SME Stocks Offer Unmatched Growth Potential

SME investing has rewarded risk-takers in the past and as the family of SME stocks increases every year, the prospects of SME investing gets even better. Ganesh Vaybase tracks the SME stocks’ performance and highlights the top performers in the SME space while also discussing why SME investing is in vogue

- Ganesh Vaybase

SME (small-medium enterprises) investing is not new to market participants now that both the platforms i.e. BSE SME and NSE Emerge platforms are quite vibrant and regularly getting increasingly new businesses (SME) listed on the platform. Traditionally, the micro-caps and small-caps have been the favourite hunting ground for retail investors. SME investing has not come to that level yet in terms of popularity yet it is slowly making some ground for itself. Steadily, more and more SME stocks are getting listed on the SME platform and several SME stocks are getting migrated to the mainboard, which is a sign of success for those involved in the whole process, including the stock exchanges, companies, investors and the regulators.

SME stocks are nano-cap stocks and can help investors tap some abnormal growth opportunities in the equity markets. However, before investing in SME stocks it is vital for investors to understand the role that SMEs play in the economy. SMEs in India are crucial to the economy as the sector produces a diverse range of products and services while contributing to value-addition across sectors in India. Experts call SMEs the backbone of India that drives the overall economic growth of the country. SMEs contribute substantially to the employment generation in the country too. In fact, the SME sector in India is one of the biggest beneficiaries of various initiatives such as ‘Make in India’, ‘Start-Up India’, ‘Mudra Yojana’ and ‘Skill India’.