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HSE Services Provider
Customer & Market Due Diligence of Leading HSE Services Company: Understanding Market Dynamics/Size as Key Input to Round 2 Bid Decision

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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Testing Services Provider
Operational Due Diligence of Testing Services Provider:  Identifying Consolidation Synergies from and Operational Improvement Opportunities in an Add-On Acquisition

Conducted a 4-week operational due diligence to: 1) identify and quantify facility consolidation and other synergies; 2) determine cost additions and operations improvement opportunities; and 3) establish current asset and labor utilization. Gotham worked hand-in-hand with our client to build a comprehensive and reliable cost and capacity fact base, conducted detailed tours of all the facilities, assessed several site consolidation options, and benchmarked operational metrics across the 2 companies. Gotham’s due diligence findings allowed our client to confidently proceed with the transaction; client is already capturing synergies identified during the due diligence.  

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Fluid Power Equipment Repair Company
Customer & Market Due Diligence of Fluid Power Equipment Company:  Assessing Adjacent Market Growth Opportunities in Several Technically-complex Niches

Conducted customer & market due diligence to validate adjacent market growth opportunities, including offshore oil & gas, forestry, marine, and civil infrastructure and other end-markets under consideration. Interviewed 150+ competitors, customers, prime contractors, and other key value chain participants, researched complex technical requirements, and leveraged government and industry data to develop a robust fact base, including size/growth models for each end-market, geographic gap analysis, and profiles of key competitors/potential acquisition targets. Based on Gotham’s findings and recommended expansion strategy, PE client closed the deal and is pursuing an acquisition to fill a key geographic gap.

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Technical Services Provider
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Technical Services Provider: Establishing Competitive Positioning And Demand Outlook

Conducted a 3-week customer & market due diligence to establish the refinery market outlook, the target’s competitive positioning, and the target's growth opportunities. To this end, Gotham:  conducted 38 anonymous interviews with refineries, petrochemical companies, contractors/fabricators, and other industry participants; analyzed refined product demand, refinery production, capacity utilization, plant retirements and consolidation, COVID-related shutdowns, refined product transportation network, and the impact of environmental regulations; profiled the target’s customer/project mix and project profitability; validated the target’s near-term project pipeline; researched heat-treating technical specialization and ASME Code requirements; established the competitive landscape; developed bottom-up heat-treating market sizing model; and determined end-market (LNG Export, Chemical, and Natural Gas Power Plant), geographic, and service line expansion opportunities. Gotham's detailed, fact-based approach provided our client a clear understanding of the refinery market outlook, confirmed the target’s competitive positioning as the leading player in the heat-treating services market, and helped our client develop confidence in the near-term revenue outlook. 

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Industrial Wastewater Treatment Service Provider
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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Specialty Chemicals Logistics Service Provider
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Specialty Chemicals Logistics Service Provider: Establishing ISO Tank Container Growth And International Expansion Opportunities

Conducted a 2-phase due diligence of a leading provider of ISO tank container services to establish:  specialty chemicals import/export dynamics and trends; ISO container growth outlook and penetration level; understanding of target’s competitive positioning; and international expansion opportunities. To this end, Gotham:  built a bottom-up market sizing model to establish ISO container penetration using 600 million-row PIERS database of all U.S. import/export bills of lading; conducted 93 anonymous interviews with NVOCCs, chemical manufacturers, and ISO tank manufacturers and lessors; developed a port-by-port view of competitors in the U.S. and Europe; identified and analyzed all U.S. chemical plant investments; and conducted a deep-dive into a key account to assess potential risks. Gotham’s comprehensive, data-driven assessment of the market trends, the target’s competitive positioning, and growth outlook provided our client with facts to prevail in the hotly contested auction and gain exclusivity.

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