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Mergers and Acquisitions: Free Cash Flow Modeling

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Summary

Price
Free
Study method
Online
Duration
3 weeks · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification

Overview

Learn how to evaluate a company’s financial performance to determine acquisition opportunities.

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Description

Learn how to use free cash flow modeling

This course looks at how to use free cash flow concepts to analyse and evaluate corporate performance in order to make better capital budgeting and acquisition decisions.

You’ll get an introduction to free cash flow and its components and learn about cost of capital. You’ll also look at how free cash flow can be used in acquisitions, and explore some common implementation issues.

What will you achieve?

Investigate how to develop a Free Cash Flow approach to Incentive Compensation

Compare the relationship between Free Cash Flow and Economic Value Added Value Acquisitions using Free Cash Flow

Identify the steps to use Free Cash Flow for Capital Budgeting Decisions

Describe the steps to calculate Cost of Capital

Explain the Drivers of Free Cash Flow

Compare Free Cash Flow to Net Income

Identify Free Cash Flow from Accounting Data

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for financial analysts and associates. It is also suitable for directors and managers who have transitioned, or hope to transition, to mergers and acquisitions from other areas, such as equities or fixed income.

To get the most from this course you will need a good knowledge of financial analysis and MS Excel.

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