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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Example Sentences

Aperio’s direct-index strategies for advisory clients go well beyond the S&P 500 and can incorporate value indexes, foreign stocks, emerging markets, small-cap stocks, and bonds of different stripes.

From Barron's

Sandisk, with a market capitalization of about $33 billion as of Monday, had stuck out in the small-cap index for being much bigger in terms of market value than the others.

From MarketWatch

It’s rare for a company to make the leap from the small-cap index to the S&P 500.

From Barron's

But it does raise the question of how it adds value to your portfolio compared with, say, high-tech stocks or small-cap stocks or even call options on the Nasdaq.

From MarketWatch

The company isn’t in the S&P 500 or S&P’s mid-cap and small-cap indexes.

From Barron's