Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to corporations whose retained earnings and outstanding shares of common stock have a value between those of small cap companies and large cap corporations.
  • adjective Of or relating to mutual funds that invest in the stock of such corporations.

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  • adjective finance Having medium market capitalization, often defined as between 2 and 10 billion US dollars
  • noun finance A stock with medium market capitalization.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[mid– + cap.]

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mid- +‎ cap

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Examples

  • The uptrend remains intact and the stock price Rs 60 is the target we are looking at, so it is one midcap which is now into very strong medium term uptrend so this is a good hold.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010

  • French midcap PagesJaunes skidded 8.2% after the directories business said late Monday that second-quarter orders fell short of expectations "due to social unrest among the PagesJaunes sales force in France."

    Asian, European Markets Pause Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

  • Likewise, small- and midcap tech rose more than 20%, while large-cap technology gained just 9%.

    Why Large Caps Look Good Ben Levisohn 2011

  • Likewise, midcap gains slow from 37.3% to 9.5% to 6.3%, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch research.

    Why Large Caps Look Good Ben Levisohn 2011

  • With a market capitalization of roughly $8 billion, Xilinx is large by midcap standards, but is dwarfed by Intel's whopping $116 billion market capitalization.

    Bullish Options Plays In Midcap Chip Stocks Joseph Hargett 2011

  • Virtus is sticking to its core strategy of buying midcap and small-cap companies that are market leaders and earn the bulk of their revenues from domestic consumption, insulating them from global shocks.

    Investors Sour on Developing World Matt Wirz 2011

  • The index comprises largecap as well as midcap stocks.

    Morning News Roundup 2011

  • French midcap PagesJaunes skidded 8.2% after the directories business said late Monday that second-quarter orders fell short of expectations "due to social unrest among the PagesJaunes sales force in France."

    European Stocks Stuck in Neutral Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

  • The remainder of the stock portion would comprise small and midcap U.S. stocks, additional non-U.S. stocks and possibly another equity position.

    Why Dividend Stocks Aren't the New Bonds Michael A. Pollock 2012

  • With a market capitalization of roughly $8 billion, Xilinx is large by midcap standards, but is dwarfed by Intel's whopping $116 billion market capitalization.

    Bullish Options Plays In Midcap Chip Stocks Joseph Hargett 2011

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