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With more than seven million users moving through HotCopper forums every year, there’s always bound to be some fireside chats – and some companies and stocks definitely shaped as more discussed than others in 2024.
Buy now, pay later player Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) was a clear standout on that front with nearly 34 thousand comments on HotCopper’s forums from January through to December.
Biotech-cross-resources explorer BPH Energy (ASX:BPH) ran second when it came to discussions with users logging 32 thousand comments for the year; clinical-stage immuno-oncology company Imugene (ASX:IMU) was third with 31.6K.
Interestingly, BPH was one of the smallest small-caps among popular HotCopper stocks.
The entire top ten was rounded out by darlings like LTR and Pilbara Minerals.
HotCopper’s Head of Growth Timothy Sylvester said there were “no surprises” in the top ten for anyone dialled into the forums this year.
“There’s a very common theme here where if there’s regular traction for any company doing well then discussions naturally spring up there,” Mr Sylvester said.
“What we saw here too was that the size of the companies, the size of the cap, [that] doesn’t matter… and discussions are sector agnostic too. All that matters is all the external influences into those stocks.”
Here are the stocks that got chins wagging on HotCopper the most:
- Zip Co (ASX:ZIP)
- BPH Energy (ASX:BPH)
- Imugene (ASX:IMU)
- Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR)
- Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA)
- Mesoblast (ASX:MSB)
- Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS)
- Brainchip (ASX:BRN)
- Invictus Energy (ASX:IVZ)
- Spenda (ASX:SPX)
Finola Burke, Managing Director at RAAS Group, pointed out Spenda specifically as one that was “unsurprisingly” highly talked about.
“They’ve made an acquisition in September to round out their tech stack and the strategy they started talking about a couple of years ago – when we started covering them – is actually finally coming into play and you can see that coming through on their numbers.”
The integrated business platform is most definitely one to watch in 2025, Ms Burke added, though warned they “may not be there quite yet.”
Four companies here were also among 2024’s most watched stocks.
For further analysis on HotCopper’s Most Discussed stocks, watch the video above.
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