JPMorgan Deck
Leverage quick math: a company has $200M EBITDA, $700M total debt, and $100M cash. What are gross and net leverage? It then raises $300M of new debt at a 6% blended cost across all debt — new leverage and coverage?
Model answer
Starting point: gross leverage = 700 / 200 = 3.5x; net leverage = (700 - 100) / 200 = 3.0x. After the raise: total debt = $1,000M, so gross leverage = 1,000 / 200 = 5.0x. Interest at 6% on $1,000M =…
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