surged by 143 percent at intra-day trading on Monday before early profit-taking dragged the company to finish the day just up by 61.05 percent at $2.77 each.

Trading in CAPS was largely fueled by its optimistic business outlook, shunning threats of the global trade war.

Last week, CAPS CEO Matt Liman announced that the company expects “2025 to be a solid year” on the back of lower interest rates, remedied housing shortage, and remodeled expenditures.

While it acknowledged the higher cost of products imported from China, CAPS said that it is benefitting from a 15 to 25-percent decline in the shipping prices between China and the US.

“There is a fair amount of freight in our products and only the product cost is subject to tariff. So a 10 percent tariff typically will create a price increase to the customer of 3 percent-4 percent. With a 15 percent to 25 percent decline in container pricing, the tariffs as currently constructed are offset by decreased shipping costs,” said Kevin Grotke, CEO of CAPS’ Instone operating business.