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Corporate Finance Essentials
Evaluate investments, choose sensible financing and value a business using the core tools of corporate finance.
About this course
Make smart financial decisions. Cover capital budgeting, cost of capital, valuation, and risk to evaluate projects and maximize company value.
What you will learn
- Apply time value of money calculations to compare loans, offers and investments fairly.
- Estimate a risk-appropriate cost of capital, including a simple weighted average cost of capital.
- Calculate and interpret NPV, IRR, payback and profitability index for real investment decisions.
- Forecast incremental project cash flows that exclude sunk costs and include working capital and tax effects.
- Compare debt and equity financing and test whether a business can safely carry more borrowing.
- Value a company using DCF, multiples and asset approaches and present a defensible range.
Curriculum
Module 1Finance Foundations4 lessons
- 1The Role of Corporate Finance Free preview
- 2Time Value of Money
- 3Risk and Return
- 4Cost of Capital Intuition
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2Investment Decisions4 lessons
- 5NPV and IRR in Practice
- 6Payback and Other Criteria
- 7Forecasting Project Cash Flows
- 8Capital Budgeting Cases
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3Financing Decisions4 lessons
- 9Debt vs Equity
- 10Capital Structure Basics
- 11Dividends and Buybacks
- 12Working Capital Management
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Valuation3 lessons
- 13Company Valuation Approaches
- 14DCF Walkthrough
- 15Course Project: Evaluate an Investment
- QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: Investment Evaluation Paper
Who this course is for
- Business owners and managers who make investment and funding decisions.
- Finance, accounting and business students who want practical, applied corporate finance.
- Professionals preparing to work with lenders, investors or boards on capital decisions.
Requirements
- A computer with Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program such as Google Sheets.
- Comfort with basic arithmetic and percentages.
- A basic understanding of revenue, costs and profit; financial accounting knowledge helps but is not required.
What is included
Written lessons
15 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.
Module quizzes
A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.
Final project
Investment Evaluation Paper. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.
Certificate
A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.
How the certificate works
Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.
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