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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Underappreciated Rule-Breaking Small Caps

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Investing, Business

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, analysts Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, and Toby Bordelon spotlight three off-the-radar small caps with very different stories. The team dives into: - Why the renewable energy industry deserves a second look, even with policy headwinds - If Phinia offers a pragmatic hedge against a slower-than-expected EV transition - A rapidly expanding premium Chinese tea-house that has changing unit economics Companies discussed: ENPH, FLNC, PHIN, TSLA, CHA, LKNCY Host: Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, Toby Bordelon Producer: Anand Chokkavelu Engineer: Bart Shannon, Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today on Motley Full Money, we're diving into three small caps that are off most investors'

0:09.9

radars, but not ours.

0:25.8

I'm Emily Flippid, and today I'm joined by analyst Jason Hall and Toby Bordelon to discuss each of our picks for rule-breaking small caps that we expect our listeners may have never heard of

0:31.1

before. We have a rapidly expanding tea house with unit economics that will make your mouth water,

0:36.7

a niece industrial player that I expect

0:38.7

Toby thinks is undervalued. But to start, let's talk about a couple of small caps in an industry

0:43.6

that may have been ridden off entirely. And Jason, I actually think saying that this sector,

0:49.1

which is the energy sector, saying that it's been ridden off is actually really probably an

0:53.8

understatement.

0:54.5

It's been one of the worst performing sectors this year, with green energy in particular,

0:58.9

losing a lot of policy tailwinds as initiatives have been increasingly rolled back.

1:03.4

And yet your small cat pick really flies in the face of that narrative.

1:07.1

So why is this sector in renewable energy in general worth a second look right now?

1:11.4

Well, I think it's so compelling. And in the rule breakers mindset, I'm going to immediately

1:15.0

break the rules and talk about two stocks that I think are compelling that are part of two

1:20.2

different parts of the story here. Renewable energy stocks, like you said, they've really,

1:25.1

it's not just been this year. They've really struggled since interest rates started to be ratcheted higher back in 2022, we saw central

1:32.6

banks around the world take aggressive steps to fight out of control inflation. The reality,

1:37.9

and if we look at solar, really, there's two different segments. There's residential, which

1:42.2

is call it a third of the market, and then the other

1:44.8

two thirds is utility scale solar. It's expensive, and the realities that it's almost always funded

1:51.0

with debt. So interest rates going up, that really hit residential solar extremely hard. And of the

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