What acquisition price, sources and uses, and sponsor economics create a credible transaction case?
Model profile
Detailed LBO
Model a sponsor-led acquisition from three years of the target's statements through a history-based forecast, debt paydown, bolt-on acquisitions, exit returns, and valuation sensitivity.
Decision scope
Questions this model helps you examine
How do operating projections, cash generation, and debt paydown support the proposed capital structure?
How do exit timing, exit multiples, and downside cases affect sponsor returns and value per share?
Model capabilities
What this model includes
The profile below is generated from the same catalogue and workspace definitions used by the application.
- Three-year statements read by AI or a spreadsheet template, checked and reviewed before use
- History-based forecast, entry multiple, leverage on trailing EBITDA, and editable debt tranches
- Bolt-on acquisitions with synergies, integration costs, and debt and equity funding
- Historical and projected ratios, red flags, value-creation bridge, and optional AI commentary
- Sponsor IRR and MOIC, DCF exit analysis, sensitivity, and model checks
- Base and full analysis runs with XLSX, PDF, and CSV exports
Build the case
Inputs and workspaces
- Transaction controlsSet the case, purchase terms, sponsor economics, tax, and valuation controls.
- Import statementsHave the AI read an annual report, or fill in the spreadsheet template, then review before applying.
- StatementsThree years of income statement and balance sheet, plus shares and balances at close.
- ForecastHistory-based or year-by-year growth, margin, reinvestment, and working-capital drivers.
- Financing and bolt-onsEntry multiple, leverage, debt tranches, base rates, and bolt-on acquisitions.
Review the result
Outputs and analysis
- Total usesMillions
- Initial debtMillions
- Entry EV / LTM EBITDAMultiple
- Debt / LTM EBITDA at closeMultiple
- Exit-year sponsor IRRExit year
- Exit-year sponsor MOICExit year
- Minimum interest coverEBITDA / interest
- Red flagsRatio review
- 1 additional metric in the workspace
- Ratios and red flagsDetailed schedules
- Sector scheduleDetailed schedules
- Financial statementsDetailed schedules
- Funding and returnsDetailed schedules
- Sensitivity and model checksDetailed schedules
Designed for review
Who this model is for
- Private-equity sponsors and corporate development teams
- Investment and financial analysts
- Transaction advisers
- Investment committees and lenders
Governed evidence
The review trail stays with the result.
Each completed calculation preserves the model version, saved inputs, reporting-currency snapshot, immutable run, and result fingerprint used for its reports.
- Version-controlled calculation logic
- Saved assumptions and scenarios
- Immutable calculation runs
- Reporting context preserved in exports
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