Corporate Finance: Financial Analysis and Decision-Making
Unlocking Financial Insights for Informed Decision-Making and Valuation Strategies: An In-Depth CourseWhat you'll learn
- Apply financial ratios (liquidity, profitability, efficiency) to assess the financial health of companies accurately.
- Analyze financial statements using current ratio, quick ratio, and cash ratio to evaluate the company's liquidity position.
- Evaluate solvency by calculating debt ratio, debt-to-equity ratio, and interest coverage ratio for a comprehensive assessment.
- Assess operational efficiency using inventory turnover, receivables turnover, and asset turnover ratios to identify areas of improvement.
- Utilize forecasting and budgeting techniques to predict sales and cash flow accurately for effective financial planning.
- Perform break-even analysis and analyze leverage to determine the profitability and risk of the company.
- Evaluate financing decisions by considering optimal capital structure and its impact on the cost of capital.
- Manage current assets, including cash, inventory, and receivables, to optimize operational efficiency.
- Apply time value of money principles to calculate present and future values of cash flows for investment analysis.
- Value bonds, common stock, and preferred stock using appropriate valuation methods such as discounted cash flow and comparable analysis.
- Calculate the cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to assess the investment's financial feasibility.
- Apply capital budgeting techniques (NPV, IRR, payback period) to evaluate investment projects' profitability and viability.
- Use risk tools such as standard deviation, beta, and diversification to assess and manage investment risk.
- Understand the role of investment banking in initial public offerings (IPOs), debt offerings, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
- Analyze equity financing options and evaluate their impact on the company's financial structure.
- Evaluate the impact of dividend policy on shareholder wealth and the company's financial stability.
- Examine convertible bonds and warrants as financial instruments for corporate financing strategies.
- Understand the process of corporate acquisitions and post-acquisition integration for effective business expansion
- Evaluate the impact of foreign currency on financial statements in international operations and assess exchange rate risk.
- Apply financial analysis techniques to assess profitability and financial performance in foreign markets.
