The deck case: $900/lb blended — priced at the market's own structural floor (indoor marginal cost + $40 excise ⇒ ~$850–950/lb), ~38% of NJ's Sept-'25 print — industry-average yield, the 3.5-acre outdoor field every season — one Tier VI license at the state's 150,000 sq ft maximum.
Assumptions — drag to stress-test
$900
2,000
$200
$40
26%
4.86×
One outdoor cycle ($4.62M) vs the $950,000 land
$2.85M
Year-1 net income
$14.23M
5-yr cumulative net income
$15.44M
Year-5 ending cash
None
Additional capital required — self-funding holds
Line item
Yr 1
Yr 2
Yr 3
Yr 4
Yr 5
Pounds sold
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
Outdoor price ($/lb)
$900
$900
$900
$900
$900
Revenue
$6,300,000
$6,300,000
$6,300,000
$6,300,000
$6,300,000
Cash COGS
($1,400,000)
($1,400,000)
($1,400,000)
($1,400,000)
($1,400,000)
Gross profit
$4,900,000
$4,900,000
$4,900,000
$4,900,000
$4,900,000
SG&A
($628,000)
($628,000)
($628,000)
($628,000)
($628,000)
Harmony 2% transfer tax
($126,000)
($126,000)
($126,000)
($126,000)
($126,000)
NJ SEEF excise ($40/lb)
($280,000)
($280,000)
($280,000)
($280,000)
($280,000)
EBITDA
$3,866,000
$3,866,000
$3,866,000
$3,866,000
$3,866,000
Depreciation
($21,000)
($21,000)
($21,000)
($21,000)
($21,000)
EBIT
$3,845,000
$3,845,000
$3,845,000
$3,845,000
$3,845,000
Income tax
($999,700)
($999,700)
($999,700)
($999,700)
($999,700)
NET INCOME
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
Cumulative net income
$2,845,300
$5,690,600
$8,535,900
$11,381,200
$14,226,500
$ actual · Base ties cell-for-cell to the workbook and the deck's Exhibit 2/2b. SEEF charged on every pound sold; SG&A = $250k + 6% of revenue; Harmony 2% on receipts; depreciation straight-line over 10 years starting the year after placement.
Line item
Yr 0
Yr 1
Yr 2
Yr 3
Yr 4
Yr 5
Equity raise
$2,455,000
—
—
—
—
—
Land acquisition
($950,000)
—
—
—
—
—
Site development (capitalized)
($210,000)
—
—
—
—
—
Formation expense (licensing, acq. costs)
($185,000)
—
—
—
—
—
Net income
—
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
$2,845,300
Add back: depreciation
—
$21,000
$21,000
$21,000
$21,000
$21,000
ENDING CASH
$1,110,000
$3,976,300
$6,842,600
$9,708,900
$12,575,200
$15,441,500
Self-funding holds. Each season is paid for by the harvest before it, with no new capital; cash never goes below $1.11M at year-end. Intra-year seasonality is pre-funded by the raise's $925k season working capital (Year-1 Cash tab).
Year-end
Yr 0
Yr 1
Yr 2
Yr 3
Yr 4
Yr 5
Cash
$1,110,000
$3,976,300
$6,842,600
$9,708,900
$12,575,200
$15,441,500
Land (at cost)
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
$950,000
Net PP&E
$210,000
$189,000
$168,000
$147,000
$126,000
$105,000
TOTAL ASSETS
$2,270,000
$5,115,300
$7,960,600
$10,805,900
$13,651,200
$16,496,500
Paid-in capital
$2,455,000
$2,455,000
$2,455,000
$2,455,000
$2,455,000
$2,455,000
Retained earnings
($185,000)
$2,660,300
$5,505,600
$8,350,900
$11,196,200
$14,041,500
TOTAL EQUITY
$2,270,000
$5,115,300
$7,960,600
$10,805,900
$13,651,200
$16,496,500
Check (A − E)
—
—
—
—
—
—
✓ Balance sheet ties to $0 in every year
Land carried at cost. Retained earnings = cumulative net income less $185k Year-0 formation expense. Assets − (paid-in capital + retained earnings) must equal $0 in every year.
— from the raise's use of funds ($925k default). Edit to see the trough move.
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Grow-cost spend
($112,000)
($98,000)
($98,000)
($112,000)
($140,000)
($350,000)
($280,000)
($70,000)
($42,000)
($28,000)
($42,000)
($28,000)
SEEF on sales
—
—
—
—
—
($14,000)
($70,000)
($70,000)
($56,000)
($42,000)
($19,600)
($8,400)
Sales receipts
—
—
—
—
—
$315,000
$1,575,000
$1,575,000
$1,260,000
$945,000
$441,000
$189,000
Cash balance
$813,000
$715,000
$617,000
$505,000
$365,000
$316,000
$1,541,000
$2,976,000
$4,138,000
$5,013,000
$5,392,400
$5,545,000
No trough — pre-funded working capital of $925,000 carries the season. Season-end crop cash: $5.54M. Before SG&A and income taxes.