Every Thursday, Stockhouse’s Weekly Market Movers highlights three notable companies we interviewed over the past week, shedding light on their latest news and long-term value propositions.
In 2024, we’ve released 38 editions through December 12, 2024, making it prime time to tally up how our top-performing stock picks have fared year to date (YTD), as well as sketch out what investors should expect from them into 2025 as the holiday season gets in full swing. Here’s our top five, ordered by return YTD:
- Fokus Mining – 142.86 per cent
- American Potash – 166.67 per cent
- Biorem – 215.15 per cent
- Bitcoin Well – 280 per cent
- LQWD Technologies – 445.10 per cent
The five top-performing stocks of 2024
5. Fokus Mining – 142.86 per cent return YTD
Fokus Mining is acquiring and exploring precious metal deposits in Quebec, particularly in the Abitibi region. Its 100-per-cent owned, 2,866-hectare Galloway project features an NI 43-101 inferred mineral resource of 1.42 million ounces of gold at US$1,750 per ounce, a steep discount to the price of US$2,708 as of Dec. 12, 2024.
The company recently launched its 2024-2025 exploration program on Galloway with a focus on resource expansion, geophysics and new exploration targets.
Previous chief executive officer (CEO) and now director Jean Rainville spoke with Stockhouse in March about follow-up drilling on Galloway’s highly prospective Moriss sector with a since completed program.
Fokus Mining (TSXV:FKM) last traded at C$0.17.
4. American Potash – 166.67 per cent return YTD
American Potash, soon to be renamed American Critical Minerals, is exploring its flagship Green River potash and lithium project in Utah, which hosts an exploration target estimated at 600 million to 1 billion tons of sylvinite grading between 19-29 per cent potassium chloride.
The potash and lithium project resides in the same stratigraphic horizon as the nearby Moab potash mine, operated by Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI), America’s largest potash company.
President and CEO Simon Clarke joined Stockhouse back in October to discuss the company’s newest prospecting permits and drill hole authorizations for Green River. Watch the interview here.
American Potash stock (CSE:KCL) last traded at C$0.08.
3. Biorem – 215.15 per cent return YTD
Biorem is a clean technology stock that designs, manufactures and distributes high-efficiency air emissions control systems that get rid of odors, volatile organic compounds and hazardous pollutants. The company boasts over 2,000 systems installed worldwide across a diversity of industries.
On Monday, management announced $13 million in new orders and a backlog that now stands at $58 million, which should keep the company busy for the next 12-18 months and grant it a fighting chance at extending its exemplary history of profitability.
President and CEO Derek Webb joined Stockhouse in May to go over the company’s impressive Q1 2024 results. Watch the interview here.
Biorem stock (TSXV:BRM) last traded at C$3.09 per share.
2. Bitcoin Well – 280 per cent return YTD
Bitcoin Well, the first of two crypto stocks on our list, and a podium finisher in our mid-year review alongside Biorem, is squarely focused on making Bitcoin more useful to everyday people. Operations are driven by an online Bitcoin portal and a network of Bitcoin ATMs.
The company reported record online Bitcoin portal growth in October and company-wide revenue growth of 57 per cent year-over-year in Q3 2024 driven by the cryptocurrency’s over 140 per cent gain YTD.
Adam O’Brien, Bitcoin Well’s founder and CEO, joined Stockhouse in February to introduce the company’s new loyalty program, its new Bitcoin Jackpot Contest and a collaboration with popular Bitcoin news and talk show, Simply Bitcoin. Watch the interview here.
Bitcoin Well stock (TSXV:BTCW) last traded at C$0.18.
1. LQWD Technologies – 445.10 per cent return YTD
LQWD Technologies, our top-performing Weekly Market Mover of 2024, is dedicated to expanding its liquidity-on-demand services and transaction infrastructure tied to the Bitcoin Lightning Network, a smart-contract payments platform enabling instant payments using the cryptocurrency.
LQWD offers instant, low-cost, global online Bitcoin payments at scale, a value proposition that has allowed it to grow network transactions exponentially to over 1 million since 2022. The company also holds 141 Bitcoins on its balance sheet, placing it in the top 10 among public companies with Bitcoin holdings (slide 12).
Shone Anstey, LQWD Technologies’ director and CEO, spoke with Stockhouse in September about the company’s new liquidity service contract with Alby, a technology company also active on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Watch the interview here.
LQWD Technologies stock (TSXV:LQWD) last traded at C$2.86 per share.
With our final five stock picks of 2024, we wish you and yours a happy holiday season and a value-accretive new year. We’ll see you in January for 2025’s first edition of Weekly Market Movers.
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All data as of Dec. 12, 2024.
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