Validating the Market Potential of an Evolving Niche at Entrepreneurial Healthcare Staffing Services Provider
Conducted customer interviews and market research to validate company’s business model of providing outsourced services to the healthcare industry. Effort included interviewing (unsolicited) 55 current and potential customers, researching professional background requirements, regulatory environment, payer dynamics, customer willingness to outsource, and competitive landscape to establish market dynamics; and building a bottom-up market sizing model for this early-stage outsourcing market.
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Assessing Growth Potential In Highly Fragmented, Referral-driven Market for Outpatient Physical Therapy Provider
Conducted Customer and Market Due Diligence to develop clarity on the target’s competitive positioning, reputation among its referral base, and future growth opportunities. Interviewed 170 medical professionals, leveraged Gotham’s network of healthcare experts, analyzed government data on procedures/injuries, and built a bottom-up market size/growth model for the physical therapy market in target’s current metropolitan area, as well as in other metropolitan areas with similar socioeconomic characteristics. Armed with Gotham’s findings, PE client was able to confidently move forward with the transaction.
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Validating Growth Potential in Key End-markets and Assessing Technology Risks for Diversified Custom Plastic Extruder
Conducted 1-week market due diligence ahead of the final bid deadline to validate growth potential in its key end-markets and assess technology risks. Analyzed the competitiveness of plastics extrusion technology vis-à-vis alternative technologies and established the market and competitive dynamics of the overall extrusion specialty products. For each of the target’s 6 core end-markets, Gotham: (1) established growth dynamics by looking at key market indicators; (2) evaluated the target’s competitive strengths, including price, technology and material considerations, relationships with OEMs, compatibility with regulatory requirements, and geographic advantage; and (3) reviewed product and channel dynamics. Gotham’s findings enabled the client to make bid decision with confidence.
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Establishing Program-Level Competitive Positioning and Operating Performance of Leading Private Pay Residential Mental Health Services Provider
Gotham conducted a customer & market and operational due diligence of a leading multi-program player in the private pay residential mental health services market, serving adolescents and young adults with a broad array of behavioral disorders. In line with the bid timelines, Gotham structured a 2-phased effort, with Phase I effort focused on understanding the overall market and referral dynamics, the target’s overall competitive positioning, and the growth opportunity and Phase II on program-level operational performance, reputation/competitive positioning, and recessionary risk. Gotham: conducted 43 interviews with referral sources, competitors and industry experts; built a bottom-up market sizing model; developed a comprehensive competitor database; and built robust operational performance fact packs for each of the target’s programs. Gotham’s fact-based assessment gave our client the conviction to win the auction with an aggressive bid.
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Establishing Geographic Expansion Opportunities And Identifying Acquisition Targets
Conducted a geographic expansion assessment to demonstrate to potential buyers the company’s opportunity to further expand into 4 new metropolitan areas. To this end, Gotham: segmented each market into geographic clusters based on local demographic and geographic data, built a comprehensive view of the local competitive landscape, and highlighted potential acquisition targets based on size and geographic attractiveness. This geographic expansion roadmap enabled our PE client to position the company to potential buyers as having a significant opportunity to replicate its growth in new metropolitan areas and eventually to exit at an attractive valuation.
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Assessing Company Positioning and Market Outlook of Off-road Vehicle Aftermarket Parts Supplier
Conducted customer & market due diligence to establish the aftermarket parts market size/growth for key end-markets, identify potential threats from OEMs/distributors, and understand the eCommerce growth opportunity in an information-poor market: 1) conducted over 200 interviews with decision-makers at major OEMs, distributors, dealers, repair centers, and retailers; 2) established off-road vehicle aftermarket part market size/growth; 3) quantified channel-specific market trends by analyzing the target’s sales by distribution channel at the SKU level; and 4) established the competitive landscape at each step of the value chain by profiling major OEMs and distributors in the powersports, agriculture, and lawn and garden markets. Gotham’s intensive primary research and analytical effort provided a nuanced understanding of the market outlook and clarified threats/opportunities, thus allowing the client to make a well informed bid in a highly competitive auction.
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