"These small companies are high growth, and they trade at pretty high multiples, but there's not that much they can do to take costs out of them because you can't integrate them into your business."

BCG's Dan Wald discussed the disadvantages that small companies present to investors.

Reuters quoted BCG's Dan Wald on the monetary disadvantages associated with small companies despite their augmented growth. "These small companies are high growth, and they trade at pretty high multiples, but there's not that much they can do to take costs out of them because you can't integrate them into your business," he explained.

Reuters