37299 - Financial Analysis

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Moduli: Lorenzo Dal Maso (Modulo 1) Eleonora Monaco (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Business and Economics (cod. 8965)

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course students are able to: -understand the structure and items of the financial statement reports; - comprehend the main financial accounting principles; - understand drivers and critical success factors of a business financial performance; - understand various techniques of ratios analysis; - relevant accounting information to make informed forecasts and valuations of businesses.

Course contents

This course provides the students with a disciplined framework for the analysis and valuation of firms based on the following five steps: (1) Industry & Business strategy Analysis, (2) Accounting Analysis, (3) Financial Analysis (i.e., Profitability, Risk and Growth), and (4) Prospective Analysis: Valuation of Firms.


Readings/Bibliography

Slides and Materials as reported in the Syllabus.


Teaching methods

This course consists of 20 sessions during the 3rd and 4th subcycle of the academic year (total of 60h).


Assessment methods

To pass this course, each student has to perform a final written exam (multiple choices and exercises) and a group project. More details are available in the syllabus.

This is the assessment grid:

  • (a) <18 insufficient;
  • (b) 18-23 sufficient;
  • (c) 24-27 average/good;
  • (d) 28-30 very good;
  • (e) 30 cum laude excellent/outstanding.

Office hours

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