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Summary: The most important book in my corporate finance library.
Review: As someone who is just beginning in the field of corporate finance and M&A work I must say that, without a doubt, Corporate Finance: A Valuation Approach has given me the edge I needed in taking on models and running with them. My performance has improved dramatically. Most books on the topic of corp. fin. and valuation, while sound theoretically, lack true applicability. This book is exactly what I've been looking for and I strongly recommend it to those who work regularly with financial models.
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Summary: The most important book in my corporate finance library.
Review: As someone who is just beginning in the field of corporate finance and M&A work I must say that, without a doubt, Corporate Finance: A Valuation Approach has given me the edge I needed in taking on models and running with them. My performance has improved dramatically. Most books on the topic of corp. fin. and valuation, while sound theoretically, lack true applicability. This book is exactly what I've been looking for and I strongly recommend it to those who work regularly with financial models.
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Summary: Absolutely Fantastic. A veritable bible in corporate finance
Review: Corporate Finance: A valuation approach provides advanced concepts in the process of evaluation that is indispensible. All issues of corporate finance are covered in a detailed, yet brief manner.
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Summary: Ground Up Valuation Techniques
Review: If you are new to corporate finance valuation this book will take you to the next level. Provides step by step instruction on how to value companies. Covers Excel techniques with easy to follow examples. Covers 1 full semester at most business schools.
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Summary: A Solid Introductory Valuation Text
Review: This book does a good job of logically explaining the step-by-step method of corporate valuation. Benninga and Sarig do a good job of focusing on the practical tools of finance. I only wish the DCF examples were less simplistic. A substantial amount of additional work is needed to apply these models to real world firms.
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Summary: Comprehensive overview of valuation approaches
Review: This book gives an excellent overview of different valuation techniques, is detailed enough yet easy to understand. As such this text is ideal for self-study. It's by far the best book I've seen on the topic and application of valuations and financial modeling.
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Summary: An ideal introduction to company valuation
Review: This book offers a very simple introduction to evaluation of companies prior to investing. The DCF method is primarily used. There is a common thread running through the chapters which makes the book easy to understand. Its not verbose, which adds to its attractiveness. But, the readers should remember that this is only an introduction, and some other advanced book like Copeland's is needed to build upon the ideas presented in the book.
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Summary: Fantastic book
Review: This book serves as an excellent introduction to and/or refresher on valuation techniques. The entire valuation process (primarily DCF) is broken down into a series of steps, each of which gets its own complete chapter. Each chapter is well written and builds on its predecessors.A particular strength of the book is the authors' reference to Excel functions and which ones are useful in valuation models. This book is not just theory; there are concrete "how to" examples throughout. Once you've finished this book, you can do more than cite valuation theory: you can build valuation models. One of the best finance books I've ever read.
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Summary: A Good Summary of techniques used to valuate corporations.
Review: This is a very good book for starters in Corporate
Finance. People interested in understanding company valuations should definitely read this. Nevertheless, do take the contents with a certain grain of salt. Finance is a very subjective field, and numbers are ALWAYS subject to interpretation. Experts in the field might find themselves not agreeing with some of the methods employed. Finally, readers should have a good background in Accounting. It is also recommended that you have a computer running MS Excel and that you are familiar with the program.
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Summary: A Good Summary of techniques used to valuate corporations.
Review: This is a very good book for starters in CorporateFinance. People interested in understanding company valuations should definitely read this. Nevertheless, do take the contents with a certain grain of salt. Finance is a very subjective field, and numbers are ALWAYS subject to interpretation. Experts in the field might find themselves not agreeing with some of the methods employed. Finally, readers should have a good background in Accounting. It is also recommended that you have a computer running MS Excel and that you are familiar with the program.
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