These are companies who typically have a cap size ranging from around £2 billion up to as much as £20 billion. Their financial strength and size attracts institutional investors who want long-term steady growth prospects. They are generally viewed as being less risky than smaller companies.
Large Capitalization; i.e. big companies.
Larger companies worth $5 billion or more, like General Electric (NYSE: GE).
Companies having a market capitalization between $10 billion and $200 billion.
A stock with a high level of capitalization, usually at least $5 billion in market value (market value = price per share multiplied by number of shares outstanding). See also mid-cap and small-cap.
An abbreviation for large market capitalization. Founders generally considers large-cap stocks to have market capitalization over $10 billion.