# Score a small SaaS business acquisition

**Use case:** 

Screen a sample SaaS acquisition for price-to-SDE, debt service coverage, equity returns, buy-box fit, and missing deal data.

## Input

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "source": "Synthetic acquisition example",
      "listingNumber": "EXAMPLE-SAAS-001",
      "title": "Vertical SaaS Subscription Business",
      "category": "Software and SaaS",
      "location": "United States - Remote",
      "currency": "USD",
      "askingPrice": 1800000,
      "grossRevenue": 920000,
      "cashFlow": 455000,
      "sde": 440000,
      "url": "https://example.com/business-for-sale/example-saas-001"
    }
  ],
  "baseCurrency": "USD",
  "defaultCurrency": "USD",
  "exchangeRates": {
    "USD": 1
  },
  "financing": {
    "downPaymentPercent": 20,
    "annualInterestRatePercent": 10,
    "loanTermYears": 10,
    "closingCosts": 0,
    "workingCapital": 0,
    "additionalAnnualDebtService": 0,
    "earningsBasis": "auto"
  },
  "buyBox": {
    "minScore": 70,
    "failOnMissingThresholdData": true
  },
  "scoringWeights": {
    "priceToSde": 25,
    "priceToRevenue": 10,
    "cashFlowYield": 15,
    "dscr": 20,
    "cashOnCashReturn": 20,
    "dataCompleteness": 10
  },
  "scoringBenchmarks": {
    "maxPriceToSde": 3,
    "maxPriceToRevenue": 1,
    "minCashFlowYield": 0.25,
    "minDscr": 1.5,
    "minCashOnCashReturn": 0.25
  },
  "deduplication": {
    "enabled": true,
    "titleLocationMatch": true
  },
  "includeRemovedRecords": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "recordType": {
    "label": "Record type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "grade": {
    "label": "Grade",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "passed": {
    "label": "Pass",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "change.status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "industry": {
    "label": "Industry",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "financials.askingPrice": {
    "label": "Asking price",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "financials.sde": {
    "label": "Sde"
  },
  "financials.revenue": {
    "label": "Revenue"
  },
  "metrics.priceToSde": {
    "label": "Price / SDE",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "metrics.dscr": {
    "label": "DSCR",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "metrics.cashOnCashReturn": {
    "label": "Cash-on-cash",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Listing",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rejectionReasons": {
    "label": "Rejection reasons",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "warnings": {
    "label": "Warnings",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Business-for-Sale Deal Screener & Valuation Analyzer](https://apify.com/craigtechservicesllc/business-for-sale-deal-screener.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/craigtechservicesllc/business-for-sale-deal-screener.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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