Validea Motley Fool Strategy Daily Upgrade Report - 8/12/2025

The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Small-Cap Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Motley Fool. This strategy looks for small cap growth stocks with solid fundamentals and strong price performance.

REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP (REX) is a small-cap growth stock in the Chemical Manufacturing industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 49% to 76% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Rex American Resources Corporation is an ethanol production company. The Company operates through the ethanol and by-products segment. Its ethanol operations are focused on corn, ethanol, distillers grains, distillers corn oil and natural gas. The Company has interests in over six ethanol production facilities, which in aggregate shipped approximately 730 million gallons of ethanol. The Company has ownership of the gallons shipped by the ethanol production facilities, which has ownership interests in approximately 300 million gallons. The Company operates through its subsidiaries, including One Earth Energy, LLC (One Earth), NuGen Energy, LLC (NuGen), and Big River Resources, LLC (Big River). The Companys ethanol production facilities are located across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria. PROFIT MARGIN:PASSRELATIVE STRENGTH:FAILCOMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR:FAILINSIDER HOLDINGS:PASSCASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS:FAILPROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY:PASSR&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES:NEUTRALCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:PASSINVENTORY TO SALES:PASSACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TO SALES:PASSLONG TERM DEBT/EQUITY RATIO:PASS"THE FOOL RATIO" (P/E TO GROWTH):PASSAVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:PASSSALES:FAILDAILY DOLLAR VOLUME:PASSPRICE:PASSINCOME TAX PERCENTAGE:PASS

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WM TECHNOLOGY INC (MAPS) is a small-cap value stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 35% to 72% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: WM Technology, Inc. operates the online cannabis marketplace for consumers together with a set of eCommerce and compliance software solutions for cannabis businesses, which are sold to retailers and brands in the legalized cannabis markets in states and territories of the United States. The Companys business primarily consists of its commerce-driven marketplace (Weedmaps), and its fully integrated suite of end-to-end software-as-a-service solutions software offering (Weedmaps for Business). The Weedmaps marketplace provides cannabis consumers with information regarding cannabis retailers and brands. In addition, the Weedmaps marketplace aggregates data from a variety of sources, including retailer point-of-sale solutions, to provide consumers to browse by strain, price, cannabinoids and other information regarding locally available cannabis products, through its Website and mobile apps. Its subscription package includes WM Listings, WM Orders, WM Store, WM Connectors and WM Insights.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria. PROFIT MARGIN:PASSRELATIVE STRENGTH:FAILCOMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR:FAILINSIDER HOLDINGS:PASSCASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS:PASSPROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY:PASSR&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES:PASSCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:PASSACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TO SALES:PASSLONG TERM DEBT/EQUITY RATIO:PASS"THE FOOL RATIO" (P/E TO GROWTH):FAILAVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:FAILSALES:PASSDAILY DOLLAR VOLUME:PASSPRICE:FAILINCOME TAX PERCENTAGE:FAIL

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BANK7 CORP (BSVN) is a small-cap value stock in the Money Center Banks industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 53% to 80% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Bank7 Corp. is a bank holding company. The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank7, operates approximately twelve locations in Oklahoma, the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area and Kansas. The Company is focused on serving business owners and entrepreneurs by delivering loan and deposit products to meet their financing needs. It has a particular focus on various loan categories, including commercial real estate lending (CRE), hospitality lending, energy lending, and commercial and industrial lending. It also provides consumer lending services to individuals for personal and household purposes, including secured and unsecured term loans and home improvement loans. The Company offers deposit banking products, including commercial deposit services, commercial checking, money market, and other deposit accounts, and retail deposit services such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, checking accounts, savings accounts, and automated teller machine access.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria. PROFIT MARGIN:PASSRELATIVE STRENGTH:FAILCOMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR:FAILINSIDER HOLDINGS:PASSCASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS:PASSPROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY:FAILR&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES:NEUTRALCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:PASS"THE FOOL RATIO" (P/E TO GROWTH):PASSAVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:PASSSALES:PASSDAILY DOLLAR VOLUME:PASSPRICE:PASSINCOME TAX PERCENTAGE:PASS

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BANKINTER SA - ADR (BKNIY) is a large-cap value stock in the Money Center Banks industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 65% to 72% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Bankinter SA is a Spain-based financial institution (the Bank) primarily engaged in the banking sector. The Bank's activities are divided into four business segments: Commercial banking, which offers current accounts, fixed-term deposits, investment management and advisory, as well as mortgage loans, among others, to individual customers; Corporate banking, which provides financial services to small and medium-sized companies, corporations and government bodies; Consumer finance, which focuses on personal loans and credit card services through Bankinter Consumer Finance EFC, and Other, which includes online savings accounts, among others. The Company operates through numerous subsidiaries, such as Bankinter Gestion de Activos SGIIC, Hispamarket SA, Bankinter Capital Riesgo SGECR SA and Bankinter Sociedad de Financiacion SAU.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria. PROFIT MARGIN:PASSRELATIVE STRENGTH:PASSCOMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR:FAILINSIDER HOLDINGS:FAILCASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS:PASSPROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY:FAILR&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES:NEUTRALCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:PASS"THE FOOL RATIO" (P/E TO GROWTH):PASSAVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:PASSSALES:FAILDAILY DOLLAR VOLUME:FAILPRICE:PASSINCOME TAX PERCENTAGE:PASS

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SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC (SIGA) is a small-cap value stock in the Biotechnology & Drugs industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 53% to 80% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: SIGA Technologies, Inc. is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development of medicines to treat and prevent infectious diseases. Its flagship product, TPOXX (tecovirimat), is an antiviral medicine approved in the United States and Canada for the treatment of smallpox and authorized in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Japan for the treatment of smallpox, monkeypox (mpox), cowpox, and vaccinia complications. TPOXX specifically inhibits the activity of a protein called VP37, found on the surface of all orthopoxviruses. This prevents the virus from leaving infected cells, slowing the spread of the infection and limiting it to a point where the immune system can clear the virus. The European Medicines Agency and United Kingdom approvals include labeling for oral tecovirimat indicating its use for the treatment of smallpox, monkeypox, cowpox, and vaccinia complications following vaccination against smallpox.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria. PROFIT MARGIN:PASSRELATIVE STRENGTH:FAILCOMPARE SALES AND EPS GROWTH TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR:PASSINSIDER HOLDINGS:PASSCASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS:PASSPROFIT MARGIN CONSISTENCY:PASSR&D AS A PERCENTAGE OF SALES:FAILCASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:PASSINVENTORY TO SALES:PASSACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE TO SALES:PASSLONG TERM DEBT/EQUITY RATIO:PASS"THE FOOL RATIO" (P/E TO GROWTH):FAILAVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:PASSSALES:PASSDAILY DOLLAR VOLUME:PASSPRICE:PASSINCOME TAX PERCENTAGE:PASS

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