- (1:00) – Creating A Defensive Part In Your Portfolio
- (9:30) – Prime Shares To Take into account Proper Now
- (33:00) – Episode Roundup: ELTP & FEIM
Welcome to Episode #439 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast.
Each week, host and Zacks inventory strategist, Tracey Ryniec, can be joined by visitors to debate the most popular investing matters in shares, bonds, and ETFs and the way it impacts your life.
This week, Tracey is joined by Mark Zinski, Zacks Senior Microcap Analysis Analyst, to debate two defensive American small cap shares that will present some safety from the uncertainty within the world financial system.
One firm makes generic medicine and the opposite makes frequency management and synchronization merchandise for the protection business.
Why must you think about small caps in 2025?
2 Defensive American Small Cap Shares for 2025
1. Elite Prescribed drugs, Inc. (ELTP)
Elite Prescribed drugs is a specialty pharma firm growing oral, controlled-release area of interest generic drug merchandise.
Headquartered in New Jersey, Elite Prescribed drugs additionally operates a analysis and manufacturing facility in Northvale, New Jersey. It has a market cap of $500 million.
Shares of Elite Prescribed drugs commerce on the OTC market. It’s a inventory beneath $1.00. Shares of Elite Prescribed drugs are up 216% during the last yr.
It doesn’t have a Zacks Rank presently.
What’s going on in Elite’s enterprise in 2025 that makes Mark such a fan?
2. Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM)
Frequency Electronics designs, develops, and manufactures high-precision timing, frequency management and synchronization merchandise for satellite tv for pc and terrestrial functions equivalent to missiles, piloted plane, GPS, and safe radios. Frequency Electronics has a market cap of $161.4 million. It’s headquartered in New York.
On Mar 20, 2025, Frequency Electronics introduced a contract enhance for $12 million.
Shares of Frequency Electronics are up 48.7% during the last yr. It trades on the NASDAQ.
Frequency Electronics additionally doesn’t presently have a Zacks Rank.
Ought to Frequency Electronics be in your brief listing for 2025?
What Else Do You Must Know About These 2 Defensive Small Caps Proper Now?
Tune into this week’s podcast to search out out.
[In full disclosure, Mark owns shares of ELTP in his family portfolio. Tracey does not own shares of either stock.]
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Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM): Free Stock Analysis Report
Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ELTP): Free Stock Analysis Report
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