Group 1 - The report highlights the performance of the North Exchange in 2025, indicating a significant rise in the North Index 50 to around 1400 points, with three distinct phases of market movement: rapid increase, oscillating rise, and a correction phase [2][12][15] - In the rapid increase phase (January 1 - March 11, 2025), the North Index 50 surged from 1,037.81 to 1,418.65 points, achieving a cumulative return of 36.70%, while the specialized index rose from 1,683.33 to 2,421.50 points, with a return of 43.85% [15][16] - The oscillating rise phase (April 7 - September 5, 2025) saw the North Index 50 increase from 1,044.07 to 1,647.01 points, yielding a cumulative return of 58.70%, and the specialized index from 1,759.64 to 2,806.39 points, with a return of 66.72% [16][17] Group 2 - The correction phase (September 15 - December 19, 2025) stabilized the North Index 50 and specialized index around 1400 and 2400 points, respectively, with the North Index 50 declining to 1,445.84 points and the specialized index to 2,440.21 points, resulting in cumulative returns of 39.32% and 44.96% [17][23] - The report emphasizes the performance of small-cap stocks, indicating that companies with market capitalizations of 0-20 billion, 20-40 billion, 40-80 billion, and above 80 billion had average returns of 54.08%, 38.60%, 18.26%, and 30.59%, respectively [26][31] - The report identifies that national and provincial-level "little giant" companies outperformed non-little giant firms, with average returns of 48.26%, 38.06%, and 39.19% for national, provincial, and non-little giants, respectively [27][29] Group 3 - The report highlights that national and provincial-level single champion companies achieved average returns of 59.27% compared to 39.61% for non-single champion companies [32][34] - In terms of industry performance, high-end equipment and new chemical materials sectors showed higher returns, with average returns of 50.20%, 28.67%, 48.49%, 40.43%, and 43.56% for high-end equipment, information technology, new chemical materials, consumer services, and biomedicine, respectively [34][36] - The report also notes that companies with new productive forces, ESG attributes, high scarcity, and high dividends had average returns of 50.49%, 48.44%, 49.14%, and 57.51%, respectively, indicating a strong performance in these categories [37][43]