2020 ASX Small Cap Winners List: 101 stocks gained over 300 per cent

Stockhead recaps the top ASX winners in 2020 – the 101 stocks that gained over 300 per cent
The resources produced 57 top stocks – more than half of the winners
Top 3 stocks are: Ultima United (ASX:UUL), Brightstar Resources (ASX:BTR) and Legacy Iron Ore (ASX:LCY)

The ASX has produced dozens of winners in 2020. In particular, the 101 stocks that gained over 300 per cent.

Stockhead has compiled a list (see below) of the best performing ASX stocks in 2020 based on share price returns for the 12 months to December 31, 2020.

While Stockhead ordinarily focuses on small caps we have not used a market cap cut off because it would exclude many of the year’s success stories which saw former small caps go big.

Of the top 101 stocks, 58 came from the resources sector. A further 16 came from tech, nine each from the consumer sector, as well as eight each from energy and health and two in property.

Here are 2020’s 101 best performing ASX small caps – that all gained over 300 per cent:

(Note: Data excludes reverse takeovers)

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Code	Company	Price	ReturnYRoll%	Sector	MktCap$
UUL	Ultima United	0.5	3025	Property	$18,328,563
BTR	Brightstar Resources	0.057	2750	Resources	$ 24,837,793.55
LCY	Legacy Iron Ore	0.043	2050	Resources	$ 268,631,256.23
HT8	Harris Technology Gl	0.19	2011	Consumer	$ 48,449,141.39
IOU	Ioupay Limited	0.14	1900	Tech	$ 63,067,489.10
DEG	De Grey Mining	0.99	1880	Resources	$ 1,265,630,910.39
VUL	Vulcan Energy	2.68	1629	Resources	$ 211,542,503.60
CHN	Chalice Mining Ltd	3.72	1591	Resources	$ 1,256,705,826.84
NCL	Netccentric Ltd	0.078	1460	Tech	$ 20,475,000.00
CWL	Consol Financial Hld	0.037	1342	Tech	$ 4,692,628.53
SRN	Surefire Rescs NL	0.027	1250	Resources	$ 26,163,291.44
AUT	Auteco Minerals	0.1	1150	Resources	$ 156,717,893.60
EER	East Energy Resource	0.036	1100	Energy	$ 115,235,533.26
8VI	8Vi Holdings Limited	1.75	1067	Consumer	$ 77,660,528.75
MMM	Marley Spoon	2.72	988	Consumer	$ 696,388,000.00
PM8	Pensana Rare Earths	1.84	951	Resources	$ 235,377,981.44
SKN	Skin Elements Ltd	0.091	913	Consumer	$ 31,113,556.93
TDL	Tbg Diagnostics Ltd	0.27	900	Health	$ 58,748,568.03
3DP	Pointerra Limited	0.53	881	Tech	$ 355,488,549.36
E25	Element 25 Ltd	1.56	872	Resources	$ 206,247,073.57
SI6	SI6 Metals Limited	0.028	833	Resources	$ 36,614,055.32
RAC	Race Oncology Ltd	1.7	819	Health	$ 220,080,087.50
BRN	Brainchip Ltd	0.425	785	Tech	$ 687,051,424.90
GRV	Greenvale Mining Ltd	0.125	716	Energy	$ 42,678,700.50
CAD	Caeneus Minerals	0.008	700	Resources	$ 31,493,286.25
TNT	Tesserent Limited	0.34	673	Tech	$ 339,428,528.00
ESR	Estrella Res Ltd	0.069	667	Resources	$ 62,066,344.63
PDI	Predictive Disc Ltd	0.06	660	Resources	$ 61,021,312.92
KKO	Kinetiko Energy Ltd	0.15	650	Energy	$ 85,174,841.70
SAN	Sagalio Energy Ltd	0.015	650	Energy	$ 3,069,901.95
RHY	Rhythm Biosciences	0.84	638	Health	$ 169,256,481.24
CTE	Cryosite Limited	0.375	608	Health	$ 17,572,336.13
IBX	Imagion Biosys Ltd	0.14	581	Health	$ 139,771,420.32
AVE	Avecho Biotech Ltd	0.027	575	Health	$ 43,170,156.36
KTE	K2 Energy Ltd	0.027	575	Tech	$ 8,117,743.08
WWI	West Wits Mining Ltd	0.06	567	Resources	$ 72,969,277.20
SUV	Suvo Strategic	0.13	550	Resources	$ 47,851,471.85
WOA	Wide Open Agriculture	0.87	544	Consumer	$ 79,522,656.24
SHH	Shree Minerals Ltd	0.019	533	Resources	$ 15,375,500.95
CVV	Caravel Minerals Ltd	0.2	525	Resources	$ 57,475,982.60
ENX	Enegex Limited	0.053	521	Resources	$ 7,493,935.11
HTG	Harvest Tech Grp Ltd	0.32	515	Tech	$ 156,893,037.76
DW8	Digital Wine Venture	0.043	514	Consumer	$ 67,182,426.56
BNL	Blue Star Helium Ltd	0.043	514	Energy	$ 53,021,705.35
IHR	intelliHR Limited	0.49	512	Tech	$ 135,846,272.59
ADN	Andromeda Metals Ltd	0.275	511	Resources	$ 592,000,152.43
WBT	Weebit Nano Ltd	2.46	496	Tech	$ 283,893,274.20
AUR	Auris Minerals Ltd	0.081	479	Resources	$ 38,606,702.52
MSM	MSM Corporation Intl	0.072	454	Tech	$ 60,653,756.59
AGE	Alligator Energy	0.011	450	Energy	$ 25,893,922.56
VR1	Vection Technologies	0.125	443	Tech	$ 120,731,130.88
LRS	Latin Resources Ltd	0.027	440	Resources	$ 32,262,578.40
MAN	Mandrake Res Ltd	0.081	440	Resources	$ 26,505,153.40
ARR	American Rare Earths	0.085	431	Resources	$ 28,036,082.02
OAR	Oakdale Resource Ltd	0.019	428	Resources	$ 30,762,184.56
CNB	Carnaby Resource Ltd	0.385	427	Resources	$ 45,360,945.25
MTC	Metalstech Ltd	0.205	413	Resources	$ 30,046,365.79
EM1	Emerge Gaming Ltd	0.082	413	Tech	$ 66,732,125.29
ADO	Anteotech Ltd	0.105	411	Health	$ 196,342,815.38
CRO	Cirralto Ltd	0.038	407	Tech	$ 64,462,956.34
BET	Betmakers Tech Group	0.7	400	Consumer	$ 421,051,292.20
MHC	Manhattan Corp Ltd	0.025	400	Energy	$ 33,156,967.33
RDN	Raiden Resources Ltd	0.03	400	Resources	$ 25,582,295.43
RLC	Reedy Lagoon Corp.	0.015	400	Resources	$ 7,046,006.76
RBL	Redbubble Limited	5.61	396	Consumer	$ 1,523,019,018.51
TAR	Taruga Minerals	0.053	382	Resources	$ 24,231,679.82
RGL	Riversgold	0.048	380	Resources	$ 18,995,886.77
PTR	Petratherm Ltd	0.185	374	Resources	$ 34,846,376.89
FYI	FYI Resources Ltd	0.245	362	Resources	$ 73,695,017.31
KIN	KIN Min NL	0.16	362	Resources	$ 112,069,547.52
ANX	Anax Metals Ltd	0.046	360	Resources	$ 12,889,495.60
AL8	Alderan Resource Ltd	0.115	360	Resources	$ 34,263,225.58
FHS	Freehill Mining Ltd.	0.064	357	Resources	$ 104,560,452.29
CTM	Centaurus Metals Ltd	0.815	353	Resources	$ 265,573,585.40
ACP	Audalia Res Ltd	0.027	350	Resources	$ 18,687,677.16
DDD	3D Resources Limited	0.0045	350	Resources	$ 16,269,174.41
SBR	Sabre Resources	0.009	350	Resources	$ 15,147,572.84
GWR	GWR Group Ltd	0.395	349	Resources	$ 119,176,426.44
TMZ	Thomson Res Ltd	0.11	346	Resources	$ 34,648,712.34
EMV	Emvision Medical	3.06	343	Health	$ 216,534,351.60
FEX	Fenix Resources Ltd	0.235	343	Resources	$ 101,734,771.20
NME	Nex Metals Explorat	0.057	338	Resources	$ 15,220,346.57
MYQ	Myfiziq Limited	1.2	336	Tech	$ 154,060,753.20
MGT	Magnetite Mines	0.013	335	Resources	$ 37,132,591.08
WCN	White Cliff Min Ltd	0.026	333	Resources	$ 13,445,506.07
SCN	Scorpion Minerals	0.06	329	Resources	$ 13,771,071.54
JPR	Jupiter Energy	0.047	327	Energy	$ 7,208,751.57
ADV	Ardiden Ltd	0.017	325	Resources	$ 36,262,052.03
KMT	Kopore Metals Ltd	0.017	325	Resources	$ 10,929,111.30
ABR	American Pacific	1.46	323	Resources	$ 466,714,577.74
GBZ	GBM Rsources Ltd	0.14	319	Resources	$ 56,371,071.96
MCT	Metalicity Limited	0.018	315	Resources	$ 31,396,383.34
TPW	Temple & Webster Ltd	11.25	312	Consumer	$ 1,355,095,440.00
CY5	Cygnus Gold Limited	0.18	309	Resources	$ 19,452,617.64
FE8	Faster Enterprises	0.049	308	Property	$ 5,433,385.14
AZS	Azure Minerals	0.53	308	Resources	$ 163,285,432.13
ZEO	Zeotech Limited	0.053	308	Resources	$ 74,149,712.75
SVM	Sovereign Metals	0.375	308	Resources	$ 147,839,085.38
ARV	Artemis Resources	0.11	307	Resources	$ 125,044,074.87
DTZ	Dotz Nano Ltd	0.24	307	Tech	$ 90,331,770.72
MGV	Musgrave Minerals	0.36	304	Resources	$ 187,933,222.80

2020’s top three winners on the ASX

Taking the gold medal for ASX winners in 2020 is property developer Ultima United (ASX:UUL), having risen from under 2 cents to 50 cents.

The company has projects in Australia and Japan is looking at developing special disability accommodation under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

It hopes to begin construction on its flagship Bentley project in WA next year.

Silver medal goes to gold stock Brightstar Resources (ASX:BTR) which was until recently known as Stone Resources.

The company sold its Ben Hur gold project to Regis Resources (ASX:RRL) in a deal that reaped $10m up front plus a 1 per cent net smelter royalty in gold produced from the project. It is now looking to its Brightstar project near Laverton in WA.

Winning bronze is Legacy Iron Ore (ASX:LCY) which like Brightstar has a gold deposit around Laverton and is priming to drill next year.

But it also holds the Mt Bevan iron ore project which had been mothballed. Surging iron ore prices have left investors speculating it’ll dust it off.

Resources winners

Resources dominated the ASX’s 2020 winners list. The two biggest exploration success stories were De Grey Mining (ASX:DEG) and Chalice (ASX:CHN). They’re up by 1880 per cent and 1591 per cent respectively.

Wedged in between them is Vulcan Resources (ASX:VUL), sitting on a 1629 per cent gain.

In 2019 it pivoted from a copper-zinc project in Norway to a lithium project in Germany and has never looked back. The move gained even more attention in recent months as the electric vehicle boom ramped up.

A handful of rare earths plays were winners too, the biggest being Pensana Rare Earths (ASX:PM8) which began exploration at its project in Angola and has seen solid results thus far.

Tech winners

Tech produced the next highest number of ASX winners in 2020 (16) but nowhere near the resources sector.

All the tech companies on this list would arguably fit into individual sectors in their own right from ecommerce to cybersecurity. But coming out on top is payments company IOUpay (ASX:IOU) which has gained 1900 per cent.

The company has eyed off growth in the fast-growing ASEAN region. It is already one of the largest mobile banking and payment services providers in Malaysia, currently processing more than 17 million transactions per month, but is anticipating more growth in 2021.

Another notable winner was the ASX’s only pure play AI stock Brainchip (ASX:BRN). This company has been working on a computer chip that can mimic the human brain and has made substantial strides this year.

Several stocks have gained from the boom in cybersecurity but coming out on top is Tesserent (ASX:TNT) which is up 673 per cent, having made $100m in revenue in just three quarters and several acquisitions.

Geospatial analytics specialist Pointerra (ASX:3DP) has also taken off in the second half of this year since Bevan Slattery bought into the company and it made significant revenue gains this year.

Other winners

In the health sector, the top ASX winner was once again Race Oncology (ASX:RAC) which made further strides with its cancer-fighting drug Bisantrene.

Other ASX winners in health during 2020 include test kit makers Rhythm Biosciences (ASX:RHY) which focuses on colorectal cancer test kits and TBG Diagnostics (ASX:TDL) which focuses on COVID-19.

While Rhythm made significant strides all year, TBG has been suspended since mid-March when it announced its test kits were approved in Europe.

TBG has been suspended ever since as the ASX sought answers on how investors found out about its test kits before the news was announced. China blocked it from exporting the kits.

The consumer sector’s winner was Harris Technology (ASX:HT8) which is an online retailer selling, among other things, hygiene products.

Following them was meal kit delivery company Marley Spoon (ASX:MMM) which found lockdowns and the closure of restaurants in its various markets to be a godsend.

In energy, East Energy Resources (ASX:EER) sits on top thanks to a 1100 per cent gain which came in a single day in September. The surge came without any news from the company and led to its suspension.

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