Unit name | Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation |
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Unit code | ECONM2027 |
Credit points | 15 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Mr. Thomas |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
ECONM1007 Finance and Accounting, International Financial Accounting for the MSc in Finance & Investment students OR ECONM2034 Corporate Finance and Financial Statements |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Accounting and Finance - Business School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides frameworks that will help students to interpret information provided in financial statements and understand how businesses and value they generate are reflected and captured in the statements. The unit will cover fundamental analysis developed as a matter of appropriate financial statement analysis. In particular, it will focus on how different accounting information can be converted into valuation, what different accounting measures tell about firm value and how a proper analysis should be developed. Theoretical concepts and principles will be applied in a number of practical exercises. The skills and tools learnt will be those that a security analyst outside the firm may use to advise clients about investing in a firm and also those that a manager within the firm may use to evaluate investments and choose the strategy.
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Lectures; tutorials
2 hour examination (75%) testing learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4 combined with assessed coursework (25%) testing learning outcomes 1, 2, 4 and 5.