Investing
Market cap (large, mid, small)
Also known as: Market capitalisation, Large cap, Mid cap, Small cap
The total value of a company's shares, used to sort funds into large, mid, and small cap buckets.
Market cap is a company's share price times its number of shares. It is basically the company's size sticker.
In India, the top 100 companies are large cap, the next 150 are mid cap, and the rest are small cap.
Large caps are steadier, small caps are riskier but can grow faster. A fund's category tells you which end of that risk scale you are on.
For example
A large-cap fund holds giants like TCS and Reliance. A small-cap fund holds lesser-known companies that can double or halve much faster.