Fuel distributor financial model, built free.
A three-statement Excel model for a fuel importer and distributor, built from your own figures and checked to balance.
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Imports or buys refined fuels into its own terminals and sells them wholesale and to commercial, mining, aviation and marine customers, earning a cents-per-litre margin over import parity.
In short
- 01
Three linked statements
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.
- 02
Valued two ways
Discounted cash flow and trading multiples, side by side.
- 03
Monthly to annual
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.
- 04
Checked every period
A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.
The sample, as Excel draws it.
Built by the same system and checks as yours, on illustrative figures: every sheet as Excel draws it, or live.
Illustrative figures: the sample describes no real business. The live preview shows values; your model’s Excel file has every formula.
How the model works for a fuel distributor.
- How it earns revenue3 formulasSales · All store formatsOnline salesOrdersAverage order valueWholesale fuel revenue and product cost · Across the businessWholesale and commercial fuel salesWholesale and commercial fuel volumefrom wholesale and commercial fuel volumesSelling price per litreWholesale fuel revenue and product cost · Across the businessFuel product costWholesale and commercial fuel salesFuel gross margin
- What drives its costs3 formulasCost of goods sold · All store formatsCost of goods soldLanded cost of product soldShrinkageFreight and logisticsLess supplier rebatesStore and channel operating costs · All store formatsStore operating costsStore wagesRentOther store costsVariable store costsPre-opening costsHydrocarbon inventory and price effects · Across the businessCrude and product inventoryCrude and feedstock stocksRefined product stocks
- What it invests in3 formulasCorporate fixed assetsCapital expenditureRevenuefrom statementsCapex as % of revenueAdditional planned capexCorporate fixed assetsDepreciationDepreciation of the opening asset baseDepreciation of new capexCorporate fixed assetsClosing net book valueOpening net book valueCapital expenditureDepreciation
- How it is funded3 formulasDebtClosing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepaymentsDebtInterest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the yearDividends and distributionsClosing dividends payableOpening dividends payableDividends declaredDividends paid
- How profit becomes cash3 formulasWorking capitalTrade receivablesRevenuefrom statementsDebtor daysDays in periodWorking capitalInventoryDirect costs (positive)from statementsInventory daysDays in periodWorking capitalTrade payablesCash operating costs (positive)from statementsCreditor daysDays in period
21 parts, each one tested.
Every part is a tested building block with its own checks: yours is put together from the ones your business needs.
- CPI forecastCPI glide path
- Exchange rate (US dollar)Exchange rate by financial year
- Corporate costsFixed cost base indexed to CPI
- Working capitalDays-based working capital
- Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
- Corporate fixed assetsStraight-line over remaining life
- DebtSingle debt facility
- Dividends and distributionsPayout of net profit
- Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
- Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
- Hydrocarbon inventory and price effectsDays of cover at replacement costCrude and product stocks and the gains or losses from valuing them at historical versus replacement cost when prices move.
- Wholesale and commercial fuel volumesVolumes by channelLitres (or tonnes or gallons) sold through wholesale, commercial, aviation, marine and dealer channels.
- Wholesale fuel revenue and product costVolume × price with margin in cents per litreRevenue from fuel sold outside the company's own sites and the cost of product, giving the distribution margin.
- Terminal, freight and delivery costsDistribution cost per litreThe cost of receiving, storing and delivering fuel — import terminals, road and rail freight, and bulk and cylinder delivery fleets.
- LeasesLease register
- Key-metric summaryLast-twelve-month and run-rate metrics
- Discount rate (WACC)CAPM at target gearing
- Store networkScheduled openings and closures
- SalesOnline sales from active customers × orders × order value
- Cost of goods soldProduct margin less shrinkage and freight
- Store and channel operating costsPer-store wages, rent and other costs
The numbers it tracks.
- 01fuel volumes by channel (ML)
- 02fuel margin (cents per litre)
- 03terminal throughput
- 04replacement-cost EBITDA
- 05ROCE
What it is used for.
- Operating forecastGuide · Financial projections
- Budget and rolling forecastGuide · Cash flow forecast
- ValuationGuide · DCF valuation model
- Lending and credit analysisGuide · Three-statement model
- Merger or acquisition (strategic)Guide · Financial modelling services
- Scenarios and sensitivities
- Asset acquisition
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