: a usually unlisted highly speculative stock usually selling for a dollar or less
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Shares of the penny stock jumped about 130% in Thursday’s session.—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026 Its shares are in the penny stock range, closing at just under 40 cents a share on Friday.—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026 The Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belfort, who was serving time for fraud related to his notorious penny stock scheme immortalized by Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film.—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Traditionally, however, penny stocks are pretty risky.—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for penny stock