Discounted Cash Flow Valuation trending topic
Master DCF Valuation: Learn to build real-world company valuation models
$99.00
Lifetime access
What you get:
- 3 hours of content
- 20 Interactive exercises
- 55 Downloadable resources
- World-class instructor
- Closed captions
- Q&A support
- Future course updates
- Course exam
- Certificate of achievement
Discounted Cash Flow Valuation trending topic
$99.00
Lifetime access
What you get:
- 3 hours of content
- 20 Interactive exercises
- 55 Downloadable resources
- World-class instructor
- Closed captions
- Q&A support
- Future course updates
- Course exam
- Certificate of achievement
$99.00
Lifetime access
$99.00
Lifetime access
What you get:
- 3 hours of content
- 20 Interactive exercises
- 55 Downloadable resources
- World-class instructor
- Closed captions
- Q&A support
- Future course updates
- Course exam
- Certificate of achievement
What You Learn
- Improve your financial modeling skills by learning to build sophisticated valuation models
- Learn from an experienced instructor and adopt industry-standard best practices in financial modeling
- Gain a deep understand of the key drivers of business value: growth and profitability
- Develop the skills to forecast P&L and Balance sheet items and integrate them into a comprehensive 3-statement model
- Learn to format your Excel work professionally to improve the presentation of your financial models
- Acquire practical skills that will impress hiring managers
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Industry leaders and professionals globally rely on this top-rated course to enhance their skills.
Course Description
Discounted Cash Flow valuation is the cornerstone of modern valuation theory—an intellectual exercise that requires business acumen, financial modeling skills, and a solid grasp of company valuation know-how. Whether you’re a financial analyst, an investment banker, or an investment analyst, our Discounted Cash Flow Valuation course will teach you a fundamental skill that is highly sought-after in the finance world. This practical course straightforwardly introduces the theory behind DCF modeling. These lessons address the two key factors that drive company value, the importance of a business from an investor’s perspective, calculating a firm’s future cash flows, the discount rate for the time value of money, calculating the average weighted cost of capital, and obtaining a businesses’ value after the explicit forecast period. You’ll learn the fundamental theory behind Discounted Cash Flow valuation in less than one hour. You'll apply your theoretical knowledge in the second part of the course and practice your DCF modeling skills in Excel, skipping no steps. In addition—to account for ambiguity—we'll build a few different scenarios into the model, allowing users to switch between them effortlessly. All of this will help you uncover the fair value of businesses through fundamental analysis, which will prove to be an indispensable skill throughout your career.
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1.1 Why value a company?
4 min
1.3 An investor's perspective
4 min
1.4 Defining the two main value drivers
2 min
1.6 How to calculate Unlevered Free Cash Flow
6 min
1.7 Introducing a discount factor: Weighted average cost of capital
5 min
1.9 Calculating cost of debt
2 min
Interactive Exercises
Practice what you've learned with coding tasks, flashcards, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, and other fun exercises.
Practice what you've learned with coding tasks, flashcards, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, and other fun exercises.
Curriculum
- 2. Building a DCF model in practice28 Lessons 77 Min
In the second part of the course, students are engaged in their own real-life DCF modeling in Excel. The lessons are easy to understand and allow a hands-on learning experience with the theory learned earlier.
Structure of the DCF Model we will create3 minThe company we will value1 minForecasting revenue growth4 minModeling for multiple scenarios2 minForecasting Other revenue and Cogs4 minCalculating Opex and Depreciation and Amortization2 minObtaining the rest of Profit and Loss items3 minOverview of Balance sheet items1 minIntroducing the Days methodology to forecast working capital items2 minCalculating DSO, DIO, DPO for the historical period1 minForecasting DSO, DPO, DIO2 minForecasting PPE, Other assets, Other liabilities2 minP&L structure3 minFilling in the P&L sheet2 minFilling in the Balance sheet2 minCompleting the Balance sheet4 minWorking on a Cash Flow structure3 minBridging Unlevered Free Cash Flow to Net Cash Flow2 minCalculating Unlevered Free Cash Flow7 minCalculating Net Cash Flow4 minFilling in the entire forecast period4 minIntroducing a discount factor and a perpetuity growth rate2 minCalculating the present value of future cash flows3 minObtaining Terminal Value and Enterprise Value2 minCalculating Equity Value1 minPerforming a sensitivity analysis5 minA modeling application of Goal Seek2 minVisualizing DCF: Understanding financial projections through charts4 min
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Course Requirements
- Highly recommended to take the Intro to Excel, Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, and Corporate Finance courses first
- You will need Microsoft Excel 2016, 2019, or Microsoft Excel 365
Who Should Take This Course?
Level of difficulty: Beginner
- Aspiring investment bankers, financial analysts, investment analysts
- Existing investment bankers who have recently started their career and need to improve their valuation skills
- Business owners and startup founders who want to learn how to value their business
Exams and Certification
A 365 Financial Analyst Course Certificate is an excellent addition to your LinkedIn profile—demonstrating your expertise and willingness to go the extra mile to accomplish your goals.
Meet Your Instructor
Nedko earned a Master’s degree in Finance from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) in 2012. Then, he gained valuable working experience with exciting firms like PwC Italy (Financial Advisory and M&A), Coca-Cola European Partners (Financial Analyst), and Infineon Technologies (M&A). In 2014, he published his first online course on financial modeling and valuation when he realized that creating educational materials is his true calling. The amazing students and content creators in the data science community, the 365 team, and the strong desire to build the perfect learning platform drive Nedko to continue on this exciting journey. His goal is to establish 365 Data Science as the learning platform that bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical business application.
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