Corporate Finance 101 – Valuation Concepts for Beginners

A course for all those who want to learn about Valuation. This course covers major topics like: Definitions, sources and aspects, Price vs Value art science and purpose, Principles – liquidity to accuracy and standards – FMV, Business Strategy Analysis and SWOT and much more.

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Basic Valuations Concepts for Beginners

In finance, valuation is the process of estimating what something is worth. If you want to know what are the items that are usually valued, the answer is financial asset or liability. Valuations can be done on assets or on liabilities. The example for the assets that can be valued are investments in marketable securities which can include stocks, options, business enterprises, or intangible assets which may include patents and trademarks. The example of liabilities that can be valued are bonds issued by a company.

There are various financial reasons for which Valuations are. The example of the reasons can be investment analysis, capital budgeting, financial reporting, merger and acquisition transactions, taxable events to determine the proper tax liability, and in litigation.
So let’s understand what exactly is business valuation? It is a process and is a set of procedures which are used to estimate the economic value of an owner’s interest in a business. Valuation is also used by the financial market participants. They use it to determine the price they are willing to pay or receive to affect a sale of a business. The valuation tools are also often used by business appraisers. This can be used to resolve disputes related to estate and gift taxation or divorce litigation. It can be also used for other reasons like to allocate business purchase price among business assets, establish a formula for estimating the value of partners’ ownership interest for buy-sell agreements, and many other business and legal purposes such as in shareholders deadlock, divorce litigation and estate contest..

What are the requirements for the Basic Valuations Concepts for Beginners?

– There are no pre-learning requirements required for this valuation course.
– Passion to learn about valuation is must

What am I going to get from this Basic Valuations Concepts for Beginners Course?

– Over 28 lectures and 4 hours of content!
– Conceptual understanding of Valuation terms in detail
– Understand the types of valuations as well

What is the target audience?

– Students
– Line Managers
– Professionals