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large-capitalization

large-capitalization

7.0
About stocks of big companies worth five billion dollars or more
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɑrdʒ ˌkæpɪtəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : de gran capitalización
  • large-capitalization stocks
  • large-capitalization growth

Examples

  • The headline finding in the study thus merely confirms previous research showing that actively managed large-capitalization stock funds have trouble beating their benchmarks.

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  • The Standard & Poor's 500 index, which includes many large-capitalization stocks, showed significant gains last quarter.

  • Investors often prefer large-capitalization companies for their stability and lower risk compared to smaller firms.

  • During the market rally, several large-capitalization stocks reached all-time highs, attracting more investment.

Synonyms

large-cap
vslarge-capitalization
  • Specialized
2 6.9

Of companies with very large value on the stock market, often five billion dollars or more

has identical meaning but is a different written or stylistic form

Antonyms

small-capitalization
  • Specialized
7.9

Of companies worth less than one billion dollars

How Large

large-capitalization
  • Specialized
7.0
midcap
  • Jargon
6.3
small-capitalization
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

large-capitalization positive

Morphology

large-capitalization = large + capitalization (semi-transparent) = large + capital + ization

The compound form is structurally clear, but the stock-market sense of 'capitalization' and the fixed financial threshold are specialized and not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Large-capitalization breaks into large, meaning 'big', and capitalization, from capital, which comes from Latin caput meaning 'head' and later 'money'. So large-capitalization means companies that are 'big' in terms of how much all their shares are worth.