Sangoma Technologies (TSX: STC) leads the way up 59% in the first six-months of 2024.

While the first six-months of 2024 showed an improvement in returns over the last six months 2023, the continuation of low valuations and liquidity for microcap stocks has reemerged as of late whereby it is challenging to produce positive investment results as a small and microcap stock picker and particularly within the technology sector. That said, it is this blog’s belief that investor sentiment will turn more positive for this group of stocks again beginning later this summer.

Despite being a small cap technology company, our Top Idea Sangoma Technologies (TSX: STC) did record a 59% gain to its stock price in the first half of 2024. We did highlight the merits of owning this stock in our blog post earlier this year (See: Sangoma Technologies is recharged again for small cap investors).

Investorfile has documented 27 picks that, to date, comprise our list of Top Ideas – Small Cap Value stocks. This summarizes the performances of our Top Ideas since inception. (Note that high-point returns are based on the highest closing stock price and exclude investment return benefits from dividends, with the exception of final return calculations due to takeovers. Dividends and return of capital distributions are deducted from share price cost-base for the calculation of final returns.)

• Average high-point return equals 384%
• To date, 11 takeovers/privatizations at a premium-to-stock price
• Paid out a combined total of $2.25 per share of dividends/return of capital

Investorfile’s top five share price performers in the first six months of 2024:

1. Sangoma Technologies Corp. TSX: STC, +59%
2. Novra Technologies Inc., TSXV: NVI, +33%
3. EcoSynthetix Inc., TSX: ECO, +24%
4. Caldwell Partners International Inc. TSX: CWL, +22%
5. Gatekeeper Systems Inc. TSXV: GSI, +13%

All-time top 5 rankings of Top Ideas for high-point returns as June 28, 2024:

1. Sangoma Technologies Corp., TSX: STC, +2377%
2. Questor Technology Inc., TSXV: QST, +1374%
3. Gatekeeper Systems Inc. TSXV: GSI, +783%
4. Quorum Information Technologies Inc., TSXV: QIS, +725%
5. RDM Corporation, Takeover, +708% (includes dividends)

Author's ownership disclosure: YES: STC, GSI, QIS, QST, NVI, CWL, ECO.

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