Investment Banking Models
The technical models required for IB roles and case studies: comps, precedents, LBO, and M&A.
- Merger Model: Accretion and Dilution Analysis Explained for Beginners
Learn how to build a merger model that tests whether an acquisition is accretive or dilutive to earnings per share — the first question any board asks when evaluating a deal.
- LBO Model: How Private Equity Buys Companies and Generates Returns
A step-by-step introduction to the Leveraged Buyout model — the signature tool of private equity. Learn how PE firms structure deals, project returns, and decide what price to pay.
- Precedent Transactions: Valuing a Company Using Historical M&A Deals
Learn how to build a precedent transactions analysis — the M&A counterpart to trading comps — and understand why acquisition multiples are almost always higher than public market multiples.
- Trading Comps: How to Value a Company Using Comparable Public Multiples
Learn how to build a comparable company analysis (trading comps) model — the most widely used relative valuation technique in investment banking and equity research.