Category: Capital Structure Drivers

10. Interest Costs and Debt Tax Shield

Estimate the impact of interest payments on a levered private equity investment.

09. Gearing and Cashflow in a Growth Investment

Quantify the impact of cashflow and growth capital’s dampening of equity gains (and losses) in growth or expansion investments.

08. Gearing and Cashflow in an LBO

Quantify the impact of cashflow and debt’s amplification of equity gains (and losses) in levered investments.

03. Unlevered Return and the Leverage Effect

The right way to quantify how debt and growth capital influence private equity returns.

02. Equity Dilution and Equity Concentration

Measure how GP equity returns are influenced by capital raising, management option pools, and stock types (e.g., participating preferred).