Investment Valuation (Damodaran)

Description

“Investment Valuation Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset Valuation” is at the heart of every investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. But the pricing of any financial asset has become a more complex task in modern financial markets.

The expanded coverage addresses: valuation of unconventional assets, financial service firms, start-ups, private companies, dot-coms, and many other traditionally valued assets; risk in foreign countries and how best to deal with it; using real option theory and option pricing models in valuing business and equity; the models used to value different types of assets and the elements of these models; how to choose the right model for any given asset valuation scenario; and, online real-time valuations that are continually updated. A perfect guide for those who need to know more about the tricky business of valuation, “Investment Valuation, Second Edition”, will be a valuable asset for anyone learning about this critical part of the investment process.

Table of Content

Chapter 1: Introduction to Valuation
Chapter 2: Approaches to Valuation
Chapter 3: Understanding Financial Statements
Chapter 4: The Basics of Risk
Chapter 5: Option Pricing Theory and Models
Chapter 6: Market Efficiency: Theory and Models
Chapter 7: Riskless Rates and Risk Premiums
Chapter 8: Estimating Risk Parameters and Costs of Financing
Chapter 9: Measuring Earnings
Chapter 10: From Earnings to Cash Flows
Chapter 11: Estimating Growth
Chapter 12: Closure in Valuation: Estimating Terminal Value
Chapter 13: Dividend Discount Models
Chapter 14: Free Cashflow to Equity Models
Chapter 15: Firm Valuation: Cost of Capital and APV Approaches
Chapter 16: Estimating Equity Value Per Share
Chapter 17: Fundamental Principles of Relative Valuation
Chapter 18: Earnings Multiples
Chapter 19: Book Value Multiples
Chapter 20: Revenue and Sector-Specific Multiples
Chapter 21: Valuing Financial Service Firms
Chapter 22: Valuing Firms with Negative Earnings
Chapter 23: Valuing Young and Start-up Firms
Chapter 24: Valuing Private Firms
Chapter 25: Acquisitions and Takeovers
Chapter 26: Valuing Real Estate
Chapter 27: Valuing Other Assets
Chapter 28: The Option to Delay and Valuation Implications
Chapter 29: The Option to Expand and Abandon: Valuation Implications
Chapter 30: Valuing Equity in Distressed Firms
Chapter 31: Value Enhancement: A Discounted Cashflow Framework
Chapter 32: Value Enhancement: EVA, CFROI and Other Tools
Chapter 33: Valuing Bonds
Chapter 34: Valuing Forward and Futures Contracts
Chapter 35: Overview and Conclusions