Small caps have been plagued by negative earnings growth for years. That has led to significant underperformance relative to the S&P 500. S&P 600 earnings growth finally turned positive in 2025 and is ...

Small-cap stocks are outperforming large- and mid-cap stocks in the third quarter. The technology sector, specifically the semiconductor industry, has driven gains in small caps and the broader market ...

For more than a decade, large caps have consistently outperformed small caps. The early performance of equities in 2026 demonstrates why small caps should be held as part of a diversified portfolio ...

Bank of America strategists are bullish on small cap stocks (IWM), (SP600) in 2026, expecting them to outperform both mid- (SP400) and large caps (SP500) after facing numerous challenges in 2025. “The ...

A surge in private capital flows is incentivizing some companies to stay private for longer, intensifying business competition, and causing more public companies to be taken private. The effect: The ...

Small- and mid-cap stocks are expected to outperform mega-cap stocks this year, driven by a leadership shift and profit recovery, according to Jill Carey Hall, head of U.S. Small and Mid Cap Strategy ...

The S&P 500 is down on the year through late March, but surprisingly, small caps are not. This divergence, while not dramatic in size, reflects something more meaningful happening underneath the ...

Wall Street had a wobbly start to 2026, with major stock indices ending the year’s first trading day with a mixed note. While the S&P 500 inched up 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7 ...

Everyone and their brother in the Wall Street pundit crowd seems to be rallying around the same message these days: "buy small caps, they are out of favor, cheap, and due to recover. I say PROVE IT.

Russell 2000 companies collectively carry over $800 billion in debt, with approximately $368 billion maturing in 2026 and another $341 billion in 2027. Here’s the problem, tough. 43% of small-caps are ...