just spent the last hour screening for best cheap stocks to buy right now and honestly found some interesting stuff. been hearing a lot about how the market's still pumped on AI and some sectors are quietly making moves. so i went through thousands of tickers under $10 and filtered down to ones with actual analyst backing and positive earnings revisions. the criteria was pretty strict - solid volume, good zacks ranks, and multiple analysts covering them. ended up with a decent list.

one that caught my eye was SNDL, the canadian cannabis play. stock ran 80% in the past few months and there's been noise about potential rescheduling from the administration. what's wild is it's still trading like 70% below where analysts think it should be at. the company's got retail operations across canada, plus cannabis production and other segments. they actually beat earnings recently and their projections have been getting upgraded. going from losses to slight profitability next year, which is why it got ranked as a buy.

the thing about best cheap stocks to buy right now under $10 is you gotta be selective. yeah they're more speculative than higher priced stuff, but if you actually dig into the data and find ones with improving fundamentals, you can find some winners. SNDL's sitting under $3 and trying to hold support. might be worth a look if you're into that sector. there's apparently 70 other names that passed the same screen if you wanna dig deeper yourself.