Financial Analysis and Company Valuation

Time: 5-7 May 2010
Venue: London, United Kingdom

In an increasingly active M&A environment, accurate company valuation is highly important. This practical course ensures delegates are equipped with the necessary skills to make accurate valuations and analysis.

• Course duration: 3 days.
• Designed for equity and bonds sales, CFOs, equity and global portfolio managers and back-office staff.
• By the end of this course delegates will understand and grasp the key concepts in financial analysis and company valuation.

What will it cover?

• Finding the Right Financial Information
• How to read and understand balance sheets and key indicators
• Understanding Financial Health
• Long-term financial and operational stability
• Stability ratios and cash-flow statements
• How to gauge the general financial health of a company
• Operations Analysis
• Income statements analysis
• Key ratios and added-value analysis
• Understanding connections between various statements and documents
• Capital Structure Impact on Return
• Principal financing sources
• Capital return
• Profitability Ratios
• Return on assets ratios (ROA)
• Return on equity ratios (ROE)
• Understanding and analysing the ratios
• Balance Sheet Structure Ratios
• Cash flow and insolvency ratios
• Static and dynamic analysis
• Integrating pension liabilities
• Key Non-Financial Indicators
• Company's long-term history
• Legal structure and implications
• Assessing legal, environmental and event risks
• Case studies: markets reaction to non-financial indicators
• Company's Strategy
• Understanding operations
• Stress scenarios: assessing liquidity risks
• Case study: stress scenario
• Industry analysis
• Forecasting the company's future
• Profitability Analysis
• Analysing profitability ratios and indicators
• ROA & ROE a new approach
• The link between return on operations and capital investment
• Case study: building a summary report
• Insolvency measures
• Integrating business cycles and seasonality into financial stability ratios
• Redefining the insolvency risk
• Cash Flows Statements and Off Balance Sheet Items
• Adapting cash-flow statements
• Integrating off-balance sheet items
• Consolidated Balance Sheets and Income Statements
• Global integration
• Proportional consolidation
• Equivalence setting

Other Dates:

• 11-13 August 2010; London, United Kingdom
• 10-12 November 2010; London, United Kingdom

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