A. S. Suresh* and C. Tharun
The research paper is organized to analyze the risk and return of selected small cap stocks listed on NSE and also to compare the performance of each stock against the benchmark. The data is collected for a period of 9 years i.e., from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2022. The paper compares the performance of each stock taking Nifty 50 index as benchmark. The study is purely based on secondary data collected from NSE. The data were collected based on daily prices of the selected small cap stocks, and with the help of daily prices annual return were calculated for a period of 9 years. The study shows that Tata Elxsi, Aarti drugs, HDFC Bank and Kotak Bank have given highest returns during the study period. Whereas the return of ICICI bank is lowest during the same period. The beta of all the stocks are positive, indicating that all the shares carry a higher risk.
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