Senior investment executive focused on private equity and mid-market buyouts, with operational experience across industrials and services. Simon Batten leads sourcing, portfolio value creation and exits, leveraging prior operating roles and advisory work. Known for driving operational improvements, governance, and disciplined capital allocation across leverage cycles.
Senior investment executive focused on private equity and mid-market buyouts, with operational experience across industrials and services. Simon Batten leads sourcing, portfolio value creation and exits, leveraging prior operating roles and advisory work. Known for driving operational improvements, governance, and disciplined capital allocation across leverage cycles.
Focuses on mid‑market private equity and buyouts, prioritizing control or influential minority positions in industrials and services. Seeks investments where operational improvements, governance upgrades and disciplined capital allocation can drive margin expansion and cash‑flow conversion. Employs hands‑on value creation playbooks—cost optimization, commercial expansion and bolt‑on M&A—within a 3–7 year exit‑minded horizon. Emphasizes conservative leverage sizing, active board oversight and milestone‑linked incentives to de‑risk execution and maximize exit multiples.
Focuses on mid‑market private equity and buyouts, prioritizing control or influential minority positions in industrials and services. Seeks investments where operational improvements, governance upgrades and disciplined capital allocation can drive margin expansion and cash‑flow conversion. Employs hands‑on value creation playbooks—cost optimization, commercial expansion and bolt‑on M&A—within a 3–7 year exit‑minded horizon. Emphasizes conservative leverage sizing, active board oversight and milestone‑linked incentives to de‑risk execution and maximize exit multiples.
| Trades 67 | Longs Won 46/67 68% | Profit Factor 4.42 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $4.64M |
| Average Win $3.38M | Best Trade (Aug 15) $22.22M | Sharpe Ratio -10.51 |
| Average Loss -$1.68M | Worst Trade (Jun 29) -$10.77M | Z-Score 3.92 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 1y 2m 3w 5d | Expectancy $1.8M |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | 0.02% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 296 | 266 | 237 | 207 | 178 | 148 | 118 | 89 | 59 | 30 |
| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 217,000 | $33.72M | $46.02M | - | $12.3M | 36.48% | -0.6% |
CARG CarGurus, Inc. | 2.58M | $77.84M | $96.41M | - | $18.57M | 23.86% | -1.318% |
CARR Carrier Global Corporation | 395,000 | $21.2M | $24.8M | - | $3.6M | 16.96% | -0.9% |
CME CME Group Inc. | 214,000 | $46.66M | $57.74M | - | $11.07M | 23.73% | +0.969% |
CPRT Copart Inc. | 840,000 | $30.02M | $26.55M | - | -$3.47M | -11.54% | +7.554% |
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. | 1.9M | $17.92M | $55.1M | - | $37.18M | 207.41% | +1.081% |
HRB H&R Block Inc. | 710,000 | $28.43M | $38.28M | - | $9.85M | 34.66% | +1.087% |
LYFT Lyft Inc. | 2.25M | $30.38M | $39.33M | - | $8.95M | 29.45% | +2.043% |
PAYX Paychex Inc. | 245,000 | $22.57M | $29.89M | - | $7.33M | 32.46% | -2.695% |
PHIN Phinia Inc. | 380,000 | $24.17M | $28.31M | - | $4.14M | 17.13% | +1.044% |
V Visa Inc. Class A | 65,000 | $18.32M | $23.67M | - | $5.35M | 29.24% | -0.356% |
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. | 160,000 | $28.4M | $39M | - | $10.6M | 37.35% | -3.519% |