Unit description
Provides coverage of contemporary business and equity valuation approaches together with development of the tools, such as estimating discount rates, to undertake valuations. A range of discounted cash flow and relative valuation models are applied in a top-down valuation process that considers the drivers of value.
Unit content
Topic 1 Valuation and value creation
Topic 2 Returns and growth
Topic 3 Cost of capital
Topic 4 Valuation approaches I
Topic 5 Valuation approaches II
Topic 6 Analysing performance
Topic 7 Forecasting
Topic 8 Continuing value
Topic 9 Interpreting results
Topic 10 Relative valuation
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | Evaluate and appraise alternative valuation approaches | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
2 | Discuss and analyse key value drivers | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
3 | Estimate the cost of capital and critique issues surrounding this process | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
4 | Value a company and its shares | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills |
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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Commencing 2016 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
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