Small-cap stocks are beginning to draw renewed attention in 2026 as investors reassess where the next leg of returns could come from.

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 ...

On January 2, Royce Investment released its Small-Cap Recap Q4 2025 report, highlighting that the last quarter of 2025 saw the Russell 2000 and Russell Microcap Indexes each in positive territory.

Small-cap stocks have trailed large caps for 15 years -- an historical anomaly. Eras of small-cap and large-cap outperformance generally last 6 to 16 years. There are three reasons to believe a ...

In 2025, small-cap stocks underperformed. The Russell 2000 Index tracks the performance of 2,000 U.S. small-cap stocks, delivering a total return of around 13% in 2025. This was significantly below ...

Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on. But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside ...

As part of the latest installment of Yahoo Finance's ETF Report, Allspring Global Investments portfolio manager of small and mid-cap ETFs John Campbell, sits down with Julie Hyman to discuss the stock ...

Smaller companies, cyclicals and bonds will help protect investors in a market that’s teeming with AI uncertainties, says ...

The stock market is shifting away from a few dozen tech and mega-cap winners into stocks that have been under-the-radar and left behind. We’re still early in this trend, and buying small-cap ETFs like ...