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

A year earlier, just 21% of all managers did better than an index fund compared with 70% of small-cap managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The small-cap benchmark has been a canary in a coal mine ahead of U.S. recessions, but one also prone to dying of natural causes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Because tech has been grown so much for so long, successful small-cap tech companies don’t stay small for long.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“This topping pattern is evident in the slowing momentum of the S&P 500 index in the past five months, the steady increase in volatility, and the underlying rotation towards small-cap and value stocks,” Deluard noted.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 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