Six small-cap stocks that stand out from the rest

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Small-cap companies are usually volatile…

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#1 Allsec Technologies

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#2 Cheviot Company

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#3 Eldeco Housing & Industries

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#4 Gandhi Special Tubes

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#5 IST

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#6 Sandesh

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How we identified the six small-cap stocks

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