The CAPS Screen: 10 Stocks Wall Street Is Missing

One of the best ways to profit in the stock market is to look for opportunities where others don't. Wall Street's convenient inattention to a whole slew of promising companies -- many of them small caps -- can often mean big winners for small investors.

With that in mind, I used our new CAPS screening tool to find stocks Wall Street may be overlooking. Below are 10 companies with no more than three CAPS-rated analysts calling the stock.

They also have:

• Market capitalizations between $250 million and $2 billion.
• At least 300 total calls from our entire CAPS community.
• Five-star ratings, the highest possible.

Remember, in the first year for which we have data, five-star companies outperformed the S&P 500 with an average gain of nearly 28%.

Of course, screens are only a first step in the stock selection process. True Fools use due diligence because they know that not every underfollowed company will necessarily become one of the market's 10 best stocks.

Come and join us on Motley Fool CAPS to let the collective wisdom of our 100,000-person-strong CAPS community help you make your investment decisions.

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