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Basics of Stock Valuation

This course covers the concepts of valuing a stock starting from the very basics of the present value concept and going through the more advanced concepts of valuation.

Created byLeila Atwi
BeginnerUpdated Feb 24, 2025
Basics of Stock Valuation

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleLearn the concepts and approaches of valuation, including the income approach, asset approach, and market approach
  • check_circleApply the dividend discount model, Gordon growth model, and discounted cash flows
  • check_circleCalculate and forecast the free cash flow to equity and the free cash flow to the firm
  • check_circleCalculate and apply the cost of equity and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
  • check_circleApply the main concepts in Excel

About This Course

This course covers the concepts of valuing a stock starting from the very basics of the present value concept and going through the more advanced concepts of valuation. The main focus will be on the income approach, covering the dividend discount model, and the valuation of non-dividend paying stocks and constant dividend-paying stocks. Then, the course will tackle the Gordon growth model, the multi-stage dividend discount model, and the discounted cash flow model. You will learn how to forecast and derive the free cash flow to equity and the free cash flow to the firm metrics and how to calculate the cost of equity using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the weighted average cost of capital (wacc), and the situations in which each metric is used. The other 2 main valuation approaches, the asset approach and the market approach, will be covered briefly. This course takes a practical approach. All the concepts will be delivered through numerical examples and you will learn how to apply some of them in Excel.

Course Content

1 activity • 1 videos • duration: 1h 11m

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Section 11 videos • 1 quiz • 1.2 hours
  • videocamBasics of Stock Valuation
    Duration 71:21
  • quizQuiz

Your Instructor

Leila Atwi

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Leila Atwi, MBA, CF, ICVS, is a finance professional with more than 15 years of expertise in corporate finance, valuation, financial and investment analysis, and corporate governance. She has advised companies on matters on corporate finance issues, the valuation of projects and companies, and the development of valuation and investment models. She has taught finance courses for many years, and has extensive experience in developing educational programs and e-learning materials.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

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Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.3 out of 5
Student's Choice
55 reviews
  • MS
    MANJOT S.
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    Very good refresher, and very good examples

  • NK
    Nikolay K.
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    Great review of most stock /business valuations!

  • GC
    Ghislain C.
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    Good but more technical than I tought

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