Excel Help: Max Input while Maintaining Conditions
I am likely overthinking this but I can not figure out a way to make this formula. Here's what I am looking to do: as an input into the model, we are looking for the max amount of debt while still maintaining a certain DSCR. However, as we change certain revenue and expense assumptions, this input will need to go up or down to still meet the target DSCR.
A simple example:
Input: $1.0mm debt
Target DSCR: 2.0x
Check: If(the Model's DSCR=2.0x, "Pass", "Fail")
How can I avoid having to manually adjust the max debt every single time? I tried to use Goal Seek but this simply finds ANY value that makes the DSCR 2.0x, not necessarily the max.
Any thoughts / help would be much appreciated. Starting to lose my mind a bit
Associate 1 in PE - Other, bummer your thread hasn't had a response yet. Maybe one of these threads could point you in the right direction:
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Fingers crossed that one of those helps you.
Not sure how goal seek can yield multiple values.
How I would do it: think of it as output rather than input. Calculate the maximum debt as a helper function: CFADS x DSCR = maximum debt, and finally use a max() function where needed.
Goal seek just does guess and check along a curve which is why they ask for a guess- your function could be nonlinear and have multiple solutions. OP there isn't an easy way to do this that I can think of aside from using vba and a solver package. A possible band-aid solution is to just do a data table with a range of debts and seeing visually by color-coding at what points it approaches 2x.
Thanks man. I didn’t think about it that way but this helps.
Solver?
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