Compass Diversified

Company overview

Compass Diversified is a private equity firm specializing in add-on acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, late-stage and middle market investments. It seeks to invest in niche industrial or branded consumer companies, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, business services sector, safety and security, electronic components, food, and foodservice. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest between $100 million and $800 million in companies with an EBITDA between $15 million and $80 million. It seeks to acquire controlling ownership interests in its portfolio companies and can make additional platform acquisitions. The firm prefers to have a majority stake in companies. The firm invests through its balance sheet and typically holds investments for five to seven years.

Sector

Industrials

Industry

Conglomerates

Exchange

NYSE

Market cap

$960M

Employees

3,340

Headquarters

Westport, CT

Website

compassdiversified.com

CEO

Elias Joseph Sabo

Listed

May 18, 2006

P/E

-3.35

Dividend yield

6.04%