37729 - Finance Laboratory

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Docente: Antonio Angelillo
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: SECS-P/09
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration (cod. 0897)

Learning outcomes

The student can face the main topics in valuations, as the determination of the free cash flows, the company's cost of capital and the main multiples adopted. After analysing some some case of studies, he is able to understand how theory can be practically applied.

Course contents

- Valuation as a paradigm of efficient asset allocation in a market economy

- Enterprise value, equity value and price in corporate finance

- Approaches to valuation and valution methodologies

- Economic profit based: EVA

- Asset based: NAV

- Cash flow based: DCF

- Relative valuation: multiples

- Cash flow statement and determinants

- Dividend discount model

- Measures of Risk

- Capital Asset Pricing Model and its allies

- Market and Transaction multiples

- Case studies

Readings/Bibliography

The dark side of Valuation - Aswath Damodaran

other readings will be suggested during the course

Teaching methods

the students will be involved in solving real case studies valuation tasks

lessons are largely interactive

Assessment methods

mid course written exam simulations

group works

Teaching tools

PC use is advised

Office hours

See the website of Antonio Angelillo

SDGs

Responsible consumption and production

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.