Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Global Precision Parts Manufacturer: Validating Revenue Sustainability In Markets Under Transformational Changes
Conducted a 2-week customer & market due diligence to validate the sustainability and growth outlook of target’s key product application/programs. To this end, Gotham: built a model to establish impact of automotive electrification on target’s business; analyzed target’s top product applications/ programs to establish growth outlook, program lifecycle, target’s positioning, and margin outlook; conducted anonymous and “warm introduction” interviews with target’s customers; reconciled target’s financial projections against market forecast to determine how much of target’s projected growth was coming from market share gains; and established competitive landscape for both mechanical and electric parts. Gotham’s work established that target’s business was sustainable and gave our client confidence to proceed with its investment.
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Deciphering COVID-driven Customer Growth Outlook
Conducted a 3-week customer & market due diligence to establish: the growth outlook for the target’s key customers benefitting from COVID-driven demand; pressure sensitive label market dynamics; and the target’s competitive positioning. To this end, Gotham: built market sizing models forecasting COVID impact; conducted 27 interviews with target’s customers and competitors; developed growth outlooks for target’s key customers; and established pressure sensitive label market dynamics, key trends; and competitive landscape. Our client was able to move forward on its bid with confidence and successfully closed the transaction.
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Assessing Channel Risks and Validating Growth Potential in Niche Specialty Distribution Market of Test & Measurement Equipment Distributor
Conducted OEM, Customer & Market Due Diligence to confirm continued industry shift to indirect channel, establish target’s competitive positioning, analyze rental business attractiveness, and explore adjacent market expansion opportunities. Created market sizing model to validate market size and growth prospects, conducted 50+ customer and OEM interviews, modeled financial impact of indirect channel on OEMs, and performed extensive research. Gotham’s 2-phasse due diligence effort enabled our client to win the auction and successfully complete the acquisition of target.
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Establishing Competitive Positioning/Margin Sustainability
Conducted a 2-phased customer & market due diligence to establish target's competitive positioning and margin sustainability. To this end, Gotham: conducted 86 anonymous and “warm introduction” customer interviews; analyzed target’s customer base to establish where target competes within the synthetic fiber market; established target’s addressable market size/share and growth outlook in multiple end-markets; built a global synthetic fiber capacity and manufacturer-to-distributor product flow picture by fiber type, and profiled key manufacturers and distributors and established their market shares. Gotham’s assessment provided a comprehensive, fact-based view on the target’s competitive positioning, margin sustainability, and end-market growth outlook, allowing our client to successfully close the deal.
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Establishing Natural Gas Consumption Outlook In Light Of Decarbonization
Conducted 5-week customer & market due diligence to: (1) establish macro trends in NG usage; (2) establish market size and growth trends for NG LDC equipment; and (3) determine the competitive landscape for NG LDC equipment. To this end, Gotham: established historic and projected NG consumption trends by leveraging data available from government agencies; developed a country-level market sizing model; conducted interviews with customers, distributors, and competitors across Europe and North America; and performed extensive primary and secondary research to pin down the decarbonization trend and competitive landscape. Armed with a reliable, fact-based assessment of NG demand outlook, our client moved forward with confidence and closed the transaction.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Neuroscience Research Lab Instrument Manufacturer: Establishing Growth Outlook And Competitive Positioning
Conducted customer & market due diligence to establish target’s growth outlook and line expansion/acquisition opportunities. To this end, Gotham: established neuroscience research growth outlook; conducted interviews with academic and non-profit research laboratories; built robust view of products and competition via a bottom-up effort; built a market sizing model based on ~100K NIH grants; and developed a software monetization strategy. Gotham’s robust and fact-based assessment provided our client confidence in moving forward with the acquisition.
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