Summary
- Hive stocks have shot up nearly 1690 per cent year-to-date (YTD). The virtual currency miner’s 30-day average stock trading volume has touched 5.56 million units.
- People Corporation stocks have swelled over 51 per cent YTD. The stock also offers positive returns on equity and assets.
- These TSXV-listed companies rank among TMX’s Rising Stars list, guided by their last three-month stock performances.
The Toronto Stock Exchange Venture (TSXV) Composite Index is up almost 41 per cent in the last six months, led by the massive surge from emerging companies like Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (TSXV:HIVE) and People Corporation (TSXV:PEO). The above two stocks rank highly on TMX’s Rising Stars, a list of TSXV stocks with the largest price gains in the last three months.
People Corporation recently announced that Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is interested in acquiring all its issued and outstanding common stocks at C$ 15.22 per share in cash for a total equity value of nearly C$ 1.13 billion. The company’s Board of Directors unanimously accepted this deal.
We take a glance at two rising stars stock movements:
Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (TSXV:HIVE)
Current Stock Price: C$ 1.79
Stocks of the digital currency miner have skyrocketed nearly 1690 per cent year-to-date (YTD). The blockchain stock has zoomed over 426 per cent in the last six months. The financial stock has soared over 336 per cent in the last three months. Its current market cap is C$ 618.75 million.
The blockchain developer’s 10-day average stock trading volume is 5.21 million units, and its 30-day average volume stands at nearly 5.56 million units. With this performance, the stock made it to TMX’s Top volume stocks that have traded most actively in the last 10 days. The stock also ranks highly among junior financial services.
Its current price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 13.769, and the price-to-cashflow (P/CF) is 71.70. The stock delivers earnings per share of C$ 0.06. a. Its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is 25.40, as per TMX data.
The capital market firm generated revenue from virtual currency mining of US$ 13.0 million, an 8 per cent growth year-over-year. The company posted a record cash flow of US$ 10.6 million.

People Corporation (TSXV:PEO)
Current Stock Price: C$ 15.09
The business services provider stock has gained over 51 per cent YTD. The stock has added nearly 47 per cent gains in the last three months.
The stock places among TMX’s top industrial stocks that have the largest price gains across the market (TSX and TSXV) in the last 30 days.
The industrial stock’s current market cap is C$ 1.085 billion. It offers a positive return on equity and a positive return on assets of almost 4 per cent and 1.88 per cent, respectively. Its present P/B ratio is 4.98, and the P/CF ratio is 24.90, according to TMX data.
In the fiscal year ended on 31 August 2020, the company recorded revenue of $210.8 million, an increase of 29.8 per cent from $162.5 million in 2019. Its annual adjusted EBITDA surged by 68.3 per cent to C$ 60.7 million in FY20 against C$ 36.1 million in FY19.