Valuation & Strategic Finance (Coursera)

This course is part of the Data & Finance for the future Specialization.

Syllabus

Week 1 - Introduction: basic concepts for valuation analysis

In this week you will be Introduced to why learners should be excited to take this course, and show the final objective of the course. Learn important references and how they use the content of this course in their activities. Discover the characters in the financial zoo.

Week 2 - Companies analysis: beyond the numbers

In this week, you will see how to break down the points of what to buy, according Phillip Fisher and understand that a company is always competing in their numbers.

Week 3 - Cash is king, but how to get there: Sales and costs modelling

In this week, you will see the main point of performance evaluation and why cash and cashflow are importants to this.

Week 4 - Cash is king, but how to get there: Debt, investments, and - finally - cashflows

In this week, you will see the importance of cashflow and understand how to deal with the structure of the cashflow statement. Also, in this week you will see how uncertainty influences the valuation and the performance evaluation of companies.

Week 5 - Mock valuation understanding

Finally, you will practice your knowledge doing a valuation of a company.