Petco – Distressed Credit Investment Memo: Recovery Waterfall & LME Analysis
Date
March - April 2026
Role
Special Situations Investment Analyst

Brief Description
- Synthesized macroeconomic, industry, and company fundamental research to recommend not to invest
- Modeled the capital structure to build a recovery waterfall and analyze leverage, coverage, and debt seniority
- Reviewed covenants to identify basket capacity and structure a potential drop-down LME, analyzing its impact on our recovery
- Projected liquidity runway against the debt maturity schedule to assess refinancing risk and the likelihood of a future restructuring
- Forecasted revenue and cost breakdowns to conduct a DCF and comparable company analysis
My Work
Petco Investment Memo
Petco Investment Pitch
Capital Structure & Liquidity Analysis, Projections & Valuation, and Covenants & Drop-Down Analysis
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