Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on September 3, 2026
AOUT, September 3: news and an after-hours run to $13.15
AOUT barely moved in the regular session after news, then ran to $13.15 after the close.
News via Stock News API
What happened
Before the open
The news came first: news at 4:05 p.m.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $9.97.
The close
It closed at $9.96, near its high. After the close it ran to $13.15 by 5:40 p.m.
What to take from it: The day's real move came after the 4 p.m. close, not in the regular session.
The details
How it traded, step by step
After-hours run. It opened up 0.2% at $9.97 and traded at $9.96 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 32.0% from $9.96 to $13.15 at 5:40 p.m. after the close, on 129,002 shares traded after hours.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $9.97, up 0.2% from the previous close |
| 3:40 p.m. | High of the day to the close, $10.14 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $9.96, 1.8% below the high |
| 4:05 p.m. | News (PRNewsWire): American Outdoor Brands, Inc. Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Financial Results |
| 4:06 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $9.95 |
The shape's name comes from a fixed rule, not a judgement (how shapes are named). Halts are in the halt table below.
The day in numbers
- Previous close
- $9.95
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $9.97
- Gap at the open
- +0.2%
- Pre-market high
- not available
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $10.14 at 3:40 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $9.73
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $9.96
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +0.1%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $13.15 at 5:40 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 36,188
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 129,002
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 6.3×
- Float
- 12.62 million shares, from filings as of September 3, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 12.62 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 1 minute after the latest news item before it (PRNewsWire, 4:05 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 0 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 300 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 164,890 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (100%).
- Other days AOUT met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on September 4, 2026.
- The next session, September 4, 2026, it was up 44.3% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.
On the day's lists: the intraday runners, after-hours movers. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the intraday runners: price $2 to $20, up 10% or more, relative volume 5× or more, float under 20 million shares, its high reached $1 or more and it started the day at $20 or under (the rule every page uses).
Halts (none)
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for AOUT that day.
Halt bands that day: the LULD plan's Amendment 18 rules (what that means, LULD calculator).
How we read the data, name a day's shape and pick the stocks: methodology.
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