Paladin Investment Strategy
Paladin seeks to invest in middle market companies that hold a dominant global market position within their respective industrial technology niches. We believe these investment opportunities can often be sourced on a proprietary basis, represent high quality companies, and offer significant potential for further global growth and performance improvement potential.
Industrial Technology Businesses
Paladin invests in manufacturers of highly engineered products or providers of technology-enabled business services
Dominant Global Market Positions
Paladin seeks to invest in companies with dominant global market positions within their industrial technology niches. These companies typically hold the #1 or #2 market position globally or have strong potential to achieve this market position within our ownership period
Deep & Sustainable Competitive Advantages
Paladin seeks to invest in companies that have maintained the industry's dominant market position and demonstrated strong financial performance over many years or decades. These companies have typically achieved this as a result of deep & sustainable competitive advantages despite concerted competitive efforts. We focus our due diligence efforts on proving the existence and strength of a company's true competitive advantages. Specifically, we look for evidence of the following competitive advantages: intangible assets, switching costs, network effects, cost advantages, and efficient scale
Middle-Market Sized Businesses
Paladin targets companies with up to
US$40 million in EBITDA