It's a wrong conception that
quality small cap stocks fall more in bear market... Only «Low quality stocks» (be it largecap or smallcap) fall more in bear market..
Hope you would agree that there would be more quality large cap stocks than
quality small cap stocks (as a ratio).
Today
a quality small cap stock may have less liquidity but as the time aheads, more market participants recognize that quality small cap, liquidity increases and thus quality small cap generates multi-fold return...
What does one do when one is holding a good
quality small cap stock recommended by you but still sees the prices falling as it is a bear market?
Not exact matches
And since the Tech Bubble, we have seen unprecedented amounts of liquidity funneled into the capital markets, and highly - levered, credit - sensitive,
smaller -
cap and lower -
quality stocks and sectors outperformed their more liquid, larger -
cap, higher -
quality counterparts.
We've created a model portfolio that helps investors find high
quality dividend
stocks: 10 Large / Mid
Cap & 10
Small Cap stocks that earn our Attractive or Very Attractive rating and offer high
quality dividend yields.
10 Large / Mid
Cap & 10
Small Cap stocks that earn our Attractive or Very Attractive rating and offer high
quality dividend yields.
There are still
quality small -
caps out there, but on average
small caps are overvalued compared to large and mid
cap stocks.
The O'Shares FTSE Russell
Small Cap Quality Dividend ETF tracks an index of US small - cap stocks weighted for exposure to quality, low volatility, and high yield fac
Small Cap Quality Dividend ETF tracks an index of US small - cap stocks weighted for exposure to quality, low volatility, and high yield facto
Cap Quality Dividend ETF tracks an index of US small - cap stocks weighted for exposure to quality, low volatility, and high yield f
Quality Dividend ETF tracks an index of US
small - cap stocks weighted for exposure to quality, low volatility, and high yield fac
small -
cap stocks weighted for exposure to quality, low volatility, and high yield facto
cap stocks weighted for exposure to
quality, low volatility, and high yield f
quality, low volatility, and high yield factors.
They estimate that high
quality stocks might make 1 % a year,
small caps will be flat and large
caps in general will lose nearly 1 % a year.
Lord Abbett is an independent asset management firm approaching
small and micro
cap investing by relying on fundamental research to identify
quality growth
stocks.
At the end of the day, however, our empirical findings and those of Asness et al. are similar:
quality small -
cap stocks can be a good source of excess return.
We find that for large -
cap stocks in the aggregate,
quality stocks do not have a performance advantage over junk
stocks.3 By contrast, in the
small -
cap universe,
quality stocks outperform junk
stocks.
Ultimately, the equity investor will haul in a larger alpha catch by emulating the skilled fisherman: first, identifying a promising location (i.e.,
small cap stocks), then using multiple lines and hooks (i.e., implementing value, momentum, and
quality strategies to exploit the chum of risk and mispricing in each), and lastly, dangling the lure of skilled active management to tease out the
smallest trading costs possible.
Our analysis shows that the profitability or
quality factor plays a meaningful role in cross-sectional dispersion of
small -
cap stocks» returns.
The
Small Cap Quality portfolio is a portfolio designed to systematically deliver return and risk characteristics of small cap quality stocks within the US equity ma
Small Cap Quality portfolio is a portfolio designed to systematically deliver return and risk characteristics of small cap quality stocks within the US equity mark
Cap Quality portfolio is a portfolio designed to systematically deliver return and risk characteristics of small cap quality stocks within the US equity
Quality portfolio is a portfolio designed to systematically deliver return and risk characteristics of
small cap quality stocks within the US equity ma
small cap quality stocks within the US equity mark
cap quality stocks within the US equity
quality stocks within the US equity market.
It's important to note that «RAFI Size Factor» is not the same as the RAFI 1500 for
small companies, but rather is a blend of four factor - tilt strategies, each formed within the universe of
small -
cap stocks:
small value,
small momentum,
small low volatility, and
small quality (a factor that combines profitability and investment metrics).
However, I am fully agreed to you on the point that
Stock Guru like you has successfully proved it again and again that your insight and superb
quality of exploring those hidden gems of mid
caps and
small caps like Can Fin Homes, Caplin Point, Suprajit Engg etc convinced that how a
quality midcap or a
small cap can make miracles!
Simple reason, smallcap index itself is filled with poor
quality junk
stocks... So, the point of the article is if you have the ability to select
quality small cap or mid
cap stocks then it will outperform the best
quality large
cap stocks like TCS, Sun Pharma, ITC etc across any market situation...
It will be hard to accept, if I directly conclude that
quality small caps and mid
caps can offer more safety, better dividend yield and obviously better return than large
cap stocks across any market cycle (bull and bear market).
It is absolutely fine even if you have 100 % exposure in «
quality mid
cap and
small cap stocks».
Index comparison will provide opposite result because out of 500
small cap stocks that constitute
small cap index, only 10 - 20
stocks are good
quality stocks... So obviously,
small cap index will underperform..
Again, liquidity fear will come from poor
quality stocks be it large or
small cap....
Important Notification — We at Paul Asset, recommend high
quality, high conviction fundamentally strong
small cap or mid
cap stocks on every month.Check out what our existing clients are saying.
From the entire universe of
small cap stocks, only 1 % -2 % may have all the characteristics of «
quality small caps».
From the above discussion, now it is clear that if you can select
quality stocks from mid
cap and
small cap space then it can easily outperform large
cap stocks on every front — be it capital appreciation or dividend yield or steady cash flow.
However Franklin is known for its
quality stock picking and Risk - rating is low compared to DSPBR, however only 38 %
stock to
small cap allocation.
Moreover,
quality small caps can be less volatile than the large
cap stocks.
From a longer - term perspective, investing in a
small cap emerging business and seeing it grow to a mid-
cap and then to a large -
cap is the best way to be a part of the growth of a
quality stock and simultaneously earn exponential returns.
That's because
small cap stocks vary widely in
quality.
The reality is that international
small -
cap stocks have better
quality statistics and forward growth expectations than domestic
small -
cap stocks.
Our approach is conservative and our focus is on mid - to large -
cap stocks although we also include a few high -
quality small -
cap picks.
The larger universe of
stocks and lower requirements provides a wider choice of still high
quality dividend payers, particularly in the Mid-
Cap and
Small Cap areas.
While that's not a terrible expected return, it's also far lower than this high -
quality small cap dividend growth
stock can return and has in the past, when purchased at more attractive valuations.