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Anyone ever experience a model test with negative levered FCF after mandatory payment? I couldn’t do the revolver adjustment because I didn’t have time, but it certainly feels wrong…
Just want to know if this is a thing
Negative levered free cash flow (FCF) after mandatory debt payments can indeed occur, and it’s not necessarily "wrong." Based on the most helpful WSO content, levered FCF represents the cash flow available to equity holders after accounting for all operating expenses, taxes, capital expenditures, and mandatory debt payments. If mandatory debt payments exceed the cash flow generated, the levered FCF will turn negative.
This situation can arise in scenarios such as: 1. High Debt Obligations: If a company has significant mandatory debt payments, it can push levered FCF into negative territory, even if the company is profitable from an unlevered FCF perspective. 2. Insufficient Operating Cash Flow: A company might generate enough cash flow to cover operating expenses and capex but fall short when mandatory debt payments are factored in. 3. Temporary Cash Flow Issues: Seasonal businesses or companies undergoing a downturn might experience negative levered FCF temporarily.
In such cases, a revolver adjustment or other financing mechanisms (e.g., drawing on credit lines) would typically be used to cover the shortfall. However, if you didn’t have time to model the revolver adjustment, the negative levered FCF might feel incomplete but is still a valid outcome based on the inputs provided.
This scenario also highlights the importance of understanding the implications of negative levered FCF, as it could signal potential risks for equity investors, especially in the event of financial distress or bankruptcy.
Sources: Levered vs. Unlevered Free Cash Flow Difference, Walk me through a DCF, FCFF vs Unlevered FCF - is there a difference?, https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/real-estate/megafund-repe-modeling-test?customgpt=1, Corp Dev LBO returns question: Levered and Unlevered IRR
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