Anyone have templates / resources when constructing an acquisition / LBO model?

August 18, 2021
by a searcher from Marquette University in Chicago, IL, USA
I am in the process of buying a business and needing a little help with finding/constructing a template to evaluate a possible business in addition to evaluating investor equity that will be helping me with the search.
from The University of Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA
1) Quantifier: If you enter price and equity, it instantly calculates IRR and cash flow.
2) Optimizer: Simultaneously determines the max price, minimum equity and seller financing that achieves the expected IRR while making sure all creditors (debt) are paid..
Features: Asset vs. Stock, C Corp. vs. S Corp., multiple layers of financing, earn-out (as expense), earn-out (as price adjustment), asset step-up, what-if analysis (to test different assumptions of growth, margin, financing, structure, etc.)
from Baruch College in New Jersey, USA