small-cap meaning: definition, quotations

small-cap

adj

Business, Finance Of stocks Whose 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:

noun

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:

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