Business & investing · Excel + guide

Follow the debt. Explain the return.

Work from sources and uses through five years of operations, cash available for repayment and an illustrative equity exit.

Designed for analysts learning acquisition financing.

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What you receive

A usable workbook.
A method you can follow.

Inputs, operations, debt

Inputs, operations, debt and returns schedules

Sources-and-uses reconciliation

Sources-and-uses reconciliation and linked charts

Two-input sensitivity

Two-input sensitivity and a practical learning guide

Your workflow

Put the numbers to work.

Set up

Set entry valuation, financing and operating assumptions.

Explore

Trace cash available for debt repayment each year.

Explain

Test exit assumptions and explain MOIC and IRR together.

A taste of the method

Understand what changes.

Buying a business with debt can amplify the equity outcome. The model separates operating cash generation, debt reduction and exit value so you can see which assumption drives the return.

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What makes this more than a blank template?

You receive an editable calculation structure, a fictional worked example, linked visualisations and a guide explaining the inputs, outputs and common mistakes. The purpose is to help you understand the result and repeat the process.

What does this product not cover?

Simplified five-year fictional buyout. Opening-debt interest avoids circularity. Not a transaction-ready financing model; no multiple tranches, management waterfall or tax advice. Native Excel data-table behaviour requires desktop review.

What software do I need?

A spreadsheet application that opens .xlsx files. Desktop Excel is the intended application. These release candidates have calculation and export checks; desktop Excel acceptance remains outstanding. No macros or external data connections are required.

Can I buy it today?

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