Our
Services
Equity
Investments
Spring Garden Advisors devotes the major portion of its efforts to evaluating
potential investments and acquisitions in companies in selected sectors
of the garden products field.
Through
explorations with a series of private equity institutions, we have created
a unique and in-depth understanding of the attractiveness of this industry
and have formalized the interest of a core group of institutions in
investing in it.
This has
led to the establishment of our proprietary institutional investment
program, the Garden Industry Institutional
Investment Program.
Consultative
Services
From time to time, Spring Garden undertakes consultative projects for
operating companies in the industry. These are generally companies that
are not, for a number of reasons, candidates for acquisition.
In these
projects, Spring Garden brings an experienced perspective to building
business value, providing the tools to improve both short- and long-term
revenues and profitability that lead to business value enhancement.
Our
Approach
Our first step in all valuations of companies for our equity investment
program or a consultative assignment is to address a company’s current
market and business position vis a vis industry opportunities. We then
study a company’s functional business areas, including:
- Sales
coverage
- Production
efficiency
- Product
line profitability and potential
- Current
profitability and market potential by business segment, channels of
distribution, and product lines
- Management
depth and succession
- Business
controls and financial reporting
- Competitors
and their strategies
Meeting
the Client’s Needs
Although Spring Garden follows a disciplined approach with each assignment,
it consistently applies its dual expertise in valuations as well as
strategizing to focus on a client’s particular problem area and develop
solutions that are results oriented.
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