2018 OTCQX Best 50 Results
2018 OTCQX Best 50 Results
In lat January, OTC Markets Group announced the 2018 OTCQX® Best 50, a ranking of top performing OTCQX companies in the prior calendar year.
The OTCQX Best 50 is an annual ranking of the top 50 U.S. and international companies traded on the OTCQX Best Market, based on an equal weighting of one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth. Companies in the 2018 OTCQX Best 50 were ranked based on their performance during the 2017 calendar year.
2018 OTCQX Best 50 companies traded an aggregate $19.9 billion in dollar volume in 2017. The companies delivered to investors an average total return of 120%.
The #1 ranked company was Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCQX: GBTC), an open-ended trust that is invested exclusively in bitcoin and derives its value solely from the price of bitcoin. The top performing International company ranked at #2 was Amerigo Resources Ltd. (OTCQX: ARREF).
Nine companies from last year’s ranking remained on the list in 2018:
- Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCQX: GBTC)
- Columbus Gold Corp. (OTCQX: CBGDF)
- Excelsior Mining Corp. (OTCQX: EXMGF)
- First West Virginia Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQX: FWVB)
- Mason Graphite Inc. (OTCQX: MGPHF)
- Nemaska Lithium, Inc. (OTCQX: NMKEF)
- Smith-Midland Corp. (OTCQX: SMID)
- Suncrest Bank (Visalia, CA) (OTCQX: SBKK)
- Village Farms International Inc. (OTCQX: VFFIF)
The 2018 OTCQX Best 50 Companies are:
|
Rank |
Company |
Symbol |
|
1 |
Bitcoin Investment Trust |
GBTC |
|
2 |
Amerigo Resources Ltd. |
ARREF |
|
3 |
Novo Resources Corp |
NSRPF |
|
4 |
Village Farms International Inc. |
VFFIF |
|
5 |
Mission Valley Bancorp |
MVLY |
|
6 |
Immunovaccine Inc. |
IMMVF |
|
7 |
Kroton Educacional SA |
KROTY |
|
8 |
CIBT Education Group, Inc. |
MBAIF |
|
9 |
First West Virginia Bancorp, Inc. |
FWVB |
|
10 |
First Colebrook Bancorp, Inc. |
FCNH |
|
11 |
First Resource Bank (Exton, PA) |
FRSB |
|
12 |
OurPet’s Company |
OPCO |
|
13 |
F & M Bank Corp. |
FMBM |
|
14 |
Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. |
BHWB |
|
15 |
PBB Bancorp |
PBCA |
|
16 |
Excelsior Mining Corp. |
EXMGF |
|
17 |
Critical Elements Corp |
CRECF |
|
18 |
Estacio Participacoes S.A. |
ECPCY |
|
19 |
Prime Meridian Holding Co. |
PMHG |
|
20 |
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. |
ONCYF |
|
21 |
Corvus Gold, Inc. |
CORVF |
|
22 |
Nemaska Lithium, Inc. |
NMKEF |
|
23 |
Mason Graphite Inc. |
MGPHF |
|
24 |
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. |
IVPAF |
|
25 |
Starpharma Holdings Ltd. |
SPHRY, SPHRF |
|
26 |
Commencement Bank (WA) |
CBWA |
|
27 |
Parkway Acquisition Corp |
PKKW |
|
28 |
Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. |
MHGU |
|
29 |
Royal Financial, Inc. |
RYFL |
|
30 |
Columbus Gold Corp. |
CBGDF |
|
31 |
Northern Graphite Corp. |
NGPHF |
|
32 |
Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
DLAKY,DLAKF |
|
33 |
Suncrest Bank (Visalia, CA) |
SBKK |
|
34 |
Coastal Banking Company, Inc. |
CBCO |
|
35 |
Repro Med Systems, Inc. |
REPR |
|
36 |
FVCBankcorp, Inc. |
FVCB |
|
37 |
BNP Paribas |
BNPQY,BNPQF |
|
38 |
Kentucky Bancshares, Inc. |
KTYB |
|
39 |
Air Canada |
ACDVF |
|
40 |
Riverview Financial Corp. |
RIVE |
|
41 |
Virginia National Bankshares Corporation |
VABK |
|
42 |
Katahdin Bankshares Corp. |
KTHN |
|
43 |
OmniComm Systems, Inc. |
OMCM |
|
44 |
Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc. |
RCKXF |
|
45 |
Freedom Bank of Virginia (Fairfax) |
FDVA |
|
46 |
Amazing Energy Oil & Gas Co. |
AMAZ |
|
47 |
FNCB Bancorp, Inc. |
FNCB |
|
48 |
Metso Corporation |
MXCYY |
|
49 |
First Priority Financial Corp. |
FPBK |
|
50 |
Smith-Midland Corp. |
SMID |
For more detail on the 2018 OTCQX Best 50 ranking, visit https://bit.ly/OTCQX-best50-2018