Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity (Wiley Finance)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DHZCREC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 165 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Paul Pignataro has written a book that even "dummies" can understand. In Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity (Wiley, 2013), he takes Wal-Mart (WMT) as a case study and walks the reader step by step through its financials as well as the Excel key strokes required to hardcode them"- Brenda Jubin - Seeking AlphaRemaining article found at seekingalpha/article/1567402-paul-pignataros-financial-modeling-and-valuation
Illustrative comparable company analyses - built the right way, direct from historical financials, calculating LTM (Last Twelve Month) data, calendarization, and properly smoothing EBITDA and Net Income.Precedent transactions analysis - detailing how to extract proper metrics from relevant proxy statementsDiscounted cash flow analysis - simplifying and illustrating how a DCF is utilized, how unlevered free cash flow is derived, and the meaning of weighted average cost of capital (WACC)Step-by-step we will come up with a valuation on Wal-MartChapter end questions, practice models, additional case studies and common interview questions (found in the companion website) help solidify the techniques honed in the book; ideal for universities or business students looking to break into the investment banking field.. Hot keys and explicit Excel instructions aid even the novice excel modeler.Model built complete with Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet Balancing Techniques, Depreciation Schedule (complete with accelerating depreciation and deferring taxes), working capital schedule, debt schedule, handling circular references, and automatic debt pa
"An easy to follow guide to create valuation models for stocks" according to Amazon Customer. Financial Modeling & Valuation is easy to follow, even for Excel novices, as it clearly describes step-by-step how to build the model and you can follow along with the Excel template available at the publisher's website.At times, the book may take a long time to get through as it will go through every step and every formula used in t. "Great book easy to follow" according to Arturo Cuevas Toscano. This book is a great tool for someone looking to learn how to build a full scale valuation of a company the same way it is done in Wall Street. The way it is written makes it very easy to follow if you have basic accounting knowledge you surprise yourself ending up by building a full model. Everyone having a serious intention to lear. G.Luo said A great resource for anyone interested in investment banking. As someone with a little bit of accounting knowledge but no modeling experience, this book served as a great stepping stone between the two. It laid out building a model, including a number of valuation methods, from beginning to end in a very easy to understand and organized way. I would definitely recommend the book to anyone think