small-cap
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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On Holding is their favorite specialty retailer, and Garage owner Groupe Dynamite is their small-cap pick.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The Russell 2000 fell on Friday, but the small-cap index is up nearly 17% since the end of March.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
“The contributions are invested in mutual funds tracking the S&P 500, small-cap stocks and international equities.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
That has left public small-cap indexes with a larger share of younger, less profitable and more speculative companies, Sagal said.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
Outsourcing news bulletins to India also allows Reuters to extend the breadth of its reporting to more small-cap companies, companies it was not cost-efficient for Reuters to follow before with higher-paid journalists in New York.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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