Top 5 Small-Caps for Nov. 7

Top Five Small-Cap Stocks: November 7 By TSC Ratings Staff Each business day, TheStreet.com Ratings compiles a list of the top five stocks in one of five categories -- fast-growth, all-around value, large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap -- based on data from the close of the previous trading session. Today, small-cap stocks are in the spotlight.

These are stocks of companies that have market capitalizations of between $50 million and $500 million that rank near the top of all stocks rated by our proprietary quantitative model, which looks at more than 60 factors. The stocks must also be followed by at least one financial analyst who posts estimates on the Institutional Brokers' Estimate System. They are ordered by their potential to appreciate.

Note that no provision is made for off-balance-sheet assets such as unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments, market value of real estate or contingent liabilities that might affect book value. This could be material for some companies with large underfunded pension plans.

Diamond Foods(DMND Quote) processes and markets culinary, snack, in-shell and ingredient nuts. We upgraded Diamond Foods from a hold to a buy in July 2008 on the basis of the company's impressive record of earnings per share growth, increases in revenue and net income, and largely solid financial position. ...