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5 Hot Penny Stocks to Watch Before Friday

Top five sub-$5 movers for October 17, 2025, with company snapshots and recent headlines.

By Michael Grogan
5 Hot Penny Stocks to Watch Before Friday
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RANI — Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock
Close: $2.0500 Change: 49.64% Open: $1.3700 High: $2.3900 Volume: 356,228,691

Rani Therapeutics Holdings Inc is a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company advancing technologies to enable the development of orally administered biologics to provide patients, physicians, and healthcare systems with a convenient alternative to painful injections. The company has developed the RaniPill capsule, which is designed to deliver a wide variety of drug substances, including antibodies, proteins, peptides, and oligonucleotides. RaniPill is a proprietary and patented platform technology, intended to replace subcutaneous or IV injection of biologics with oral dosing. The company is also engaged in developing RaniPill HC, which is inte...

Exchange: XNAS Industry: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS Market Cap: $22,555,276 Employees: 106
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AREB — American Rebel Holdings, Inc. Common Stock
Close: $2.1708 Change: 26.21% Open: $1.7200 High: $3.3300 Volume: 4,852,110

American Rebel Holdings Inc develops self-defense, safe storage, and patriotic product areas using a wholesale distribution network, utilizing personal appearances, musical venue performances, as well as e-commerce and television. It designs, manufactures, and markets concealed carry products. It offers products ranging in Backpacks, jackets, coats, and Others. The Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating segment engaged in patriotic goods, comprised of safes, soft goods, and beer.

Exchange: XNAS Industry: MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS Market Cap: $2,323,729 Employees: 210
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REKR — Rekor Systems, Inc. Common Stock
Close: $3.2100 Change: 25.39% Open: $2.5600 High: $3.2300 Volume: 19,146,341

Rekor Systems Inc is a United States-based company. The company is engaged in providing real-time roadway intelligence through AI-driven decisions. The firm uses artificial intelligence to analyze video streams and transform them into AI-driven decisions. The company's technology and machine learning models power all solutions, including Rekor Command for transportation management, Rekor Discover for urban mobility, and Rekor Scout for public safety, and commercial use. Its geographical segments are the United States and Others, of which a majority of its revenue comes from the United States.

Exchange: XNAS Industry: COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC Market Cap: $328,468,488 Employees: 351
4
WWR — Westwater Resources, Inc.
Close: $2.0582 Change: 19.66% Open: $1.7200 High: $2.1100 Volume: 9,545,966

Westwater Resources Inc focused on developing battery-grade natural graphite materials. The company is having one project which is the Westwater's coosa project which is currently used for the mining and extraction of graphite.

Exchange: XASE Industry: METAL MINING Market Cap: $181,074,774 Employees: 21
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ELDN — Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock
Close: $3.3850 Change: 16.32% Open: $2.9100 High: $3.4150 Volume: 1,741,533

Eledon Pharmaceuticals Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The firm is focused on transplantation and autoimmune diseases. It targets the CD40L pathway to develop potential treatments for patients living with an autoimmune disease, patients requiring an organ or cell-based transplant, and patients living with ALS. The company's compound in development is tegoprubart, an IgG1, an anti-CD40L antibody with high affinity for the CD40 Ligand, a well-validated biological target that has broad therapeutic potential.

Exchange: XNAS Industry: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS Market Cap: $170,663,059 Employees: 31

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Michael Grogan
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