Course Highlights
  • As a Gift of Knowledge to you, I have made Section 5 The Role of Ratios in Comparative Valuation free to preview, even if you choose not to enroll.
  • Key Principles in Valuation, including Intrinsic Value and Time Value of Money
  • Cost Valuation and under or over valuation with Tobin's Q
  • The Role of Ratios in Comparative Valuation
  • Comparable Company Valuation - "Comps"
  • The Dangers of Rule of Thumb Valuations
  • Precedent Transactions Analysis
  • Economic Value Added and Market Value Added
  • Understanding Free Cash Flow in DCF Valuation
  • A Strategic Analysis of Business Drivers in Company Valuation
  • Calculating the Discount Rate using the CAPM and WACC
  • Risk Measurement and the Cost of Capital
  • Discounted Cash Flow Modelling
  • The Dividend Discount Model (Gordon's Growth Model)
  • Ability to Pay Analysis
  • Sum of the Parts Analysis
  • Valuation Complexity in Corporate Finance Valuation
  • Valuation in Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions
  • How to value Private Companies (3 different ways) and why its so difficult
  • Warren Buffet and Value Investing
  • The Efficient Market Hypothesis
  • Valuation in the New Economy - valuing Internet Companies and Startups
  • How to Present Your Valuations in a Football Field Graph
Curriculum

2 Topics
Company Valuation: Should You Take This Course?
Course Learning Objectives - What you will learn in this Valuation Course

10 Topics
What is Company Valuation and Why is it important to YOU?
What do we mean by the Term "Company Valuation"
What do we mean by Valuation?
What is the difference between Relative and Intrinsic Valuation?
Understanding the Differences between Price Cost and Value
What is the Difference between Price Cost and Value?
Why do we need to value a Company?
Which is NOT a reason for needing a Company Valuation?
How do you Value a Company? High Level Overview
How do you value a company?

10 Topics
The Six Key Valuation Principles
Which one of these factors is NOT a Key Valuation Principle?
What is Absolute or Intrinsic Valuation?
Which one of these is the basis for a stock's or a company's intrinsic value?
What Does Intrinsic Valuation tell us about Fair Value?
Intrinsic Value Market Value and Fair Value
What is meant by Relative Value?
Relative Valuation and Comparable Companies
What is Market Value?
What is Market Value?

7 Topics
How does Cost Valuation work?
13. How does Cost Valuation work?
What can we learn from Tobin's Q?
14. What Can We Learn From Tobin's Q?
What is Modified Book Value?
15. What is Modified Book Value?
Case Study - Apple Inc Book Value Per Share - EXCEL Model

19 Topics
Types of Ratio Analysis and their Role in Valuation
17. Types of Ratio Analysis and their Role in Valuation
Equity vs Enterprise Valuation
18 Equity vs Enterprise Ratios
Enterprise Value to Sales
Enterprise Value to Sales
Enterprise Value to EBITDA and EBIT
20. Enterprise Value to EBITDA and EBIT
Price to Sales Ratio PSR
21 Price to Sales PSR
Price Earnings Ratio and PEG
Price Earnings Ratio and PEG
Price to Book Ratio
Price to Book
Price to Cash Flow Ratio
Price to Cash Flow
What do you mean by Cash Flow?
What do you mean by Cash Flow?
Case Study: Apple Inc - Market Values and Ratios

8 Topics
Introduction to Comparable Company Valuation
Five Steps to a Comps Model
Five Steps to a Comps Model
Identifying a Peer Group
Identifying a Peer Group
Comparable Companies EXCEL Model
Beware "Rule of Thumb" Valuations
Beware "Rule of Thumb" Valuations

8 Topics
What is Precedent Transaction Analysis?
What is Precedent Transaction Analysis?
Which Multiples should I use?
Which Multiples should I use?
What can Premiums Paid analysis tell us?
What can Premiums Paid analysis tell us?
Information Sources for Precedent Transactions
Precedent Transactions EXCEL Model

5 Topics
What is Market Value Added?
What is Market Value Added - MVA?
What is Economic Value Added?
What is Economic Value Added - EVA?
How to use EVA to check a DCF Valuation - EXCEL Model

8 Topics
What is a DCF Valuation?
What is a DCF Valuation?
What is Present Value?
What is Present Value?
Understanding the Discounted Cash Flow Formula
Understanding The Discounted Cash Flow Formula
The Pros and Cons of the DCF Method
The Pros and Cons of the DCF Method

10 Topics
What do we mean by Free Cash Flow?
What do we mean by Free Cash Flow?
Why is Cash Flow Important?
Why is Cash Flow important?
Drivers of Business Valuation
Drivers of Business Valuation
Strategies for Generating Cash Flow
Strategies for Generating Cash Flow
Calculation of Unlevered Cash Flow
Calculation of Unlevered Cash Flow

18 Topics
Introduction to Strategic Drivers Analysis
PEST Analysis
PEST Analysis
Michael Porters Five Forces Model
Competitive Forces Model - Porter’s Five Forces
Michael Porter: Generic Strategies and Industry Forces
Generic Strategies and Industry Forces
Michael Porter's Value Chain
Michael Porter's Value Chain Analysis
SWOT Analysis
54 SWOT Analysis
Core Competency
Core Competency
Understanding the Business Lifecycle
Understanding the Business Life Cycle
Business Drivers and Value Creation
Business Drivers and Value Creation
Strategic Synthesis to Derive DCF Model Assumptions

14 Topics
Understanding the Capital Asset Pricing Model
Understanding the Capital Asset Pricing Model
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital Formula
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital Formula
Example WACC Calculation
WACC EXCEL Calculation Exercise
Optimal Capital Structure
Optimal Capital Structure
What is the Difference between NPV and IRR?
What is the Difference between NPV and IRR?
A Close Look at Terminal Value
A Closer Look at Terminal Value
Life Spans of Corporations and Terminal Value
Life Spans of Corporations and Terminal Value

3 Topics
Country Risk Premiums and Pitfalls
Country Risk Premiums and Pitfalls
A Critical Look at Cost of Capital

8 Topics
What is a DCF Model? EXCEL Model
What is a DCF Model?
ACTIVITY: DCF Model Exercise
Some Top Modelling Tips before you start
How to Create Your Forecast
The Key Steps in creating your DCF Model
The best way to link your Three Financial Statements
Postscript - Forms of Financial Models used in Corporate Finance

4 Topics
The Three Cash Flow Valuation Methods
The Three Cash Flow Valuation Methods
The Three Cash Flow Valuation Methods Model
Activity: Cash Flow Model Exercise

7 Topics
Introduction to the Dividend Discount Model
The Gordon Growth Model
The Gordon Growth Model Method
Single Period Dividend Discount Model
Single Period Dividend Discount Model
Multi-Period Dividend Discount Model
Multi Period Dividend Discount Model

2 Topics
Ability to Pay Valuation
Ability to Pay Valuation

2 Topics
Sum of the Parts Valuation
Sum of the Parts Valuation

8 Topics
Understanding Different Types of Risks in Valuation
Incorporating Risk into Valuation Models
Risk Assessment Techniques: Sensitivity Analysis and Scenario Analysis
Case Study 1: Retail Industry
Case Study 2: Renewable Energy
Probability Analysis in Risk Assessment and Valuation
Monte Carlo Simulation in Risk Assessment and Valuation
Real Options Analysis in Company Valuation

3 Topics
Complexity in Corporate Finance
Complexity in Corporate Finance
Company Valuation: EBITDA vs Discount Rate?

2 Topics
Valuation in M&A Transactions
Valuation in M&A Transactions

7 Topics
Why do you need to value a Private Company?
Why do you need to value a Private Company?
Three Ways to Value a Private Company
Three Ways to Value a Private Company
Challenges with Private Company Valuations
Challenges with Private Company Valuations
How to Approach Private Company Valuation

18 Topics
Warren Buffet and Value Investing
Warren Buffet and Value Investing
Intrinsic Value and Value Investing
Intrinsic Value and Value Investing
What do we mean by Margin of Safety? Margin of Safety EXCEL Calculator
What do we mean by Margin of Safety?
The Efficient Market Hypothesis and Value
The Efficient Market Hypothesis and Value
What is the Buffett Indicator?
What is the Buffett Indicator?
Why doesn't Warren Buffett like EBITDA?
97 Why doesn’t Warren Buffett like EBITDA?
Why Stocks become Undervalued
Value Investing Strategies
Value Investing Strategies
Value Investing Risks and Pitfalls
Value Investing Risks and Pitfalls
Be Your Own Value Investor - ACTIVITY

7 Topics
How do you value a Startup?
Startup Valuation Methodologies - Score Card EXCEL Model
103 Startup Valuation Methodologies
Berkus Valuation Method
Traditional VC Valuation Metrics
Traditional VC Valuation Metrics
eCommerce Valuation and EXCEL Model

2 Topics
Football Field Presentation
How to create a Football Field Graph

1 Topic
Course Summary and Wrap Up

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