Let’s get a little excitement going in our investing lives. No better way to do that then a list of the most attractive stocks under $10.

Kadmon Holdings (KDMN) is a great example. An exciting biotech play where analysts see 211% upside to fair value.

And hey…that’s not even the biggest upside potential on this top 10 list. That crown goes to little known O2Micro (OIIM) with 511% to climb to reach fair value. This semiconductor firm put up an impressive 83% earnings beat this past quarter. But because OIIM only sports a $42 million market cap, it continues to go unnoticed.

The most widely known stock on the list is Japanese banking giant, Sumitomo-Mitsui (SMFG). Shares are lingering a notch above $7, yet SMFG good reason to rise to $11 according to Wall Street analysts.

Let’s pull back a notch so you appreciate the in-depth research process I went through to narrow down to these top 10 stocks under $10.

• 8,000+ US based stocks to start with.

• 2,021 with POWR Rating of A or B. As you likely know by now, this is our proprietary rating system that is built on top of 4 different scores of a stocks attractiveness. When rolled together it points to stocks experiencing the most healthy momentum at this time and thus likely to stay on the rise.

• 154 stocks with a price of $10 or less. Like I said it was time to get some excitement happening in our portfolios. Sure these are more speculative stocks, but I mitigate that risk by the employing other criteria to increase the odds of success. POWR Ratings is one such factor. But also the next 2 parameters are vital health checks on these stocks.

• 124 stocks with a price target placed on them by Wall Street analysts. Meaning that 30 of them were not followed by the street. Without that important fact checking process in place, I’d rather take a pass on those stocks.

• 54 stocks with consensus earnings estimates higher for next year. This is an important fundamental health check coming out of Q3 earnings season that earnings prospects are on the rise. Consider this. If estimates were heading lower…likely that negative trend would continue with much greater odds of that stock falling further in price. So we definitely want this earnings criteria in place.

• 10 Stocks with 41 to 511% upside to fair value targets set by Wall Street analysts.

When you add it altogether we are talking about 10 stocks that blend healthy earnings growth + extreme value + extreme value + low price = 10 stocks worth your attention. Check them out below:

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KDMN shares . Year-to-date, KDMN has gained 96.63%, versus a 27.14% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period.

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