There are 2,077 ASX-listed smaller companies stocks, known colloquially as small caps; that is, companies outside of the ASX-100 index. Of those, just 200 comprise the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index, which represents the small cap members of the S&P/ASX 300 Index. The index covers approximately 7% of Australian equity market capitalisation.

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