If you're looking to gain exposure to the small side of the market, then you might want to take a look at the small cap ASX shares listed below.
Here's why these small cap ASX shares could be ones to buy:
Nitro Software Ltd (ASX: NTO)
The first small cap ASX share to look at is Nitro Software. It is the software company responsible for the increasingly popular Nitro Productivity Suite.
This software solution provides integrated PDF productivity, eSignature, and business intelligence (BI) tools to a growing number of customers globally. In fact, at the end of the fourth quarter, Nitro was serving a total of 11,700 business customers. This includes individual users, small businesses, government agencies, and large multinational enterprises. In respect to the latter, Nitro counts over two-thirds of the Fortune 500 as customers.
That fourth quarter update also revealed that its annualised recurring revenue (ARR) has been growing strongly. It reached US$27.7 million at the end of December. This was up an impressive 64% on the prior corresponding period and ahead of its upgraded guidance.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley were very happy with its update. In response to it, the broker put an overweight rating and $3.50 price target on its shares.
Universal Store Holdings Limited (ASX: UNI)
Another small cap ASX share to consider is this growing fashion retailer. Universal Store has a strategy of delivering a frequently changing and carefully curated selection of on-trend products to a target 16-35 year old fashion focused customer.
This strategy has been working wonders for the company and is underpinning stellar earnings growth in FY 2021. Universal Store recently revealed that it expects its underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to be in a range of $30 million to $31 million for the first half.
This represents growth of between 61% and 67% on the prior corresponding period. Management advised that this was driven by very strong like for like sales growth and margin expansion.
Morgans was very pleased with the update. So much so, the broker put an add rating and $6.93 price target on its shares. Positively, its analysts don't believe Universal Store's growth will end here. They believe it can grow its earnings at a 30% compound annual growth rate through to FY 2023.
