Pharmaceutical wholesaler financial model, built free.
A three-statement Excel model for a pharmaceutical and medical wholesaler, built from your own figures and checked to balance.
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Distributes medicines and medical supplies from manufacturers to pharmacies, hospitals and clinics on thin margins, with manufacturer fees, government service obligation funding and large working capital.
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: its structure and its inputs, ready for your own figures.



The sample describes no real business. Yours is calibrated to your own figures, so its results are your business’s.
How the model works for a pharmaceutical wholesaler.
- How it earns revenue1 formulaRevenue (top-down) · Across the businessRevenueUnits soldAverage price
- What drives its costs3 formulasDirect costs (top-down) · Across the businessCost of salesRevenuefrom statementsGross marginOperating expenses · Across the businessTotal FTEsOperations and deliverySales and marketingTechnologyFinance, HR and administrationOperating expenses · Across the businessTotal average FTEsOperations and deliverySales and marketingTechnologyFinance, HR and administration
- 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 formulasDebtRepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweepDebtClosing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepaymentsDebtInterest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
- 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
20 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 forecastConsensus curve with long-run anchor
- Revenue (top-down)Price × volume
- Direct costs (top-down)Gross margin %
- Operating expensesHeadcount build by function
- Corporate costsFixed cost base indexed to CPI
- Working capitalFull working capital
- Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
- Corporate fixed assetsStraight-line over remaining life
- DebtAmortising term loan
- Equity raisingDistribution reinvestment plan
- Dividends and distributionsPayout of net profit
- Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
- Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
- LeasesLease register
- Key-metric summaryLast-twelve-month and run-rate metrics
- Borrowing base and security coverReceivables and inventory borrowing base
- Case selectionStackable stress toggles
- InventoryStock per store plus DC stock
- Distribution and logisticsLogistics % of sales
- Store networkScheduled openings and closures
The numbers it tracks.
- 01revenue by segment
- 02gross margin
- 03CSO funding
- 04cost of doing business
- 05working capital days
- 06EBIT margin
- 07ROIC
What it is used for.
- Operating forecastGuide · Financial projections
- Budget and rolling forecastGuide · Cash flow forecast
- Lending and credit analysisGuide · Three-statement model
- ValuationGuide · DCF valuation model
- Merger or acquisition (strategic)Guide · Financial modelling services
- Scenarios and sensitivities
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