Net operating income (NOI) measures the core profitability of real estate properties. It’s calculated as: NOI = revenue generated from property – operating expenses NOI is before any cost of financing (such as debt or mortgage interest expense) as well as income taxes. It focuses only on the...

The write-down of existing goodwill on the balance sheet increases the excess purchase price. Sometimes, a % of the excess purchase price can be allocated to a PP&E and / or intangible asset write-up. In this scenario, it would be important to write-down existing goodwill since it would impact t...

Using rule of 72, we can find the approximate IRR to double an investment for a given # of years. $100M growing to $400M equity in year 6 is similar to $100M doubling to $200M equity in year 3, and then doubling again to $400M in year 6. So by finding out what IRR is […]...

A 0.1x change on a 2.5 multiple of capital is effectively a 4% change in multiple of capital, since 0.1 / 2.5 = 1 / 25 = 4%. Therefore, a 4% change in return corresponds to roughly a 4% change in IRR. With a 5 year hold, a 2.5x multiple of capital is equivalent to […]...

In a private equity deal with co-investors, the GP (General Partner) sources the deal and operates the company while the LPs (Limited Partners) co-invest in the deal by providing a portion of the initial equity investment. Since the GP has sourced the deal, performed the majority of the deal diligen...

Hedge funds and equity research – both buy side and sell side – are looking for candidates who are truly passionate about investing. Ideally, investing in stocks and following the market is what makes the successful candidate tick. To tell this story, make sure to begin from where you st...

Since this is for a pitch and not for a live deal, we cannot simply ask the bank lender. Since there are no public comps, we should look at past LBO deals in a similar sector and see what the past revolver spread was. For example, we can find the average revolver spread over 3-month […]...

Football (soccer) clubs are typically valued using EV / revenue and comparables analysis. This is because many weaker-performing teams do not make positive EBITDA or net income, so it would be difficult to compare EV / EBITDA or EV / EBIT as widely as you’d like. it’s difficult to do a DCF becau...

It’s important to due diligence management projections as they tend to be overly optimistic. On the revenue side, each growth opportunity can be evaluated by examining the assumptions driving each growth opportunity. For example, if the company wants to increase penetration in an existing geograph...