08/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/13/2026 00:32
A day of sharp, fresh moves raises questions about the substance behind the market's biggest bets.
The day's largest gainer, KIDZ AI (KIDZ), returned +1347.0%. This move comes as its revenue declined 14.9% over the last twelve months and its market value is about $397 thousand. The sheer scale of the move in a company of this size is the central question of the day's tape.
The broader market saw modest gains, with the S&P 500 returning +0.3% and the Nasdaq-100 returning +0.7%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned 0.0%. The day's full list of winners and losers follows.
Wednesday's Market Winners
The 8 stocks with the highest returns on the last trading day:
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIDZ | KIDZ AI | 1347.0% | -95.4% |
| 2 | BOXL | Boxlight | 168.6% | 362.9% |
| 3 | RMCF | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory | 126.0% | -20.0% |
| 4 | XHLD | TEN | 49.9% | 353.4% |
| 5 | CD | Chaince Digital | 34.5% | -16.9% |
| 6 | QNT | Quantinuum | 28.0% | n/a |
| 7 | DRMA | Dermata Therapeutics | 27.8% | -40.5% |
| 8 | INBS | Intelligent Bio Solutions | 23.9% | -73.3% |
Wednesday's Market Losers
And the 7 stocks with the lowest returns:
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLND | Greenland Energy | -44.5% | n/a |
| 2 | NCMI | National CineMedia | -41.4% | -41.9% |
| 3 | SNAL | Snail | -36.6% | -34.5% |
| 4 | DAIC | CID Holdco | -31.9% | -99.8% |
| 5 | IPDN | Professional Diversity Network | -30.1% | -75.5% |
| 6 | BBLG | Bone Biologics | -27.6% | -54.6% |
| 7 | VBIO | Valion Bio | -27.1% | -84.4% |
Are these big moves building on past momentum?
The data suggests they are not. No stock appears on both the one-day and one-month leaderboards on the same side today. This indicates the day's extremes are mostly fresh moves rather than continuations. The day's weakest performer, Greenland Energy (GLND), returned -44.5% with a market value of about $22.3 million, further highlighting the volatility present in smaller names.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest Market names:
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIDZ | KIDZ AI | 839.2% | -95.4% |
| 2 | XHLD | TEN | 571.3% | 353.4% |
| 3 | BOXL | Boxlight | 155.5% | 362.9% |
| 4 | QMCO | Quantum | 89.4% | 240.1% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENX | Tenax Therapeutics | -86.8% | -85.9% |
| 2 | SION | Sionna Therapeutics | -86.8% | -84.8% |
| 3 | PDSB | PDS Biotechnology | -66.7% | -68.6% |
| 4 | ACH | Accendra Health | -59.1% | -56.8% |
| 5 | ZONE | CleanCore Solutions | -52.6% | -44.2% |
| 6 | CVRX | CVRx | -51.1% | -61.5% |
| 7 | TDUP | ThredUp | -51.0% | -51.8% |
| 8 | GLND | Greenland Energy | -50.4% | n/a |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days:
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHOT | RMG ML Sports | 651.1% | 281.4% |
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YYAI | Airwa | -99.1% | -99.8% |
| 2 | TENX | Tenax Therapeutics | -88.9% | -85.9% |
| 3 | SION | Sionna Therapeutics | -85.3% | -84.8% |
| 4 | CAPR | Capricor Therapeutics | -79.7% | -85.5% |
| 5 | KPTI | Karyopharm Therapeutics | -79.7% | -72.4% |
| 6 | ZONE | CleanCore Solutions | -78.3% | -44.2% |
| 7 | VIVK | Vivakor | -78.0% | -96.6% |
What is the right way to use a movers list?
A list of extreme moves is information, never an instruction. It reveals where market attention and risk are concentrating. As you review the one-week and one-month tables presented earlier, the disciplined next step is not to chase performance but to investigate the underlying business. A stock's appearance on these lists is a starting point for research, not a conclusion.
Either side of these lists can be a lead worth following, with the same follow-up question: does the business back the move? For the winners, our Guidance Momentum screen tracks which companies raised their own forward numbers. For the losers, our Buy the Dip screen flags which marked-down names still have the fundamentals to recover.
Volatility Is The Cost Of Owning Stocks. Concentration Makes It A Bill
Every name on these lists moved this much in a single day. A diversified holder reads that as noise; a concentrated holder feels it as real money. The difference is not the stock, it is the portfolio around it.
Building that portfolio is what the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio does: roughly 30 businesses with the cash generation and balance-sheet strength to absorb bad days, selected and rebalanced by rules. It has a track record of outpacing a benchmark that combines the three major indices - the S&P 500, S&P Mid-cap, and Russell 2000. Let the movers list remind you why diversification exists.