Surgent's Exploring Business Valuation Fundamentals

Overview

What makes a business valuable? Who determines value? What are the key factors that make businesses valuable? In this course, we explore the different ways to value a business. We will apply foundational valuation and corporate finance concepts to real world examples in an effort to see what makes up an investment’s price.

Delivery Method: Individual webcast
CPE Credit: Specialized knowledge
Program Level: Basic

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent McCoy.

Highlights

What does value mean?
Technical vs. fundamental analysis
Intrinsic value
Other discounted cash flow models
Assumptions in the Gordon Growth Model
Valuations using free cash flows
Residual income model
Enterprise value
Value in mergers and acquisitions
Small business valuations and discounts
Advanced valuation models

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Accounting and finance professionals who want to understand the concepts and theories behind business valuation techniques

Objectives

Describe the factors affecting the value of a business
Compare and contrast market value, investment value, bankruptcy value, and going concern value
List the key differences between technical and fundamental analysis
Calculate intrinsic value using discounted cash flow methods, such as the GGM and the H-Model
Calculate intrinsic value using free cash flow
Calculate the gains and losses to the buyer/seller in a merger/acquisition
List key discounts when valuing privately held companies