microcap

English

Alternative forms

• micro-cap

Etymology

From micro- +‎ cap (short for capitalization).

Adjective

microcap (not comparable)

1. (US, finance) Having a very small market capitalization of roughly $300 million or less.

Noun

microcap (plural microcaps)

1. (US, finance) The stock of a public company with a market capitalization of roughly $300 million or less.
   • 2007 July 8, J. Alex Tarquinio, “Loving What Nobody Wants”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     But they are not looking for the extremely small stocks known as microcaps.

Coordinate terms

• nanocap
• small-cap
• midcap
• large cap