12 Best Performing Small Cap Stocks So Far in 2025

8. Claritev Corporation (NYSE:MPLN)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 11

Year-to-Date Performance as of February 17: 86.81%

Multiplan Corp. (NYSE:MPLN) provides data analytics and technology-enabled cost management solutions to the US healthcare industry. Serving insurers, health plans, and other clients, it offers services ranging from claims cost reduction and network management to payment integrity and data-driven analytics for optimized care.

The company experienced a slight revenue dip in Q3 2024. It made $230.5 million, which represented a 5.1% year-over-year decline, but delivered a record $6.4 billion in identified potential client savings. It’s also actively developing new data-driven products like BenInsights, which is an analytics tool that helps employers and their advisors optimize healthcare benefit plans. This is done by providing insights into data, predicting risks, and suggesting actions to improve plan design and reduce costs.

Multiplan Corp. (NYSE:MPLN) is now transforming and rebranding as Claritev to reflect its broader focus on affordable and transparent healthcare technology, data, and innovation. Claritev will commence trading on the NYSE on February 28 with the ticker symbol CTEV. One of the rebranded company’s focuses is going to be AI integration, which is also a reason behind the MPLN’s recent increase.