{"id":27713,"date":"2026-04-16T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=27713"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:35:48","slug":"what-are-large-cap-mid-cap-and-small-cap-stocks","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/article\/what-are-large-cap-mid-cap-and-small-cap-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"What are large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stocks in India are classified into three categories based on market capitalisation large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap. SEBI defines these categories so that fund houses and investors have a common reference point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Large-cap stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the top 100 companies by market cap listed on Indian exchanges. Companies like Reliance Industries, TCS, and HDFC Bank fall in this category. Large-cap stocks are generally more stable, have strong track records, and are widely tracked by analysts. They tend to be less volatile but offer moderate growth potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mid-cap stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are companies ranked 101st to 250th by market cap. They are typically growing businesses that have moved past the early stage but are not yet in the large-cap bracket. Mid-cap stocks offer a balance between growth potential and risk higher than large-caps, but lower than small-caps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Small-cap stocks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are companies ranked 251st and beyond. Small-cap stocks can offer high growth potential but carry higher risk. They tend to be less liquid, less researched, and more sensitive to market fluctuations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht_kb_category":[2969],"ht_kb_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/27713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/27713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27715,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/27713\/revisions\/27715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=27713"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=27713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}