Is it beneficial to invest in small and mid-cap stocks?
Stocks of the companies that have small
proportion of market share in their industries and with good managements bear
foremost potential of exponential growth. Such companies are usually have small cap and medium cap stocks and therefore
Multibagger stocks are generally from small or medium cap stocks.
Now what is this Multibagger returns or
Multibagger Stocks???
Multibagger stocks are stocks that are
expected to give multiple times returns in specific time period. Suppose stock
delivered you 1 time (100%) return in 3 years than the stocks are known as
single bagger stocks. If stocks give 5 times returns then they are 5 bagger
stocks. Same way if you get multiple times returns it means those are
multibagger stocks. For multibagger stocks you would need many bags to carry
its returns. Small cap and mid cap stocks has high growth capacity and deliver
high ROI as gives high capital appreciation.
Small-caps stocks generally refers to, shares of
companies where market capitalization, or the value of all shares owned by all
shareholders in the company amounts to less than 500 million. This definition
is not universal however, and in some cases companies with market
capitalization of as high as 2 billion may be referred to as small cap stocks.
Although small cap stocks can belong to any
industry, many small-cap companies are in new or high growth industries. These
companies may lack stable revenue and earnings but generally promise superior
growth prospects, and investors are drawn to invest in them in the search for
potentially higher returns.
In general, small cap stocks
are riskier as an asset class, since many small companies fail to continue as
viable businesses. However, if a small company does succeed, it generally
results in very handsome rewards for the investors in the stock of that company.
Investing in small cap stocks therefore is not for everyone. Such investments
are more suitable for growth investors, who are willing to take more risk and
have longer investment horizon, therefore Multibagger stocks are also known as growth
stocks.
It is a fact that many
successful big companies started very small and their stocks were small cap
stocks during the early stages of their evolution. The stock market is abound
with examples of companies such as Nilkamal, Eicher Motors, Page Industries, to
name a few, which were small businesses and had small market capitalization in
the beginning. Those individuals who invested in such companies at an early
stage and remained invested reaped huge returns over time. Long term investment in stocks can convert your merry thousand of rupees into lacs
in time span of few years. Below are few
examples of it…
Most small cap stocks belong
to companies that are still at an early stage of development. These companies
are normally more focused and devote their attention to a particular business
area. It is easier to analyze such companies and properly evaluate their
business prospects in the near future as opposed to bigger companies that can
have complex operations.
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