Meanings
- not comparablebusinessWhose market capitalization is between $300 million to $2 billion.
All stocks, even the 500 largest, did pretty well–but on average small-cap stocks did better than big-cap stocks and value stocks beat growth stocks.
2010 [1991], Ken Fisher, “Watershed”, in Aaron Anderson, editor, The Making of a Market Guru, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155
plural small-caps · alternative small cap
- A company or stock with a small-cap market capitalization.
Now, before stirring small-caps into your investment cauldron, you must first thoroughly understand the ingredients and their effects.
2001, David Gardner, Tom Gardner, The Motley Fool Investment Guide […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 100
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars
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