BUS 670 - Mergers & Acquisitions - Business Valuations (3)

This course on business valuations covers the rationale and scenarios for doing business valuations, lists the roles played by the public markets in business valuations, recognizes the different methods used to value businesses, identifies three reasons why the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model is the method of choice for valuing businesses and also recognizes the limitations of the model. This course touches on cash flows, free cash flows, value drivers, CAPM formula, weighted average cost of capital, sensitivity analysis. Course will begin with DCF model by building an analysis, using the DCF model, understanding the weaknesses of the model and end with an introduction to sensitivity and scenario analysis.