While the top 100 Australian companies listed on the ASX are well covered by analysts, there's a host of smaller companies that they have yet to discover, or are too small for them to cover.
And some of those smaller companies will likely end up being big companies in future, so why not discover them before the best gains will be made?
iProperty Group (ASX:IPP) owns and operates some of Asia's largest real estate websites, including marketing leading sites in Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore. With a market cap of just $217m, this tiddler could become a multi-billion dollar company – following in the steps of REA Group (ASX:REA), which runs Australia's leading property websites, including realestate.com.au.
BigAir Group (ASX:BGL) provides microwave wireless internet services to corporates, university campuses and has expanded through an acquisition into providing mining camps with internet TV, camp wi-fi and phones in each room. Sliding under the radar of many analysts with a market cap of just $105m, BigAir could have a 'big' future ahead of it.
Capitol Health (ASX:CAJ) runs diagnostic imaging services through more than 35 clinics across Victoria. A smaller player to the likes of Sonic Healthcare (ASX:SHL) and Primary Health Care (ASX:PRY), Capitol Health has a market cap of just $106m, but the potential to grow much further.
Foolish takeaway
It's unlikely that most of the top 100 companies on the ASX will grow ten-fold from here, but if you're looking for ten-baggers (stocks that can go up ten times), then the smaller end of the market is where to begin your search. These three stocks could be just the ticket.
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Motley Fool writer/analyst Mike King owns shares in iProperty, BigAir and Capitol Health.
