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In the United States, a small cap company is a company whose market capitalization (shares x value of each share) is considered small, from $250 million to $2 billion. Market caps terms may be different outside the United States.
Small-cap stocks are companies with market capitalizations of $300 million to $2 billion. Small-caps sit at the lower end of the market-cap spectrum, and as they expand, they can become mid-caps ...
The Russell 2000 is by far the most common benchmark for mutual funds that identify themselves as "small-cap", while the S&P 500 index is used primarily for large capitalization stocks. It is the most widely quoted measure of the overall performance of small-cap to mid-cap company shares.
The benchmark small-cap stock index, the Russell 2000, climbed 8.9% during the third quarter. That outpaced the large-cap S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) return of 5.5%.
Small-cap stocks are trading for their lowest price-to-book valuation relative to their large-cap counterparts in more than 25 years. The average stock in the S&P 500 trades for 4.7 times book ...
The index, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, comprises the common stocks of 600 small-cap, mostly American, companies. Although called the S&P 600, the index contains 602 stocks because it includes two share classes of stock from 2 of its component companies.
Small cap may refer to: Market capitalization. Small cap company, a company whose market capitalization is under $1 billion; Small capital letter; See also.
Small-cap stocks have been on fire since the election, with the Russell 2000 handily beating its large-cap cousin, the S&P 500 . And while ...