Understanding Market Dynamics/Size of Leading HSE Services Company
Conducted customer interviews and market research to validate company’s business model of providing outsourced services to the energy industry. Effort included interviewing (unsolicited) 84 current and potential customers, researching 5 product families and 7 industry sectors to establish service requirements, and building bottom-up market sizing model for this early stage outsourcing market. PE client ($9+B under management) purchased the company and able to increase the top-line by 50% within the first year.
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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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Clarifying Investment Potential in Highly Complex Niche Market for Specialty Engineering Consulting Firm
Conducted Customer & Market Due Diligence for Midwestern PE client to sort through target’s complex market dynamics, validate its competitive positioning, establish the criteria driving customer buying behavior, and provide clarity on growth opportunities moving forward. Profiled over 180 competitors, interviewed 60+ customers, and conducted extensive secondary research on market dynamics to provide PE client with a clear picture of in-going growth opportunities. Client proceeded with the acquisition based on Gotham’s findings.
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Deciphering Nascent DTC Frozen Foods Fulfillment Market
Conducted 3-week customer & market due diligence to establish: frozen DTC fulfillment market size and the ability to sustain COVID-19 bump; the target’s competitive positioning in the frozen DTC fulfillment market; and the target’s reputation/positioning with foodservice distribution customers. Gotham: mapped universe of 350+ frozen DTC food companies; built bottom-up frozen DTC fulfillment market model; conducted 11 DTC fulfillment customer interviews; established competitive landscape of frozen DTC fulfillment services providers; and conducted 13 interviews and 73 online customer surveys of foodservice distribution customers. Gotham’s findings enabled our client to move forward confidently with the potential acquisition.
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Determining Branch-level Margin Expansion Opportunities And Market Position
Conducted 2-week customer & market and operational due diligence to: validate capture of pricing and operating efficiencies at acquired companies; establish local market dynamics and target’s competitive positioning; and assess regulatory and substitution threat. Gotham: surveyed ~750 propane consumers in target’s service areas; identified/profiled key competitors and conducted 32 competitor interviews in target’s local markets; analyzed zip-code-level propane supply, consumption, pricing, and heating degree day trends; determined pricing optimization and segmentation opportunity; assessed substitution threat from natural gas, electricity, and heat pumps; and analyzed pricing, delivery, and backoffiice expenses at 25+ acquisitions. Comfortable with the target’s opportunity to acquire family-owned local propane distributors and capture pricing/operations improvements, our client was able to move forward with an aggressive but well-informed bid.
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ESTABLISHING DIFFERENTIATED POSITIONING AND GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION OPPORTUNITY
Conducted 3-week customer & market due diligence to: (1) establish target's addressable market and competitive positioning/reputation within its market; (2) assess market trends in target's core and expansion markets; and (3) analyze potential impact of recession on target’s business. Gotham conducted 75+ anonymous and “warm introduction” interviews with various types of property owners and property managers; built competitive landscape; profiled market trends and established market size; and modeled recession impact on the target’s revenue and EBITDA. Gotham unpacked complex market and competitive dynamics at a granular level and articulated the target’s niche positioning and improvement opportunity. Our client successfully closed the transaction and acted on our recommendations to professionalize this entrepreneurial business.
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