We recently compiled a list of the 10 Micro-, Small-Cap Companies Lead Monday's Charge. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ:EVGN) stands against the other stocks.

The stock market ended the first trading day of the week in the negative territory, with all major indices recording hefty losses, as investors continued to digest the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and his criticism of the Federal Reserve.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell the hardest among the major indices, down 2.55 percent, followed by the Dow Jones at 2.48 percent, and the S&P 500 at 2.36 percent.

Meanwhile, 10 companies bucked a broader market bloodbath, recording strong gains during the day. We have listed the 10 top-performing companies, dominated by micro- to small-cap stocks, and detailed the reasons behind their gains.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with less than $1 billion in market capitalization.

A close-up of a scientist in a lab coat manipulating computational predictive tools.

Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ:EVGN)

Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ:EVGN) crawled back to the $1 territory on Monday, jumping 30.93 percent to close at $1.27 apiece following news that it agreed to sell a controlling stake in Lavie Bio Ltd. to ICL, a global specialty minerals and chemicals company.

According to Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ:EVGN), the acquisition includes its MicroBoost AI for AG platform and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of the year.

Additionally, ICL will gain access to Lavie Bio's assets, including its core team, BDD technology platform, microbial bank, data assets, the majority of its development programs, and its commercial products.

Upon completion, ICL expects to strengthen its position in the ag-biologicals sector.

Lavie Bio is known for its work in the ag-biologicals sector. It develops microbiome-based products aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Overall EVGN ranks 9th on our list of Monday's top performers. While we acknowledge the potential of EVGN as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than EVGN but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

 

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