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Small Capitalization Companies: What Does Financial Analysis Tell Us about Them?
Author(s) -
Dwyer Hubert J.,
Lynn Richard
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
financial review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1540-6288
pISSN - 0732-8516
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1989.tb00349.x
Subject(s) - business , capitalization , market capitalization , stock (firearms) , accounting , financial ratio , stock market , finance , philosophy , linguistics , mechanical engineering , paleontology , horse , engineering , biology
The study considers a broad range of accounting information and ratios for a group of small and large companies from 1965 through 1980. It seeks to answer the following questions: Are the financial ratios of small companies significantly different from those of larger companies? Are these differences commensurate with relative stock market performance? What are the implications for investors who may wish to invest in small companies, either individually or through mutual funds specializing in the stock of small companies?