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eFinancialModels provides a marketplace to share and sell industry specific financial model templates and excel spreadsheets

07/08/2026

There is one number that tells you whether an HVAC acquisition works before you look at anything else.

It is the gross profit from the maintenance agreement book — the recurring revenue that comes in whether or not the technicians are running calls that day. In a well-run HVAC business, that number alone covers approximately 111% of annual SBA debt service. If it does not, the rest of the model will not save the deal.

The HVAC / Home-Services Acquisition & SBA Underwriting Financial Model is built for a self-funded searcher or buyer using an SBA 7(a) loan to acquire a residential or light-commercial HVAC company. Revenue is built bottom-up from the maintenance book first — then service/repair and install. The model includes three HVAC business profiles, a seller-note standby lever, a DSCR sensitivity grid across multiple entry multiples and interest rates, a technician-capacity sanity check, a debt-yield cross-check, and sourced 2025–26 HVAC benchmarks for multiples, margins, and SBA terms.

Ten sheets, fully Google Sheets-compatible, machine-verified formulas, 20-page PDF user guide included.

If you are underwriting an HVAC acquisition right now — what is your recurring book's gross profit as a percentage of projected debt service?

04/08/2026

Most financial models don't get rejected because of bad math.

They get rejected because the assumptions feeding the math can't be defended.

In 2026, capital providers are asking harder questions before they commit: Where does that growth rate come from? How was the addressable market sized? What supports those margin assumptions? If your model can't answer those questions with sources, it's a spreadsheet built on guesswork.

eFinancialModels' Market Studies library gives you the sourced starting point your model's assumptions sheet needs — market sizing with traceable references, demand trajectories backed by real drivers, pricing and cost benchmarks to sanity-check unit economics, and scenario inputs for upside and downside cases a board can interrogate.

The library spans solar, real estate, SaaS, healthcare, mining, and more — organized by industry and geography across Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Evidence-based forecasts get funded. Guesswork gets questioned.

📰 Press release:

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/921571835/market-studies-give-financial-models-trustworthy-assumptions-in-2026

📥 Explore the Market Studies library:

https://www.efinancialmodels.com/downloads/tag/market-studies/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=market_studies_library&utm_content=post1

This content is for informational purposes only. All projections are based on publicly available data and assumptions. Actual results may vary.

03/08/2026

A utility-scale solar project that only sells power through one revenue stream is leaving money on the table.

The Solar + BESS Project Finance Model Pro models five: PPA, merchant/spot, BESS arbitrage, capacity payments, and REC sales — all running simultaneously, all linked to the same set of assumptions. The base case outputs a project IRR of 11.1%, an equity IRR of 27.5%, and a MOIC of 3.56x on roughly $136.6M in total capex. Minimum DSCR holds at 1.91x.

The model covers ITC at 30% with a toggle, true MACRS 5-year depreciation with ITC basis reduction, BESS augmentation capex in Year 8, construction S-curve with interest during construction, GP/LP waterfall with preferred return and two IRR-based promote tiers, and formula-driven sensitivity tables — no Excel Data Tables required. Everything runs across 14 fully linked worksheets from a single Assumptions tab. Zero macros, zero circular references.

For a project finance team modeling co-located solar and storage, the question is not just whether the project pencils. It is which revenue stream carries the deal — and what happens to returns when one of them underperforms.

Which of the five revenue streams are you most exposed to in your current pipeline?

31/07/2026

In 2026, the question investors ask first isn't "does the math work?"

It's "where do these assumptions come from?"

A financial model is only as reliable as the inputs feeding it. Growth rates, addressable market figures, unit economics — capital providers want to trace every assumption back to a source before they act on a forecast.

eFinancialModels' Market Studies library gives your model exactly that foundation. Each study pairs sourced market sizing, demand trajectories, pricing benchmarks, and scenario inputs directly with the assumptions your model needs — so your forecast rests on evidence, not estimates.

Covers solar, real estate, SaaS, healthcare, mining, and more — across Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Trustworthy assumptions. Fundable forecasts.

📰 Full press release:

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/921571835/market-studies-give-financial-models-trustworthy-assumptions-in-2026

📥 Explore the Market Studies library:

https://www.efinancialmodels.com/downloads/tag/market-studies/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=market_studies_library&utm_content=post1

This content is for informational purposes only. All projections are based on publicly available data and assumptions. Actual results may vary.

31/07/2026

One law. One date. Two very different investment outcomes. ⚡

The OBBBA introduced a construction-start deadline for US solar: July 4, 2026.
Projects that begin before that date keep their federal tax credit eligibility.

Projects that don't face a compressed window to be placed in service by end of 2027 — or lose the credit entirely.
That makes timing a financial decision, not just a scheduling one.

💬 Comment USA to get the free USA Solar Energy Market Study and explore the financial model templates behind the analysis.

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30/07/2026

The cobalt supply shock that changed the EV recycling business. 🔋

In 2025 the DRC — which supplies 74% of the world's cobalt — restricted exports. Prices surged from $24,800 to $55,290 per tonne in 12 months (+123%).

That one event made EV battery recycling economically attractive for the first time. Recovered cobalt can now be sold at prices that make the unit economics work.

Before you build a recycling plant: model the costs, model the revenue mix, model the DCF. Know your numbers before you commit capital.

💬 Comment EV and we'll send you the free PDF demo of our EV Battery Recycling Plant Financial Model — unit cost economics, 10-year projections, full DCF valuation.

29/07/2026

Jim Beam paused production. Kentucky has 16 million barrels aging that nobody's buying. 🥃

But underneath that? Craft distilleries just hit a record. 3,069 active distilleries. Up 11% in one year.

Here's the reason. Wholesale gives you 30% margin. Sell the same bottle through your own tasting room and you're looking at up to 80%. That's a completely different business model.

$850K to start. Three to seven years to positive ROI. The economics work — but only if your financial model captures production capacity, revenue mix, tasting room vs wholesale, and break-even by year.

💬 Comment DISTILLERY to download the free USA Distilleries Market Study 2026–2031 and explore our financial model templates at eFinancialModels.com.

29/07/2026

In 2024, solar powered 12% of US data center electricity contracts.

By 2031, the base case is 43%.

US data center load grows from roughly 180 TWh in 2024 to 580 TWh by 2031 — a tripling driven by AI infrastructure buildout. That demand is being contracted predominantly through long-term PPAs. And solar is winning the majority of those contracts.

This matters for two reasons.

First, hyperscaler PPAs are structurally different from merchant exposure. They provide contracted cash flows at fixed or indexed prices, longer tenors, and investment-grade counterparties — which changes the financing math for utility-scale projects significantly.

Second, data center load is not correlated with residential or commercial electricity demand. It doesn't peak at midday in the same way. That reduces the solar cannibalization problem — the same grid saturation that is driving CAISO capture rates from 62% down toward 38% by 2031 is partially offset in markets with dense hyperscaler demand.

For a US solar model, hyperscaler PPA exposure is no longer a bonus — it is a core underwriting assumption that separates projects that pencil from projects that don't.

This comes from the USA Solar Energy Market Study 2026–2031.

How are you pricing hyperscaler PPA exposure into US utility-scale solar IRRs?

24/07/2026

The US American whiskey industry enters 2026 with record inventory, record headwinds, and the most actionable distressed-asset window in a generation.

The inventory picture: 17.1 million Kentucky aging barrels at end-2025, assessed at $10 billion. Kentucky's barrel property tax bill: $75 million (+163% over five years). A new law begins phasing out this tax from 1 January 2026 at 4% per year, reaching zero by 2043.

The demand headwinds:

— Weight-loss drugs (GLP-1 medications like Ozempic): users report drinking on an average of 2.2 days per week versus 3.1 days before starting the medication — a 29% reduction. US adult drinking participation fell from 62% to 54% in two years (Gallup). We model a 3–7 percentage point demand drag through 2031.

— Canada: removed US whiskey from shelves following 2025 trade tensions; Canada represented $73 million in 2024 exports

— EU: 15% baseline tariff in force; 200% tariff threatened overhead

The distressed opportunity: bulk barrel prices fell approximately 40% ($1,000 → $600). One major bourbon producer paused its distillery for all of 2026. Brand valuations have compressed significantly.

EFM base case: $7.0 billion by 2031. Bear: $5.5 billion. Bull: $9.0 billion.

Template link in the comments 👇

📚 We publish free market studies across solar energy, beverages, distilleries, mining, and more.

Browse all beverage studies → https://www.efinancialmodels.com/downloads/tag/free/

All market studies & use cases → https://www.efinancialmodels.com/financial-model-by-use-case/

This study is for informational purposes only. All projections are based on publicly available data and assumptions. Actual results may vary.

20/07/2026

Purpose-built student accommodation has some of the strongest occupancy fundamentals in European real estate — but the acquisition economics depend heavily on room-type mix, operating cost structure, and the financing assumptions you use at entry.

This pro forma models the full PBSA acquisition — revenue by room type, operating expenses, NOI, cap rate at purchase and exit, debt service, IRR, and equity multiple — giving you a complete picture before you commit.

📥 Download: https://www.efinancialmodels.com/downloads/real-estate-student-accommodation-acquisition-pro-forma-632432/

What yield threshold are you currently using for PBSA acquisitions in your target markets?

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