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Valuation and Common Sense (8h edition, April 2023) is a free book that I use with MBAs, Managers and Undergraduates. You may use (resend, distribute, copy, photocopy…) the book or any chapter as you wish.
Best wishes and take care, Pablo Fernandez. PhD (Harvard) and Prof. (IESE, Madrid) of Finance,
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The 24 chapters may be downloaded for free at the following links:
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Table of contents, acknowledgments, glossary
1
Company valuation methods
2
Cash flow discounting: fundamental relationships and unnecessary complications
3
Cash flow valuation methods: perpetuities, constant growth and general case
4
Valuing companies by cash flow discounting: ten methods and nine theories
5
WACC: definition, misconceptions and errors
6
Valuation using multiples: dispersion. Useful to compare and to negotiate
7
PER (Price to earnings ratio), PtoB (value to book ratio) and g (growth)
8
How to value a seasonal company discounting cash flows
9
Equity premium: historical, expected, required and implied
10
CAPM: an absurd model
11
CAPM: the model and 307 comments about it
12
The equity premium in 150 textbooks
13
Market Risk Premium and Risk-Free Rate used in 80 countries in 2023: a survey
14
Are calculated betas good for anything?
15
Beta = 1 does a better job than calculated betas
16
Valuing real options: frequently made errors
17
Value of tax shields (VTS): 3 theories with “some” common sense
18
Internet valuations: the case of Terra-Lycos
19
Valuation of Internet-related companies
20
Valuation of brands and intellectual capital
21
Interest rates and company valuation
22
Dividends and share repurchases
23
How inflation destroys value: taxes
24
119 common errors in company valuations
Tables and figures have been updated until 2023 and may be downloaded in excel format with all calculations in https://web.iese.edu/PabloFernandez/