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The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Small-Cap Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Motley Fool. This strategy looks for small cap growth stocks with solid fundamentals and strong price performance.

DORCHESTER MINERALS LP (DMLP) is a small-cap value stock in the Oil & Gas Operations industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 49% to 76% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Dorchester Minerals, L.P. is an owner of producing and non-producing oil and natural gas minerals, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests. The Company is engaged in the acquisition, ownership, and administration of royalty properties and net profits interest (NPI). The NPI represents a net profits overriding royalty interest burdening various properties owned by the operating partnership. The Royalty Properties consist of producing and nonproducing minerals, royalty, overriding royalty, net profits, and leasehold interests located in 593 counties and parishes in 28 states. It has mineral and royalty interests totaling approximately 460,000 net acres located in 593 counties and parishes across Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and others. Its subsidiaries include Dorchester Minerals Oklahoma LP, Dorchester Minerals Oklahoma GP, Inc., Maecenas Minerals LLP, Dorchester-Maecenas GP LLC, The Buffalo Co. and DMLPTBC GP LLC.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of DORCHESTER MINERALS LP

BANK7 CORP (BSVN) is a small-cap value stock in the Money Center Banks industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 49% to 76% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Bank7 Corp. is a bank holding company. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank7, it operates twelve full-service branches in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The Bank is a full-service commercial bank. It focuses on the development of deep business relationships with its commercial customers and their principals. Its consumer lending services include residential real estate loans and mortgage banking services, personal lines of credit, loans for the purchase of automobiles, and other installment loans. It focuses on the loan categories, such as commercial real estate lending, hospitality lending, energy lending, and commercial and industrial lending. The Bank offers deposit banking products includes commercial deposit services, commercial checking, money market, and other deposit accounts, and retail deposit services such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, and automated teller machine access.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of BANK7 CORP

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