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Best Penny Stocks — Top 30 Under $5 by Composite Score
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Pure 'cheapest stocks' lists are a guaranteed loss machine — most names under $5 are cheap for a reason (deteriorating fundamentals, failed growth stories, dilution risk). In your dashboard, the list filters US tickers under $5 to a composite score of 35+, which removes the structurally broken names and leaves the small-cap candidates that at least have factor confluence. Market Census's six-factor formula treats a $3 stock the same way it treats a mega-cap: trend, fundamentals, smart money, macro, momentum. Cheap isn't a strategy. Cheap with the score behind it might be.
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How the Penny Stocks ranking works
The Market Census Score runs from 0 to 100. It looks at things like the price trend, company numbers and insider buying. For the penny stocks view, the list leans on score floor + trend — but the score is a better summary than any one part on its own.
See what the score means on /how-it-works.
Browse every scored US name in the full stock directory, or see how a scanner differs from a screener in screener vs scanner.
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The ticker pages stay free with no account. An account takes an email and a password, and runs this scan ten scored rows at a time. A card starts the 30-day Premium trial: $0 today, first charge on day 30, cancel online any time — every matching row across the scored universe (about 11,500 US stocks and ETFs), every sort/filter combination, watchlist + alerts. Pro from $8.25/mo ($99/yr billed annually). 30-day money back on monthly plans; annual plans get a prorated refund in the same window.
Not investment advice — see risk disclosure.