Environmental
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Service Provider: Establishing Pricing Structure, Margin Risk, And Growth Outlook
Conducted a 2-week customer & market due diligence ahead of the check-in bid to establish the pricing structure, oil price exposure, recession risk, and growth outlook of a leading industrial wastewater treatment service provider. To this end, Gotham: built an oil price sensitivity model; built a recession impact model; conducted 50+ interviews with customers and competitors; and leveraged available industry data and secondary research. Gotham’s fact-based analysis of the market, the target’s pricing structure, exposure to oil price fluctuation, recession risks, and growth outlook provided our client with the facts to put this opportunity into perspective and price the deal accordingly ahead of its check-in bid.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Wastewater Treatment Equipment Manufacturer: Establishing Demand Outlook And Growth Opportunities
Conducted an early Phase I 2-week customer & market due diligence to establish demand outlook and target's growth opportunities. To this end, Gotham: established WWTP equipment needs and treatment technologies; conducted 44 anonymous interviews with municipalities; established capital/O&M spending outlook in the municipal wastewater treatment market; built a comprehensive database of WWTP equipment vendors and products; performed an in-depth WWTP equipment assessment to identify equipment categories for expansion and potential acquisition candidates. Gotham’s assessment of the target’s competitive positioning and growth opportunity in the WWTP equipment market allowed our client to move forward in the auction process with confidence.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence Of NG LDC Equipment Supplier: 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 Upstream Oil & Gas Protective Solutions Provider: Establishing Market Size and Growth Opportunities in OCTG Market
Conducted 4-week customer & market due diligence to: (1) establish outlook for North America oil & gas drilling; (2) estimate market size and growth for new and reconditioned protective products; and (3) evaluate target’s competitive positioning. For this effort, Gotham interviewed 150+ customers and competitors, leveraged our proprietary industry knowledge base, performed extensive primary and secondary research to pin down oil & gas drilling dynamics, and developed a detailed bottom-up model for market sizing and growth. As a result of Gotham’s findings, our client confidently pursued and closed the transaction.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence of Filtration Equipment Manufacturer: Assessing Metal Pricing Risks and Opportunities for Adjacent Market Expansion
Conducted 3-week customer & market due diligence to: (1) assess the impact of potential metal price reduction on target’s revenue by developing a robust understanding of metals pricing, mining economics, and historical trends; and (2) establish growth opportunities in adjacent end-markets (chemicals and industrial wastewater). For each end-market, we: established production/treatment processes, filtration technologies, and market dynamics; built market sizing/growth models; and conducted 50+ customer calls to establish/validate filtration requirements. We also built a comprehensive view of different filtration technologies and their usage, as well as competitive dynamics in the filtration equipment industry. Based on our findings, PE client confidently moved forward with the transaction and closed the deal.
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Operational Due Diligence of Startup Green Building Materials Company: Assessing Manufacturing Capabilities and Scalability to Support Aggressive Growth Projections
Analyzed operations and cost structure of this startup manufacturer projected to grow to over $80MM in sales in 5 years. Reviewed manufacturing equipment and operations, built a bottom-up cost model for current and future costs, and established requirements for scaling up the operations. The operational due diligence revealed necessary improvements to meet the very aggressive growth forecasts, as well as opportunities for cost reduction. PE client deferred investment.
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