Astor Place Holdings is the lower middle market private investments arm of Select Equity Group (SEG), an investment firm founded in 1990. With investment teams based in NYC and Washington, DC, it focuses on control investments in businesses with EBITDA up to $25 million in a handful of narrowly defined sectors (economic value chains) that Select Equity has studied and invested in.Astor migrates toward businesses that have the following characteristics: 1) Predictable performance with clear, consistent operations 2) High margins and growing streams of cash earnings with strong returns on invested capital 3) Product-based with a defensible competitive moat, protected IP and often branded 4) Have pricing power 5) Ideally have an aftermarket component (parts and/or service) 6) Credible, knowledgeable and committed management teams that are good stewards of capital.This has led the firm over multiple decades to develop domain expertise in value chains such as life science equipment & tools, test & measurement, aerospace & defense, and niche industrials. Astor opportunistically looks at niche sectors such as dental and vet products.
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