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Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI)

Westport, Connecticut, US • 54 Employees
Venture Capital

About Compass Diversified Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI) offers shareholders a unique opportunity to own a diverse group of leading middle-market businesses. We own controlling interests in our subsidiary businesses, which maximizes our operating flexibility and drives long-term value creation. Our differentiated permanent capital structure provides us with unmatched financial flexibility to be opportunistic and disciplined about our investments. The potential for extended ownership enables our collaborative, low leverage approach, which is attractive to management teams and allows subsidiaries to better manage for growth. We maintain a strong internal culture of accountability and governance and deliver the highest level of transparency through quarterly financial reporting across our portfolio. CODI owns and manages ten diverse subsidiaries. We believe these market leaders will continue producing stable cash flows over the long-term, enabling us to invest in their growth and make cash distributions to our shareholders. Diverse Portfolio of Leading Middle Market Companies: - 5.11 - Altor Solutions - Arnold Magnetic Technologies - BOA Technology - ERGObaby - Lugano Diamonds - Marucci Sports - Primaloft - The Sterno Group - Velocity Outdoor Acquisition Targets We acquire niche-leading middle market businesses in the consumer, industrial and healthcare sectors. Qualities we look for include: • Significant market share in a defensible industry niche • Proven management team • Low technological and/or product obsolescence risk • Diverse customer and supplier base • Preferred transaction size range of $200 million to $800 million