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Research · refreshed nightly · August 17, 2026

The Best-Managed Small Caps (October 2026)

Management quality below $2B.

Below $2B in market cap, management is most of the story; there is no institutional machine to hide behind. Among the best-managed small caps, Kits Eyecare and MBB SE share the top management score at 82, with Medistim at 80 and Vitalhub and Cipher Pharmaceuticals at 78. The median across these 32 companies is 74.

The top ten spans Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Italy, with growth profiles from Medistim's steady 11 percent a year to Vitalhub's 37 percent. At this size a management score is a read on the operator, built from the capital-allocation record in the filings rather than reputation. Click any name for the citation-backed detail behind each score.

39companies qualify
73median management
61median MGI
2joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by management
1
Kits Eyecare Ltd.KITS.CA🇨🇦
management 82 · revenue +22%/yr · scale economics
G 65V 55O 66Cap $347.8M
2
Medistim ASAMEDI.NO🇳🇴
management 80 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 58V 58O 60Cap $463.2M
3
Vitalhub Corp.VHI.CA🇨🇦
management 78 · revenue +39%/yr · asset light
G 73V 69O 79Cap $343M
4
Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.CPH.CA🇨🇦
management 78 · revenue +18%/yr · asset light
G 58V 67O 63Cap $259.6M
5
FOPE S.p.A.FPE.IT🇮🇹
management 77 · revenue +27%/yr · asset light
G 70V 62O 74Cap $247.5M
6
MBB SEMBB.DE🇩🇪
management 77 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 64V 66O 70Cap $1.1B
7
Red Violet, Inc.RDVT🇺🇸
management 76 · revenue +18%/yr · asset light
G 68V 54O 69Cap $1.0B
8
Judges Scientific plcJDG.GB🇬🇧
management 76 · revenue +13%/yr · asset light
G 63V 67O 67Cap $361.3M
9
Plejd ABPLEJD.SE🇸🇪
management 76 · revenue +28%/yr · asset light
G 75V 68O 81Cap $858.6M
10
NEURONES S.A.NRO.FR🇫🇷
management 76 · revenue +10%/yr · asset light
G 56V 59O 58Cap $1.1B
11
Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc.IDR🇺🇸
management 76 · revenue +46%/yr · asset light
G 56V 49O 56Cap $511.1M
12
BioSyent Inc.RX.CA🇨🇦
management 76 · revenue +10%/yr · asset light
G 65V 65O 70Cap $121.8M
13
Sidetrade SAALBFR.FR🇫🇷
management 75 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 61V 53O 62Cap $375.3M
14
Lindbergh S.p.A.LDB.IT🇮🇹
management 75 · revenue +29%/yr · scale economics
G 55V 66O 59Cap $86.5M
15
PrimeEnergy Resources Corp.PNRG🇺🇸
management 74 · revenue +16%/yr · asset light
G 28V 42O 27Cap $295M
16
innoscripta SE1INN.DE🇩🇪
management 74 · revenue +43%/yr · asset light
G 66V 70O 73Cap $867.5M
17
Mainstreet Equity Corp.MEQ.CA🇨🇦
management 74 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 36V 66O 39Cap $1.1B
18
Versamet Royalties CorporationVMET🇨🇦
management 73 · revenue +187%/yr · asset light
G 66V 71O 72Cap $1.1B
19
On the Beach Group plcOTB.GB🇬🇧
management 73 · revenue +19%/yr · asset light
G 56V 66O 61Cap $352.5M
20
OMER S.p.A.OMER.IT🇮🇹
management 73 · revenue +18%/yr · scale economics
G 61V 67O 66Cap $130M
21
Taylor Devices, Inc.TAYD🇺🇸
management 73 · revenue +12%/yr · scale economics
G 60V 55O 61Cap $178.2M
22
Elixirr International plcELIX.GB🇬🇧
management 73 · revenue +38%/yr · scale economics
G 58V 62O 61Cap $486.6M
23
NORBIT ASANORBT.NO🇳🇴
management 73 · revenue +29%/yr · asset light
G 59V 60O 62Cap $1.2B
24
Synektik S.A.SNT.PL🇵🇱
management 73 · revenue +48%/yr · scale economics
G 73V 60O 76Cap $764M
25
XPEL, Inc.XPEL🇺🇸
management 73 · revenue +14%/yr · scale economics
G 63V 63O 68Cap $1.4B
26
NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.NSSC🇺🇸
management 72 · revenue +9%/yr · asset light
G 57V 55O 58Cap $1.4B
27
Nordrest Holding ABNREST.SE🇸🇪
management 72 · revenue +38%/yr · scale economics
G 69V 68O 74Cap $383.6M
28
Yuanbao Inc.YB🇨🇳
management 72 · revenue +65%/yr · asset light
G 69V 62O 73Cap $620.7M
29
Eagle Eye Solutions Group plcEYE.GB🇬🇧
management 72 · revenue +17%/yr · asset light
G 70V 66O 75Cap $203.5M
30
Warpaint London plcW7L.GB🇬🇧
management 72 · revenue +21%/yr · scale economics
G 54V 57O 56Cap $224.8M
31
Total Energy Services Inc.TOT.CA🇨🇦
management 72 · revenue +23%/yr · scale economics
G 49V 57O 51Cap $816.7M
32
CHAPTERS Group AGCHG.DE🇩🇪
management 72 · revenue +179%/yr · asset light
G 58V 50O 58Cap $1.2B
33
PharmaNutra S.p.A.PHN.IT🇮🇹
management 72 · revenue +16%/yr · asset light
G 65V 56O 67Cap $753.3M
34
Tecnoglass Inc.TGLS🇺🇸
management 72 · revenue +16%/yr · scale economics
G 60V 57O 63Cap $2.0B
35
Viemed Healthcare, Inc.VMD🇺🇸
management 72 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 60V 69O 66Cap $392.3M
36
cyber_Folks S.A.CBF.PL🇵🇱
management 72 · revenue +25%/yr · asset light
G 60V 68O 64Cap $705.8M
37
BK Technologies CorporationBKTI🇺🇸
management 72 · revenue +15%/yr · asset light
G 59V 64O 62Cap $300.5M
38
Volution Group plcFAN.GB🇬🇧
management 72 · revenue +10%/yr · asset light
G 67V 56O 70Cap $1.8B
39
Applied Nutrition plcAPN.GB🇬🇧
management 72 · revenue +44%/yr · scale economics
G 62V 57O 64Cap $1.1B

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