WhiteHawk Minerals (WHK) has had the highest return this year by a small-cap US stock, returning 443,233.3%.

ASSET	YEAR	% RETURN
WhiteHawk Minerals (WHK)	2026	443,233.33%
Seaport Therapeutics, Inc Common Stock (SPTX)	2026	212,500%
Mega Fortune Company Limited Ordinary Shares (MGRT)	2026	979.95%
SRx Health Solutions (SRXH)	2026	749.14%
Adlai Nortye Ltd American Depositary Shares (ANL)	2026	616.9%
Rackspace Technology (RXT)	2026	569.58%
agilon health (AGL)	2026	537.52%
Roma Green Finance Limited Ordinary Shares (ROMA)	2026	415.94%
Entravision Communications (EVC)	2026	308.61%
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Llc (ZNTL)	2026	260%
Backblaze (BLZE)	2026	246.41%
BUUU Group Limited Class A Ordinary Share (BUUU)	2026	236.18%
Swarmer, Inc Common Stock (SWMR)	2026	231.92%
Climb Bio (CLYM)	2026	230.98%
Syntec Optics (OPTX)	2026	216.9%
Absci (ABSI)	2026	212.68%
Fate Therapeutics (FATE)	2026	195.27%
MacroGenics (MGNX)	2026	189.44%
Ambiq Micro (AMBQ)	2026	188.49%
Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc Class A Common Stock (CDNL)	2026	184.78%
Vishay Precision (VPG)	2026	178.22%
Sutro Biopharma (STRO)	2026	176.87%
Kelly Services B (KELYB)	2026	173.59%
Faeth Therapeutics (FTH)	2026	170.72%
Eledon Pharmaceuticals (ELDN)	2026	169.87%

Small-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap between $300M and $2B.