Private equity

Meadowline Dairy: is the best farm worth buying?

A private equity fund with no farming investments.

Should the fund buy Meadowline at $36 million?

Skills tested

• Structure
• Quantitative analysis
• Exhibits and insights
• Business sense
• Synthesis and communication

Concepts

• market share
• productivity per asset
• fixed costs that scale
• profit margin comparison
• valuation multiple
• payback