what’s included
Each section below is its own reference file.
Intrinsic value
read →unlevered FCF at WACC, both terminal methods, divergence reported
Sum-of-the-parts
segment by segment, capitalised overhead, discount and catalysts
Relative value
read →peer screen defended both ways, percentiles, premium/discount build
Precedent transactions
strategic and financial buyers split, control premia, market-context haircut
IPO valuation & pricing
offering structure, buy-side lens, first-day pop, pricing range
Deal & credit
read →pro forma EPS bridge, break-even synergy, the value test behind it
LBO
sources and uses, cash sweep, exit IRR and MoM, returns attribution
Credit & debt capacity
EBITDA quality first, capacity grid by turn, downside stress
Forward build
read →linked statements with the integrity table reported as figures
Operating model & unit economics
cohorts, CAC and LTV, burn and runway, scenarios
Cross-cutting
read →assumption hierarchy, tornado, breakeven, margin of safety
recommendation first, returns, risk register, what would reverse it
Shared method — the spine
Method before numbers
every playbook fixes approach and names its data gaps first
Labelled assumptions
anything not supplied is marked at the point of use, with a reason
Checks as figures
integrity and quality checks report the number, never a tick
Scenarios as narratives
coherent states of the world, not haircuts on the base case
Scope bound
deliver what was asked, flag the adjacent analysis, stop there
Challenge close
what would most change the output, and the level that flips it