small-cap

American  

[smawl-kap] / ˈsmɔlˈkæp /

adjective

1. designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of under $1 billion: considered to have more growth potential and higher investment risk.

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small-cap

Depending on which index one consults, a dollar invested in U.S. small-cap stocks a century ago grew to five or six times as much as one invested in the large-cap S&P 500.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Unlike their larger peers, small-cap companies also often rely more heavily on floating-rate debt, instead of locking in borrowing costs through longer-term, fixed-rate bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The valuations of small-cap stocks have dropped significantly, and are now below their historical averages during times when interest rates were 5% to 7%, according to analysts at Bank of America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Blazek added that many of last year’s outperforming small-cap AI stocks have since graduated to midcap and large-cap indexes, removing key growth drivers and further weighing on the Russell 2000s recent performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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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