small-cap

See also: smallcap and small cap

English

Adjective

small-cap (not comparable)

1. (finance, of stocks) Whose market capitalization is between $300 million to $2 billion.

   Coordinate terms: micro-cap, mid-cap, big-cap, large-cap, mega-cap

   • 2010 [1991], Ken Fisher, “Watershed”, in Aaron Anderson, editor, The Making of a Market Guru, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 155:

     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.

Noun

small-cap (plural small-caps)

1. A company or stock with a small-cap market capitalization.

   Coordinate terms: large cap, mega cap

   • 2001, David Gardner, Tom Gardner, The Motley Fool Investment Guide […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 100:

     Now, before stirring small-caps into your investment cauldron, you must first thoroughly understand the ingredients and their effects.

Alternative forms

• small cap