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T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc.
T. ROWE PRICE Small-Cap Stock Fund Investor Class I Class Advisor Class Z Class SUMMARY
Investment Objective(s)
The fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth by investing primarily in stocks of small companies.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the fund. You may also incur brokerage commissions and other charges when buying or selling shares of the Investor Class or I Class, which are not reflected in the table.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc. - USD ($)
Investor Class
I Class
Advisor Class
Z Class
Maximum account fee $ 20 [1]
[1] Subject to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc.
Investor Class
I Class
Advisor Class
Z Class
Management fees 0.74% 0.74% 0.74% 0.74%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees 0.25%
Other expenses 0.14% 0.01% 0.16% 0.01%
Acquired fund fees and expenses 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.89% 0.76% 1.16% 0.76% [1]
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement (0.75%) [1]
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement 0.89% 0.76% 1.16% 0.01% [1]
[1] T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., has contractually agreed to waive and/or bear all of the Z Class’ expenses (excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes, and brokerage; nonrecurring, extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses) in their entirety. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. expects this fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement arrangement to remain in place indefinitely, and the agreement may only be amended or terminated with approval by the fund’s Board of Directors.
Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example also assumes that any current expense limitation arrangement remains in place for the period noted in the table above; therefore, the figures have been adjusted to reflect fee waivers or expense reimbursements only in the periods for which the expense limitation arrangement is expected to continue. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example - T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc. - USD ($)
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Investor Class 91 284 493 1,096
I Class 78 243 422 942
Advisor Class 118 368 638 1,409
Z Class 1 3 6 13
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when the fund’s shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 24.1% of the average value of its portfolio.
Investments, Risks, and Performance Principal Investment Strategies
The fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in stocks of small companies. The fund defines a small company as one whose market capitalization falls (i) within or below the current range of companies in either the Russell 2000® Index or the S&P SmallCap 600 Index or (ii) below the three-year average maximum market cap of companies in either index as of December 31 of the three preceding years. The Russell 2000® and S&P SmallCap 600 Indices are widely used benchmarks for tracking small-cap stock performance. As of December 31, 2019, the market capitalization ranges for the Russell 2000® Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index were approximately $12.7 million to $8.3 billion, and $97.9 million to $6.7 billion, respectively. The market capitalizations of the companies in the fund’s portfolio and the S&P and Russell indexes change over time; the fund will not automatically sell or cease to purchase stock of a company it already owns just because the company’s market capitalization grows or falls outside this range. The fund may, on occasion, purchase companies with a market capitalization above the ranges. When choosing stocks, we generally look for one or more of the following characteristics:
  • capable management;
  • attractive business niches;
  • pricing flexibility;
  • sound financial and accounting practices;
  • a potential or demonstrated ability to grow revenues, earnings, and cash flow consistently; and
  • the potential for a catalyst (such as increased investor attention, asset sales, strong business prospects, or a change in management) to cause the stock’s price to rise.
Holdings will be widely diversified by industry and issuer, and stock selection may reflect either a growth or value investment approach. For example, we may look for a company whose price/earnings ratio is attractive relative to the underlying earnings growth rate. A value stock would be one where the stock price appears undervalued in relation to earnings, projected cash flow, or asset value per share.

In pursuing its investment objective(s), the fund has the discretion to deviate from its normal investment criteria. These situations might arise when the adviser believes a security could increase in value for a variety of reasons, including an extraordinary corporate event, a new product introduction or innovation, a favorable competitive development, or a change in management.

While most assets will typically be invested in U.S. common stocks, the fund may invest in foreign stocks in keeping with its objective(s).

The fund may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.
Principal Risks
As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective(s). The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund. The principal risks of investing in this fund, which may be even greater during periods of market disruption or volatility, are summarized as follows.

Small-cap stocks Investments in securities issued by small-cap companies are likely to be more volatile than investments in securities issued by larger companies. Small-cap companies often have less experienced management, narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, and less publicly available information than larger companies. In addition, smaller companies are typically more sensitive to changes in overall economic conditions and their securities may be difficult to trade.

Sector exposure At times, the fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of issuers conducting business in a broadly related group of industries within the same economic sector. Issuers in the same economic sector may be similarly affected by economic or market events, making the fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in that economic sector than funds that invest more broadly.

Stock investing Stocks generally fluctuate in value more than bonds and may decline significantly over short time periods. There is a chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. The value of stocks held by the fund may decline due to general weakness or volatility in the stock markets in which the fund invests or because of factors that affect a particular company or industry.

Foreign investing Investments in the securities of non-U.S. issuers may be adversely affected by local, political, social, and economic conditions overseas, greater volatility, reduced liquidity, or decreases in foreign currency values relative to the U.S. dollar. The risks of investing outside the U.S. are heightened for any investments in emerging markets, which are susceptible to greater volatility than investments in developed markets.

Active management The fund’s overall investment program and holdings selected by the fund’s investment adviser may underperform the broad markets, relevant indices, or other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies.
Performance
The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The fund’s performance information represents only past performance (before and after taxes) and is not necessarily an indication of future results.

The following bar chart illustrates how much returns can differ from year to year by showing calendar year returns and the best and worst calendar quarter returns during those years for the fund’s Investor Class. Returns for other share classes vary since they have different expenses.
SMALL-CAP STOCK FUND Calendar Year Returns
Bar Chart
  Quarter Ended    Total Return  Quarter Ended     Total Return
Best Quarter             3/31/19             17.56%      Worst Quarter            9/30/11            -21.21%
The following table shows the average annual total returns for each class of the fund that has been in operation for at least one full calendar year, and also compares the returns with the returns of a relevant broad-based market index, as well as with the returns of one or more comparative indexes that have investment characteristics similar to those of the fund, if applicable.

In addition, the table shows hypothetical after-tax returns to demonstrate how taxes paid by a shareholder may influence returns. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a 401(k) account or an IRA. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class and will differ for other share classes.
Average Annual Total Returns Periods ended December 31, 2019
Average Annual Total Returns - T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc.
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Since inception
Inception date
Investor Class 33.63% 11.34% 14.68% Jun. 01, 1956
Investor Class | Returns after taxes on distributions 31.96% 9.40% 13.00% Jun. 01, 1956
Investor Class | Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares 21.02% 8.58% 11.95% Jun. 01, 1956
I Class 33.80% 14.08% Aug. 28, 2015
Advisor Class 33.27% 11.04% 14.38% Mar. 31, 2000
Z Class Mar. 16, 2020
Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 25.52% 8.23% 11.83% 10.22% [1] Aug. 28, 2015
S&P SmallCap 600 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 22.78% 9.56% 13.35% 11.62% [1] Aug. 28, 2015
Lipper Small-Cap Growth Funds Index 30.65% 10.87% 12.92% 12.27% [1] Aug. 28, 2015
Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index 24.80% 8.19% 11.40% 10.18% [1] Aug. 28, 2015
[1] Return since 8/28/15.
Updated performance information is available through troweprice.com.