Infrastructure
Gotham's infrastructure expertise ranges from defining market opportunity field-by-field and utility-by-utility, to acquisition targeting in order to expand geographic presence and product/service offerings, to improving salesforce effectiveness, to deploying analytics-driven approach for professionalizing and improving operations. We work with a wide spectrum of infrastructure products and services companies, including:
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 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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Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Engineering Consulting Firm: Validating Market Opportunity To Create A Super-regional Player
Conducted a 4-week customer & market due diligence of an engineering consulting firm to confirm that the target was a solid platform with acquisition targets available to create a super-regional player. To this end, Gotham: conducted 100+ interviews and 100+ online surveys with engineering services customers; built a bottom-up market sizing model using Dodge construction activity data to establish market growth trends and market share by end-market and state; backtested the target’s sales mix to determine potential impact of a recession on the target’s business; and analyzed over 1,475 engineering services firms to identify 110 potential acquisition targets. Gotham’s comprehensive assessment provided our client with the facts and comfort level necessary to compete aggressively in a hotly-contested auction.
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