Small and mid-caps likely to see big gains in CY21, say analysts

Higher earnings growth, lower costs, and valuations favour smaller companies

Ram Prasad Sahu & Yash Upadhyaya | Mumbai
Last Updated at January 3, 2021 20:27 IST

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After two-and-a-half years of muted returns, small- and mid-capitalisation companies made a comeback in CY20, outperforming their larger peers. While the BSE MidCap index enriched investors by 22 per cent, the SmallCap index was up 21 per cent; these were 500-600 basis points higher than the benchmark indices. The outperformance of the stocks in these categories is expected to continue in the current year, believe brokerages.

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