BFM3140 · Corporate valuation

Overview

The unit is designed to equip you with essential valuation techniques and analytical tools to perform corporate valuations and understand their impact on investment decisions, strategic planning, and corporate finance activities. You will engage with key valuation methods like Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis and market comparables, while also examining crucial concepts such as the cost of capital, financial forecasting, and adjustments for risk and growth. The unit goes beyond the basics, exploring specialised topics such as valuations for mergers and acquisitions, private equity, startups, high-growth firms, and cross-border deals. By blending theoretical foundations with practical, hands-on learning through case studies, real-world examples, and financial modelling exercises, you will gain the skills to perform corporate valuations and understand their impact on major financial decisions.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate proficiency in gathering, forecasting, and analysing financial data for reliable valuations
2. apply advanced research skills, including discounted cash flow (DCF) and relative valuation methods, to value a company
3. demonstrate communication skills in presenting corporate valuation findings to the shareholders
4. incorporate ethical values and sustainability principles into corporate valuation practices.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.