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Compare Two Deals

Two listings rarely differ only in price. Put both on one financing basis, at the same rate and the same owner salary, and the coverage each one leaves you is the comparison worth making. A cheaper deal that services its debt on a thinner margin is the more expensive one.

Deal A

Deal B

Both deals are read at 90% financed over ten years, the standard change-of-ownership structure; coverage is computed after your salary.

Deal A · Multiple

3.10x

Price over SDE

Deal A · Debt Service

$656,687

On a $4,320,000 loan, yearly

Deal A · Coverage After Salary

2.21x

$793,313 cushion a year

Deal B · Multiple

2.88x

Price over SDE

Deal B · Debt Service

$547,239

On a $3,600,000 loan, yearly

Deal B · Coverage After Salary

2.36x

$742,761 cushion a year

The Reading

Both cover. Deal A leaves the wider cushion after salary and debt service, by about $50,552 a year. The cushion is what survives a bad quarter; the multiple is what you brag about.

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