Capital Budgeting & Breakeven Analysis (Excel XLSX)

The main purpose of the template is to enable a business to evaluate potential major projects or investments.
The structure is user friendly and practical and is suitable for any type of business.
The template includes the major methods of capital budgeting (discounted cash flow, NPV, payback, profitability index, internal rate of rate) and a breakeven analysis.

General Note

The template includes Input Tabs (gold color) and Output Tabs (dark blue color).
Formulas are in black color and hard-coded numbers are in blue color. UPDATE ONLY THE BLUE COLOR NUMBERS.
As a general rule, try to avoid changing the formulas in the cells in the output tabs. Please contact us if you need assistance on the functionality of the template.

Template Instructions

Set Up Tab
This tab includes the main data which feed the rest of the template.
Initial Investment Section : Fill in all CAPEX, OPEX & Working Capital Assumptions and enter the Lifetime of the investment in years.
Revenue : Fill in Assumptions percentages (%), Sales Volume & Price per Unit and update the Fixed Costs Categories accordingly

10-Year Forecast
This tab creates a 10-Year Forecast for the investment based on the assumptions user inputs on the top section of the report
Please fill in all the assumptions for the calculations to work properly

Capital Budgeting
This tab presents a capital budgeting process and evaluates the investment.
It includes capital budgeting main calculation data, undiscounted and discounted cash flow, investment returns and payback period analysis.
All calculations are automatic and user must only select the discount rate method form the drop-down list in cell N11.
If Direct Method (1) is selected, user needs to manually input the discount rate in cell N13.

Breakeven Analysis
This tab creates a breakeven analysis for the investment, calculated based on units sold.
All calculations are automatic and user only needs to select the year from the drop-down list to view the corresponding chart output.

The template's breakeven analysis tab allows for quick visualization of profitability timelines. The 10-year forecast provides comprehensive financial projections, ensuring robust investment evaluations.