The feature highlight last week was a Fireside Chat Skull Session we hosted with Rhone Resch, Chief Strategy Officer of Toyo Co., Ltd (NASDAQ:TOYO), co-moderated and led by GeoInvesting Research contributor “Jev” (@MicrocapDr), covering surprisingly positive Q1 earnings results, the competitive advantage it has vs comps like First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), the company’s plans to expand capacity to scale production, and the unique risks involved with investing in the solar industry. Can we see a re-rate in the company’s low P/E ratio?

This week, I also had my usual small-cap earnings review where Sebastian Krog (@treasurehunting on Substack; @SebKrog on X), Diego La Torre (@Diego_La_Torre_) and I went through 10 of our favorite small-cap and microcap names from the Q1 earnings season. We also made sure to cover the main risks in each case.

Well, I didn’t think I would be doing this anytime soon, but Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ:RELL) is back on our radar due to recent news about its expanding role in the power solutions narrative, including data centers and battery energy storage systems (BESS).The stock is not cheap, and the company has had a challenging time returning to growth since 2022/23. However, in the current market where narratives are driving prices ahead of fundamentals or inflecting catalysts, we recognize a benefit to start tracking stocks earlier than we normally would. If you know me… I am totally ok with more stocks. This week, I recorded a deep dive investor insight Skull Session with Dean Pernas of Pernas Research. They have a really cool investing framework they call “motor investing.”

Well, we added another stock to our Open Forum Focus Model Portfolio during the live Open Forum that took place on Thursday at 11 AM EST. It fits right into our aerospace and defense themes, which have already surfaced a number of multibaggers for our community. We think the stock has near-term double potential, with long-term multibagger potential. You can see the report here.

I also mentioned that Leatt Corp. (OTCQB:LEAT) could have qualified as our favorite stock selection of the month, based on its strong quarterly results. It was really a coin toss.

The COO of Crexendo, Inc. (NASDAQ:CXDO) was additionally brought on to discuss Q1 results and the company’s AI agent products.

It’s not often that we come across a stock trading at a P/E of less than 10x that meets all ten of the quality factors we use to qualify a stock for inclusion in our Model Portfolios… But it just happened… more inside…

This was a heavy earnings week across the GeoInvesting coverage universe. Key themes in the best reports continue to include expanding AI/data center infrastructure exposure across a wider range of businesses. This week, we are also highlighting a podcast discussion I had with Lukas Milosic (@Pixelresearch_ on X) on short-term vs long-term investing.

I’ll start out this week with a clip from our live management briefing Skull Session with the CEO of BIOREM…covering Q4 2025 results, a record backlog, and the company’s view on the geopolitical environment, with the discussion reinforcing improving near-term visibility, supported by stronger order flow and backlog expansion.

I love that the CEO is incredibly transparent about how to think about the potential quarter-to-quarter lumpiness in the business, within a favorable long-term growth outlook. The stock is currently selling at a trailing P/E 12.6x.

The main development this week was the introduction of Cvd Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ:CVV) as a special situation, alongside the publication of our Reasons For Tracking note. CVV has long been a structurally challenged, loss-making business, but a recent asset sale (SDC unit) and data center narrative could have meaningfully reshaped the setup. With a stronger cash position and a debt-free real estate base that’s recorded on the balance sheet at well below market prices, we argued that the stock was trading comfortably below our book value calculation, even before assigning value to the operating business. 

Before we get started, I’m excited to share that we’ve published our recap of my Skull Session with Lukas Milosic of Pixel Research (@Pixelresearch_ on X), where he breaks down his process for screening high-conviction ideas. Before I get into the Research pipeline, I just wanted to mention that even though we don’t rank stocks at Geoinvesting and we’re not a recommendation service, we want you to know that if we were issuing rankings, Flexible Solutions International and…

Friday’s near intraday multibagger move in Energy Focus, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFOI) (lighting solutions), from its open price, continues to convince me that the data center trend is the new industrial revolution or gold rush.

EFOI is a struggling commercial lighting solutions company that got hit hard after COVID. It was once a legitimate company that we had actually followed at GeoInvesting in the past. We had essentially stopped actively covering it because a recovery to its earlier days looked pretty unlikely.

The company hadn’t issued a press release since 2022, and then suddenly, last Friday at 9:00 a.m., it dropped a release tied to hyperscaler data center contracts.

We had a research screen update with the addition of a new stock to our Data Center and Infrastructure screen following its first data center contract win. The company provides infrastructure services to the residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, and state infrastructure markets. A P/E of 25x on its 2026 EPS guidance translates into a stock price of $41, compared to the current price of $45.63. At first glance, it doesn’t appear cheap, but analyst estimates may not fully reflect the opportunity. It’s 💯 worth tracking, as winning more data center contracts could make the stock look very cheap quickly and lead to an aggressive expansion in its valuation multiples. It’s moving to the top of our interview priority list.