Industry Assessments for Private Equity and Corporate Clients by IGS


Industry Assessment

Overview

Market & Company Due Diligence

Market Strategy Review

Industry Assessment

Experience

IGS conducts Industry Assessments to enable clients to quickly and efficiently evaluate whether a potential unrelated market presents an attractive investment or expansion opportunity though no specific transaction or activity has yet been contemplated. Representative issues addressed include:

What industry segments or markets are most attractive for investment expansion?
Can the market be consolidated?
What is the competitive landscape?
Will the market growth be sustainable?
What are potential exit opportunities?

IGS tailors the industry assessment process to meet each client’s objectives, however a typical process includes:

Defining criteria to assess market attractiveness in conjunction with the client
Collecting specific market data such as the number of potential platform companies in a specific size range, ownership structure of participants, etc.
Analyzing key issues/assumptions about the market including drivers and sustainability of growth, profit, etc.
Identifying and profiling specific investment opportunities and/or making potential contact with specific targets

Timing is dependant on scope and client needs, but typically ranges between 4 and 6 weeks.

Some examples of analyses which can be employed in a strategy review follow:

Investment Screening