The best stocks to buy since 1993
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Small Company Sharewatch (SCSW) is an independent investment newsletter focused on identifying high-growth UK small-cap companies before they become widely followed by the market.
If you are considering a subscription, here are the most common questions investors ask.
A small-cap stock is a publicly traded company with a relatively small market capitalisation compared with large corporations. Smaller companies can offer higher growth potential but may also involve greater investment risk.
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Investors often follow small-cap companies because they may grow faster than large established firms. When a smaller company successfully expands its products, technology, or markets, its share price can rise significantly.
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A small-cap investment newsletter provides independent research and analysis on smaller quoted companies, helping investors discover businesses that may be overlooked by mainstream financial media.
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Small Company Sharewatch focuses exclusively on quoted UK small-cap companies, providing detailed research that individual investors rarely have time or resources to gather themselves.
Unlike many financial publications:
• We meet the companies we write about whenever possible.
• We analyse specialist analyst research and broker reports that are normally expensive or restricted.
• We focus on in-depth company analysis, not daily financial news.
Our aim is simple:
to provide independent, practical investment research that helps investors identify promising smaller companies early.
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A subscription provides several types of investment research and resources.
You receive a monthly issue in print, with free access to the digital version online.
Each issue typically includes:
• At least two detailed company profiles
• Additional short research notes
• Updates on previously featured companies
• Changes to the Sharewatch Growth Portfolio
Subscribers receive access to more than 15 years of archived research, fully indexed so you can quickly search for companies and investment ideas.
This archive allows investors to explore a large library of small-cap company analysis that is rarely available elsewhere online.
The Sharewatch Growth Portfolio demonstrates how the companies featured in the newsletter might perform when combined in a long-term investment portfolio.
Past portfolios have delivered strong returns compared with major UK indices.
Examples include:
•Growth Portfolio 1 (1994–2001)
• Initial investment: £25,000
• Capital growth: 1089% before dividends
• Growth Portfolio 2 (2001–2014)
• Final value: £653,643
• Total gain: 1207%
• Growth Portfolio 3 (launched 2015)
• Gain of 389% as of the March 2026 issue
These portfolios illustrate the long-term growth potential of well-chosen small-cap companies, although past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
View the latest portfolio performance to understand our performance.
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Investors can evaluate Small Company Sharewatch in several ways.
You can download a sample issue from our homepage or contact us to request one by post to see exactly how the research is presented.
Visitors can search the archive for free excerpts, giving a preview of the research depth.
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Small Company Sharewatch has been published since 1993, making it one of the longest-running UK small-cap investment newsletters.
Our average subscriber stays with us for around 8.5 years, reflecting long-term reader loyalty.
Since 1993 we have visited hundreds of quoted companies, building a network of contacts including:
• Company directors
• Stockbrokers
• Analysts
• Corporate advisers
This direct contact helps us understand businesses beyond what is publicly reported.
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Some stock market information is available online, but high-quality small-cap research is often fragmented or expensive.
Small Company Sharewatch brings together:
• Broker research
• Analyst reports
• Company meetings
• Independent editorial analysis
This research is compiled, analysed, and published in one place for subscribers.
Many of the reports and insights included in the newsletter do not exist elsewhere online.
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An annual individual subscription costs £219.
New subscribers can claim a £40 discount using the code:
40OFFSCSW
This gives full access to:
• Monthly newsletter issues
• Online archive
• Growth Portfolio updates
• Subscriber research content
Considering the cost of purchasing professional analyst reports individually, many subscribers find this a cost-effective way to access specialist research.
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Our readers include a wide range of investors and market professionals:
• Individual investors
• Institutional investors
• Company directors
• Stockbrokers
Many subscribers say that Sharewatch is the only investment newsletter they regularly read when researching small-cap opportunities.
If you are interested in discovering promising small-cap companies before they become widely known, Small Company Sharewatch may be worth exploring.
Subscribe today and receive £40 off your first year.
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