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- [Welcome to Your Free Financial Modeling Tutorials!](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/free-tutorial-introduction/): Welcome to our series of free financial modeling tutorials!
- [How to Calculate Terminal Value in a DCF](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/how-to-calculate-terminal-value/): In this third free tutorial, you’ll learn what Terminal Value means in a DCF, how to calculate and cross-check it, and how to use it to finish the Discounted Cash Flow Analysis and draw initial conclusions about Michael Hill’s implied value.
- [How to Calculate the Discount Rate in a DCF](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/how-to-calculate-discount-rate/): In this second free tutorial, you’ll learn what the Discount Rate means intuitively, how to calculate the Cost of Equity and WACC, and how to use the Discount Rate in a DCF analysis to value a company’s future cash flows.
- [How to Calculate Unlevered Free Cash Flow in a DCF](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/how-to-calculate-unlevered-free-cash-flow/): In this first free tutorial, you’ll learn the big idea behind valuation and DCF (Discounted Cash Flow) Analysis, as well as how to calculate Unlevered Free Cash Flow and project it for a specialty retailer (Michael Hill).

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- [Midstream Oil & Gas: Industrials, Utilities, and Infrastructure Bankers Walk into a Bar…](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/oil-gas-modeling/midstream-oil-and-gas/): Midstream companies in the oil & gas sector transport and store oil, gas, fuel, and water; they operate like a cross between industrials, utilities, and infrastructure companies. Key metrics include the Capacity and Utilization Rates, Per-Unit Fees, Distributable Cash Flow, EBITDA, and Distributions, and the DCF and Dividend Discount Model are common valuation methodologies.
- [IFRS vs U.S. GAAP on the Financial Statements (21:57)](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/ifrs-vs-us-gaap/): IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP differ on the financial statements mostly in their presentation of the Cash Flow Statement and treatment of Leases; you can find reconciliations to present the Cash Flow Statement properly and use alternative and adjusted metrics to deal with Lease comparability issues.
- [How to Calculate Enterprise Value: The Enterprise Value Bridge (11:26)](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/equity-value-enterprise-value/how-to-calculate-enterprise-value/): To calculate Enterprise Value, start with a company’s Equity Value (Share Price * Diluted Share Count) and add Debt, Preferred Stock, Noncontrolling Interests, and other Non-Operating Liabilities, and subtract Cash and other Non-Operating Assets.
- [Sensitivity Analysis Excel: How to Create Sensitivity Tables in Excel (16:16)](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/excel/sensitivity-analysis-excel/): With Sensitivity Analysis in Excel, you can vary key inputs in financial models and review the outputs under different conditions; this free sample lesson from our Excel course walks you through the requirements and setup steps.
- [Google and SpaceX : How “Trading Securities” Create Financial Fan Fiction](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/trading-securities/): Trading Securities or “Fair Value Through Profit & Loss” (FVPL) Securities are used to record a company’s short-term buying and selling of investments; Unrealized and Realized Gains/Losses on these securities appear on the Income Statement, as do the associated Dividends and Interest Income. Accounting rules created in 2016 mean that U.S.-based companies must use this category for *all* small equity stakes in other companies now, which has created huge Unrealized Gains and Losses for many firms.
- [Private Equity Fund Financial Statements: How to Record Gains, Losses, Fees, Carried Interest, and More](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-sponsors/private-equity-fund-financial-statements/): PE funds use the same financial statements – the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement – as normal companies, but the individual line items differ, there are typically no corporate-level taxes, the CFS is set up differently, and Equity is split between the Limited Partners (LPs), and General Partners (GPs).
- [Biotech Valuation: How to Make “Pre-Revenue” Cool Again](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/biotech/biotech-valuation/): In a biotech valuation, you project the revenue, expenses, and cash flows for an early-stage startup based on “far in the future” forecasts over 20 – 30 years, assume that sales grow to a “peak” and then decline to ~$0, leaving no Terminal Value, and you probability-weight the cash flows or vary the Discount Rate over time to reflect the risk; biotech valuation for “platform companies” is closer to the standard DCF approach with a Terminal Value.
- [Capitalized R&D in 3-Statement Models, Valuations, and Big Beautiful Bills](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-statement-analysis/capitalized-rd/): When a company “capitalizes” its R&D, it lists the initial spending as a cash outflow on the Cash Flow Statement and then “amortizes” it over time on the Income Statement, over a period such as 5 years, shifting the tax deductions to future periods; this treatment may be more accurate, but it has practical problems that limit its real-life usage.
- [CARR vs. ARR: How AI Startups Hallucinate Their Revenue and Growth Metrics, and How to Sort Out the Mess](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/venture-capital/carr-vs-arr/): CARR vs. ARR Definition: Annualized recurring revenue takes a company’s contractual subscription revenue over a month or quarter and multiplies it by 12 or 4 to get a yearly estimate for it; Contracted Annualized Recurring Revenue (CARR) also adds future bookings, expansions, and downgrades that have been *agreed to* in this period but have not yet been recorded in revenue.
- [EBITDAR: Concept, Calculations, and Real-World Examples (Airlines and Oilfield Services)](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/ebitdar/): EBITDAR, defined as Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Rent, is used to normalize companies with different leasing vs. ownership policies and to normalize differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS following changes to lease accounting in 2019.
- [The Debt Service Reserve Account (DSRA) in Project Finance: Save the Lenders, Save the World](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/project-finance/debt-service-reserve-account/): In Project Finance, the Debt Service Reserve Account ensures that an asset has enough cash on hand to meet its upcoming Debt Service (Interest + Principal Repayments); it ensures that the lenders get paid without an additional contribution from the equity investors for this Debt Service.
- [Free Cash Flow in the Age of AI Hyperscalers: Time for an Update?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-statement-analysis/free-cash-flow/): The traditional definition of Free Cash Flow (FCF) is Cash Flow from Operations – Capital Expenditures, and it represents a company’s “discretionary cash flow” after paying what’s required to operate and re-invest in its business and pay interest on its funding sources; recent accounting and business model changes mean that Stock-Based Compensation and Leases deserve special treatment.
- [LBO Valuation: The Power of Middle-School Math to Reverse a Model](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/leveraged-buyouts-and-lbo-models/lbo-valuation/): In an “LBO valuation,” you *reverse* the standard leveraged buyout model setup and *back into* the purchase price based on the assumed exit multiple, exit year, and cash flows in the holding period; you can use Goal Seek or VBA to set this up, but you can also simplify the model and do it entirely with normal Excel formulas.
- [The Flow of Funds (Cap Table Waterfall) in Venture Capital, M&A, and More](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/venture-capital/flow-of-funds/): In venture capital and M&A modeling, the “Flow of Funds” refers to a model that calculates the exit proceeds in a deal to each investor group and determines the proper conversion decisions for all the investors; it is relevant primarily for acquired private companies because public company shareholders rarely have complex terms attached to their ownership.
- [Cash Flow from Operations: Definition, Exceptions, and Valuation Usage](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/cash-flow-from-operations/): On the Cash Flow Statement, the Cash Flow from Operations (CFO) section starts with Net Income from the Income Statement, adjusts for non-cash income and expenses, and reflects the Change in Working Capital (either positive or negative); CFO represents a company’s recurring cash flow *before CapEx* and other investing/financing activities.
- [Private Equity Fund Performance Metrics: TVPI vs. MOIC vs. DPI and Gross vs. Net IRR](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-sponsors/private-equity-fund-performance-metrics/): When evaluating the performance of a private equity (PE) fund, some of the most important metrics include the Total Value to Paid-In Capital (TVPI), or Net Value / Called Capital, Distributions to Paid-In Capital (DPI), or (Realizations – Realized Carried Interest) / Called Capital, the Gross MOIC, or Total Gross Value / Invested Capital, and the Gross and Net IRR, which measure the annualized returns of the fund before or after fees and carried interest
- [The Top Financial Modeling Mistakes: How to Avoid Balance Sheet Black Holes, Fake Projections, and Nonsensical Numbers](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/3-statement-models/financial-modeling-mistakes/): The top financial modeling mistakes include an over-reliance on templates or a company’s financial statements, no step-by-step process for building and verifying the model, and entering assumptions that go against basic economics or financial reality. You can avoid these problems by following simple guidelines and getting practice building models for companies you follow.
- [Accounts Payable vs. Accrued Expenses: Invoices, Cash Flows, and Interview Questions](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/accounts-payable-vs-accrued-expenses/): In accounting, Accounts Payable (AP) and Accrued Expenses (AE) record owed payments for products or services that a company has ordered and received but not yet paid for in cash; on the financial statements, they are often used for different scenarios, with AP corresponding to purchases with specific invoices and AE corresponding to recurring expenses that do not necessarily have invoices.
- [Private Equity Funds of Funds Case Studies and Secondaries Case Studies: What to Expect and How to Practice](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-sponsors/funds-of-funds-case-studies/): You normally complete funds of funds case studies when interviewing at a PE fund of funds or endowment/pension/sovereign wealth fund/insurance firm that invests in private equity; the case studies may relate to primary investing in new funds or LP-/GP-led secondary deals in existing funds and specific portfolio companies. Co-investment case studies, similar to traditional LBO models and based on potential new investments, are also possible.
- [CapEx & Depreciation: Michael Burry vs. AI and Big Tech](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/capex-depreciation/): In accounting, capital expenditures (CapEx) represent a company’s spending on long-term assets that will last for multiple years; since they will be useful for many years, this CapEx spending must be allocated over time and recorded as “Depreciation” on the Income Statement. This Depreciation number reduces the company’s Pre-Tax Income and counts as a tax deduction in the current period, but the CapEx does not.
- [The Cost of Equity in Valuations for Public Companies, Startups, and More](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/valuation/cost-of-equity/): The Cost of Equity in corporate finance represents the annualized rate of return that investors target when they buy a company’s Common Stock; to a company, it represents the cost of issuing additional Common Stock to operate its business, where the “cost” includes both dividends (cash cost) and the dilution from these issuances. The Cost of Equity is widely used in valuation and DCF analysis.
- [Excel Lambda Functions: How to Create Custom Functions Without VBA, Macros, or Other Code](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/excel/excel-lambda-functions/): In Excel, you can use Lambda functions to create your own custom functions outside the normal built-in ones; you can then assign names to these functions in the Name Manager and use them throughout your file without writing any code.
- [The Payback Period in Project Finance and Asset-Level Modeling: A More Objective Measure of Risk and Growth?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/project-finance/payback-period/): In finance, the “Payback Period” refers to the time required to recoup the cost of a development or acquisition with the cash flows from the asset; it is most useful in asset-level financial modeling, such as in fields like Project Finance, but it may be relevant in other contexts as well.
- [Excel FILTER Function: Data, Financial Models, and the Multiverse](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/excel/excel-filter-function/): The FILTER function in Excel, added in the 365 version and Excel 2021 and beyond, lets you extract multiple matching rows from a set of data based on one or more conditions; it updates the results dynamically as the data changes and creates a spill range you can reference in other formulas.
- [Balance Sheet Not Balancing: Batman’s Guide to Fixing Your Balance Sheet](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/3-statement-models/balance-sheet-not-balancing/): A Balance Sheet goes "out of balance" when Total Assets does not equal Liabilities + Equity; you can follow the 4-step process outlined here to fix this problem methodically, but you should also consider simplifying and consolidating your financial model if you keep running into this issue.
- [The Times Interest Earned (TIE) Ratio: Real-World Risk or Spreadsheet Swindle?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-statement-analysis/times-interest-earned-tie/): The Times Interest Earned Ratio, also known as the Interest Coverage Ratio, measures how well a company’s core-business earnings can pay for the interest expense on its Debt and represents its credit risk and additional capacity for Debt issuances; there are many different definitions because there are different types of “earnings” and “interest expense.”
- [Deferred Revenue: How an “Easy” Interview Question Makes Real Life Confusing](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/deferred-revenue/): Deferred Revenue, as traditionally defined, refers to cash that a company has received *before* the company has delivered the product or service; it cannot yet recognize these funds as revenue due to the lack of delivery. In a subscription/SaaS context, Deferred Revenue may also be recognized when a contract is signed, even if the customer has not yet paid upfront in cash.
- [The Type Curve in Oil and Gas: Financial Modeling Master Key, or Academic Curiosity?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/oil-gas-modeling/type-curve-oil-and-gas/): In oil & gas financial modeling, the “Type Curve” plots the initial production (oil, gas, and natural gas liquids) from a specific type of well in a certain region and shows how that production declines over time; this curve is used to estimate the revenue, expenses, and CapEx associated with a well and its associated IRR and NPV.
- [Negative Working Capital: Good Sign, Red Flag, or Much Ado About Nothing?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/negative-working-capital/): Negative Working Capital occurs when a company’s Current Operational Liabilities exceed its Current Operational Assets; it could mean almost anything, depending on the company and industry, and it tends to matter far less in models and valuations than the *Change* in Working Capital.
- [Financial Modeling Best Practices: How to Give Your Excel Files a “Makeover”](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/finance/financial-modeling-best-practices/): The “best practices” in Excel-based financial modeling include guidelines around how to set up the financial statements, how to separate drivers from historical and projected numbers, and how to simplify and consolidate the statements; other guidelines relate to color coding, sign conventions, and the structure of formulas.
- [The Last Twelve Months (LTM) Financial Metrics: Calculations, Confusions, and Calendarization](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/finance/last-twelve-months-ltm/): To calculate the “Last Twelve Months” (LMT) version of a financial metric, such as Revenue, take the figure from the company’s last fiscal year, add the number from its most recent interim period (3 months, 6 months, etc.), and subtract the figure from that same interim period in the previous fiscal year.
- [The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (FCCR) in Credit Analysis: Cash Flow Confusion](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-statement-analysis/fixed-charge-coverage-ratio-fccr/): The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (FFCR) measures how easily a company can pay for the interest expense on its Debt, scheduled principal repayments, rent/lease payments, and other fixed expenses based on its available cash flow after most other recurring spending.
- [The Cost of Debt in Valuations, Credit, and Real Life](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/valuation/cost-of-debt/): The Cost of Debt in corporate finance represents the effective rate a company would pay if it issued additional Debt today; most of this cost is the Interest Expense on the Debt, but some may also correspond to discounts, penalty fees, and face value vs. market value differences. The Cost of Debt is widely used in credit analysis and to calculate WACC in a DCF model.
- [SaaS Metrics: Definitions, Excel Examples, and Real-World Uses](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/venture-capital/saas-metrics/): “Metrics” for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies are numbers that tell you how quickly these firms are growing, how efficiently they’re operating and winning customers, and how appealing they are to investors; these metrics often influence their valuations directly.
- [The Interest Tax Shield: Valuations, LBO Models, and More](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/leveraged-buyouts-and-lbo-models/interest-tax-shield/): In corporate finance, the “interest tax shield” refers to the tax reduction a company gets by issuing Debt and paying Interest on that Debt; it is roughly equal to the Interest Expense * Tax Rate, but it may be reduced or limited in certain regions based on the company’s EBIT, EBITDA, or other attributes.
- [Tariff Apocalypse: Trade Wars and Tariffs in Financial Models and Valuation](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/ma-and-merger-models/tariff-model/): In corporate finance and valuation, tariffs increase the prices that companies pay for imported parts, materials, and supplies and make a “very negative” to a “close to neutral” impact on their profits and cash flows; they also tend to reduce companies’ values and make M&A deals more dilutive.
- [Net Revenue Retention: Key SaaS Metric or Disguise for Disappointing Performance?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/venture-capital/net-revenue-retention-nrr/): Net Revenue Retention (NRR) for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies is defined as the (Starting Recurring Revenue + Expansion Revenue – Churned Revenue) / Starting Recurring Revenue; it indicates how much the company’s recurring revenue from existing customers is growing in each period.
- [EBITDA to FCF: Interview Question and Modeling Test Walkthrough](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-statement-analysis/ebitda-to-fcf/): FCF = EBITDA – Net Interest Expense – Taxes +/- Other Non-Cash Adjustments +/- Change in Working Capital – CapEx; also, always clarify which type of Free Cash Flow you’re calculating since the formula changes for other FCF variations.
- [The Debt-to-Equity Ratio in Valuation and Financial Modeling: Quick Risk Assessment?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/financial-statement-analysis/debt-to-equity-ratio/): The Debt-to-Equity Ratio equals a company’s Total Debt / Total Common Shareholders’ Equity and, depending on the context, may be based on either the book values or the market values of these items; it measures the company’s overall risk from leverage and can indicate how expensive its next Debt issuance might be.
- [Cash Flow Available for Debt Service (CFADS) in Project Finance: The Lifeblood of Infrastructure Assets](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/project-finance/cash-flow-available-for-debt-service-cfads/): In Infrastructure and Project Finance, the CFADS equals EBITDA – Cash Taxes +/- Change in Working Capital – Maintenance CapEx. It represents the total amount of cash flow an asset could potentially use to pay interest on its Debt and repay Debt principal in the period, and it’s used in the Debt sizing and sculpting and equity returns calculations.
- [The Cash Flow Sweep in an LBO: Walkthrough and Simple Examples](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/leveraged-buyouts-and-lbo-models/cash-flow-sweep/): In leveraged buyout and credit models, the “Cash Flow Sweep” refers to the company’s ability to repay Debt optionally based on its cash flows in the period, in addition to the scheduled or mandatory principal repayments that are set at the time of the initial issuance.
- [How to Learn Financial Modeling: The Cyberpunk, the Witcher, and the Wardrobe](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/finance/how-to-learn-financial-modeling/): To learn financial modeling, pick simple, boring companies with easy-to-predict revenue and expenses, watch someone else complete the process, and then try examples on your own, starting with partial templates and moving to open-ended examples without full instructions.
- [The Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) in Project Finance: How to Become Famous with the Help of Lazard](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/project-finance/levelized-cost-of-energy/): The Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) in Project Finance and Infrastructure Modeling equals the Present Value of a power asset’s Lifecycle Costs (OpEx + CapEx + Fuel) divided by the Present Value of its Lifetime Energy Production; it gives you an idea of the long-term marginal cost of electricity generated by the asset.
- [Convertible Preferred Stock in Leveraged Buyouts: Full Guide + Excel Examples](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/leveraged-buyouts-and-lbo-models/convertible-preferred-stock/): In a leveraged buyout, Convertible Preferred Stock gives the investors downside protection plus potential equity upside by giving them the option to convert into common shares in the exit if the deal performs well enough – or stay in Preferred and earn back a higher balance by the end.
- [The Liquidation Preference in Venture Capital: Full Tutorial and Excel Examples](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/venture-capital/liquidation-preference/): In venture capital and startup investing, a liquidation preference gives VC investors the option to earn back a fixed multiple of their investment in a company sale or shutdown rather than a percentage of its common equity, which provides downside protection in disappointing outcomes.
- [Management Rollover vs. Management Option Pool in Leveraged Buyouts](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/leveraged-buyouts-and-lbo-models/management-rollover-vs-management-option-pool/): In a leveraged buyout, rollovers and option pools are common incentive structures that allow management to retain some of their equity or get discounted equity upon exit if the deal performs well.
- [Valuation Multiples: Full Tutorial, Example Calculations, and Interpretation](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/valuation/valuation-multiples/): A valuation multiple equals a company’s Equity Value (Market Cap) or Enterprise Value divided by a financial or operational metric, such as Revenue, EBITDA, or Monthly Active Users; valuation multiples tell you how cheap or expensive a company is in relation to similar companies.
- [The Loan to Value (LTV) Ratio in Real Estate: How to Level Up by Levering Up](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/real-estate-modeling/loan-to-value-ltv/): In real estate, the “Loan to Value” (LTV) ratio indicates the percentage of Debt used to acquire a property or refinance an existing loan; this percentage is always based on the property’s estimated market value at the time.
- [The Cash Flow Statement: The King of the Financial Statements?](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/accounting/cash-flow-statement/): In accounting, the Cash Flow Statement shows a company’s cash inflows and outflows over a specific period, such as 1 year, 1 quarter, or 1 month; items may be either *adjustments* to Income Statement line items or additional cash inflows or outflows that have *not* appeared on the Income Statement.
- [The Risk-Free Rate: Full Definition and Excel Examples](https://breakingintowallstreet.com/kb/finance/risk-free-rate/): The Risk-Free Rate (RFR) represents the annualized return you could earn on assets that are free of default risk, such as “safe” government bonds that will almost certainly be repaid; it is a central part of the Discount Rate calculation and all corporate valuation.

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