Financial Analysis: Forecasting & Business Valuation

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

You will gain an understanding of why it is important to consider external information beyond the financials and how to access this data when performing financial statement analysis and valuation.

You will gain an understanding of why it is important to consider internal information beyond the financials and how to access this data when performing financial statement analysis and valuation.

You will gain an understanding of Non-GAAP adjustments, why they are permitted and how they are sometimes mis-used by companies.

In this module, you will gain an understanding to different approaches to financial statement forecasting and the pros and cons to each.

In this module, you will gain an understanding of advanced forecasting approaches and the pros and cons to each.

In this module, you will learn why valuations are critical in making business decisions and how to execute Simple Valuation Models.

In this module, you will learn basic valuation principles and guidelines, and how to estimate intrinsic value and key model inputs such as the discount rate.

In this module, you will learn how to execute popular advanced valuation models.