A bit of hard work goes a long way in giving a return: 5 small caps stocks which tick the right boxes

Like other parts of the markets, even the small cap space is witnessing profit booking, but this time it is more orderly as compared to past small cap stocks. What can change it, global risk off trade. If there is a bout of selling which comes because the global equity market gets into risk off mode as they did in early august then every bet on the table as emerging markets will witness strong selling. But that is a short term risk which everyone in the markets has. But how does one reduce the risk of going wrong while selecting the small cap stocks? Do a bit of hard work, just a bit, look at the return on equity, has the company paid the dividend or not.