https://blog.atenait.it/en/blog News, events, and in-depth insights into the world of Atena Finance, featuring our perspective on investment opportunities in markets and companies. en Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:44:47 GMT 2026-09-14T13:44:47Z en https://blog.atenait.it/en/blog/leverage-in-predictive-analytics <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.atenait.it/en/blog/leverage-in-predictive-analytics" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.atenait.it/hubfs/Leva%20finanziaria.svg" alt="Leverage " class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Imagine a project with 10 million euros in capex, where all the time spent on financial analysis is devoted to recalculating the <span style="font-weight: bold;">financial leverage</span> n times, varying it from 10:90 to 30:70, with thethe goal of reaching the holy grail of a NPV close to 0 (or a WACC of 0.55%, as required by current regulations for projects with public funding) and making the project appealing to the public administration.<br><br>Then imagine talking to the investor and discovering that they have a maximum of 100,000 euros in equity to put into the project. The rest remains to be seen. Or imagine the opposite scenario. The investor brings a consortium with them, and they have enough equity to fully cover the <span style="font-weight: bold;">investment’s value</span>.</span></p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.atenait.it/en/blog/leverage-in-predictive-analytics" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.atenait.it/hubfs/Leva%20finanziaria.svg" alt="Leverage " class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Imagine a project with 10 million euros in capex, where all the time spent on financial analysis is devoted to recalculating the <span style="font-weight: bold;">financial leverage</span> n times, varying it from 10:90 to 30:70, with thethe goal of reaching the holy grail of a NPV close to 0 (or a WACC of 0.55%, as required by current regulations for projects with public funding) and making the project appealing to the public administration.<br><br>Then imagine talking to the investor and discovering that they have a maximum of 100,000 euros in equity to put into the project. The rest remains to be seen. Or imagine the opposite scenario. The investor brings a consortium with them, and they have enough equity to fully cover the <span style="font-weight: bold;">investment’s value</span>.</span></p> <img src="https://track-eu1.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=25513326&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.atenait.it%2Fen%2Fblog%2Fleverage-in-predictive-analytics&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fblog.atenait.it%252Fen%252Fblog&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Platform Consulting Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT paolo.zammitti@atenait.it (Paolo Zammitti) https://blog.atenait.it/en/blog/leverage-in-predictive-analytics 2022-03-11T09:00:00Z