Estimate IRR and MOIC on a leveraged buyout given entry/exit multiples, leverage, growth, and hold period. Runs a simplified annual debt-paydown loop with FCF sweep.
Project 5 years of unlevered free cash flow plus a Gordon Growth terminal, discount at your WACC, and read out enterprise value, equity value, and implied multiples.
CAPM-based cost of equity plus after-tax cost of debt, weighted by capital structure. The single most important — and most often hand-waved — input in any DCF.
How much debt can this business actually carry? Shows the binding constraint — leverage-limited or coverage-limited — plus DSCR and interest coverage.