Potomac Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on small to mid-market investment opportunities, targeting various sectors including Business Services, Education and Training, Healthcare, Information Services, and Software and Technology. They aim to provide capital and collaborate with management teams to facilitate growth.

Potomac Equity Partners

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The firm considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. Blackstone Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe and North America.

Peter G. Peterson

Stephen Schwarzman

Blackstone Inc.

The Carlyle Group Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in management-led/ Leveraged buyouts, privatizations, divestitures, strategic minority equity investments, structured credit, global distressed and corporate opportunities, small and middle market, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, senior debt, mezzanine and leveraged finance, and venture and growth capital financings, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, turnaround, mid venture, late venture, PIPES. The firm invests across four segments which include Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies, and Solutions. The firm typically invests in industrial, agribusiness, ecological sector, fintech, airports, parking, Plastics, Rubber, diversified natural resources, minerals, farming, aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer, retail, industrial, infrastructure, energy, power, healthcare, software, software enabled services, semiconductors, communications infrastructure, financial technology, utilities, gaming, systems and related supply chain, electronic systems, systems, oil and gas, processing facilities, power generation assets, technology, systems, real estate, financial services, transportation, business services, telecommunications, media, and logistics sectors. Within the industrial sector, the firm invests in manufacturing, building products, packaging, chemicals, metals and mining, forestry and paper products, and industrial consumables and services. In consumer and retail sectors, it invests in food and beverage, retail, restaurants, consumer products, domestic consumption, consumer services, personal care products, direct marketing, and education. Within aerospace, defense, business services, and government services sectors, it seeks to invest in defense electronics, manufacturing and services, government contracting and services, information technology, distribution companies. In telecommunication and media sectors, it invests in cable TV, directories, publishing, entertainment and content delivery services, wireless infrastructure/services, fixed line networks, satellite services, broadband and Internet, and infrastructure. Within real estate, the firm invests in office, hotel, industrial, retail, for sale residential, student housing, hospitality, multifamily residential, homebuilding and building products, and senior living sectors. The firm seeks to make investments in growing business including those with overleveraged balance sheets. The firm seeks to hold its investments for four to six years. In the healthcare sector, it invests in healthcare services, outsourcing services, companies running clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies, managed care, pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical related services, healthcare IT, medical, products, and devices. It seeks to invest in companies based in Sub-Saharan focusing on Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana, Nigeria, Uganda, West Africa, North Africa and South Africa focusing on Tanzania and Zambia; Asia focusing on Pakistan, India, South East Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan; Australia; New Zealand; Europe focusing on France, Italy, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Benelux , Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, and Russia; Middle East focusing on Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and UAE; North America focusing on United States which further invest in Southeastern United States, Texas, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest; Asia Pacific; Soviet Union, Central-Eastern Europe, and Israel; Nordic region; and South America focusing on Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. The firm seeks to invest in food, financial, and healthcare industries in Western China. In the real estate sector, the firm seeks to invest in various locations across Europe focusing on France and Central Europe, United States, Asia focusing on China, and Latin America. It typically invests between $1 million and $50 million for venture investments and between $50 million and $2 billion for buyouts in companies with enterprise value of between $31.57 million and $1000 million and sales value of $10 million and $500 million. It seeks to invest in companies with market capitalization greater than $50 million and EBITDA between $5 million to $25 million. It prefers to take a majority or a minority stake. It typically holds its investments for three to five years. Within automotive and transportation sectors, the firm seeks to hold its investments in for four to six years. While investing in Japan, it does not invest in companies with more than 1,000 employees and prefers companies' worth between $100 million and $150 million. The firm originates, structures, and acts as lead equity investor in the transactions. The Carlyle Group Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in 21 countries across 5 continents (North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe).

William E. Conway

The Carlyle Group Inc.

Gauge Capital is a private equity firm focused on middle-market investments with a growth-oriented approach. self-described.

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Company Name	Potomac Equity Partners	Blackstone Inc.	The Carlyle Group Inc.	Gauge Capital
Symbol		BX	CG
MSH ID	COM:POTOMACEQUITYPARTNERS	COM:BLACKSTONE	COM:CARLYLE	COM:GAUGECAPITAL
Market	PRIVATE	STOCKS	STOCKS	PRIVATE
Sector	Financial Services & Finance	Financial Services	Financial Services	Financial Services & Finance
Industry	Private Equity Investment	Asset Management	Asset Management	Private Equity
Country	US	US	US	US
Stage
Employee Count		4.74K	2.20K
Website	potomacequitypartners.com	blackstone.com	carlyle.com	gaugecapital.com
LinkedIn		blackstonegroup	the-carlyle-group
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Market Cap	150.24B	14.94B
Enterprise Value
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Revenue			2.64B
Revenue (LTM)
Revenue (NTM)
Gross Profit			939.70M
EBITDA			-282.70M
Operating Income			-463.30M
Net Income			-608.40M
EPS			-1.68
Diluted EPS			-1.68
Revenue 2022
Revenue 2023
Revenue 2024
Revenue 2025
Revenue 2026

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Revenue Growth (LTM)
Revenue Growth (NTM)
Gross Profit Growth (LTM)
EBITDA Growth (LTM)
Net Income Growth (LTM)
14-Day Growth Score
28-Day Growth Score
90-Day Growth Score
365-Day Growth Score

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Gross Profit Margin			0.31
Operating Profit Margin			-0.11
EBITDA Margin			-0.11
Net Profit Margin			-0.12
Return on Equity			-0.07
Return on Assets			-0.02
Return on Capital Employed			-0.02

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Potomac Equity Partners

Company Overview

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Valuation Multiples

Operational Metrics

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P/E Ratio			69.01
P/B Ratio			2.46
Revenue Multiple (LTM)
Revenue Multiple (NTM)
EBITDA Multiple (LTM)
EBITDA Multiple (NTM)
Price to Sales Ratio			6.82
EV Multiple			-7.72

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Days Sales Outstanding			116.43
Days Payables Outstanding			14.39
Days Inventory Outstanding
Operating Cycle			898.51
Cash Conversion Cycle			898.51
Asset Turnover			0.15

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Operating Cash Flow			941.60M
Free Cash Flow			875.00M
Cash Flow to Debt			0.15
Operating Cash Flow/Sales			0.45
Free Cash Flow Yield			-0.02

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Cash & Equivalents			1.79B
Accounts Receivable			-63.50M
Inventory
Goodwill			104M
Debt to Capitalization			0.67
Debt to Assets			0.44
Current Ratio			4.73
Quick Ratio			19.15

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Rule of 40 (LTM)
Rule of 40 (NTM)
Stock Comp to Revenue			0.03
R&D to Revenue
SG&A to Revenue			0.26