Business Finance

Business Valuation Fundamentals

Know What a Business Is Really Worth, and Prove It.

12 lessons4 modules9h 25m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Every owner, buyer, and investor eventually asks the same question: what is this business actually worth? This course answers it with the three valuation approaches professionals use every day. You will recast a messy income statement into clean Seller's Discretionary Earnings and EBITDA, apply real-world multiples from sources like DealStats and BizBuySell, build an asset-based floor, and run a discounted-cash-flow model from scratch. By the end you can value a small or mid-size company, explain every assumption, and defend a price range a banker, buyer, or seller will respect.

Curriculum

Module 1: What Valuation Is and the Numbers Behind It3 lessons

What Value Really Means: Standards and PurposePreview45m
The Three Approaches at a Glance🔒45m
Recasting Earnings: SDE and EBITDA🔒50m

Module 2: The Market Approach: Valuing on Multiples3 lessons

How Multiples Work🔒45m
Where Real Multiple Data Comes From🔒50m
Rules of Thumb and Their Limits🔒40m

Module 3: The Income Approach: Capitalization and DCF3 lessons

Capitalization of Earnings🔒45m
Building a Discounted Cash Flow Model🔒55m
Discount Rates: WACC and Buildup🔒50m

Module 4: Asset Methods, Discounts, and Reconciliation3 lessons

The Asset-Based Approach🔒45m
Discounts and Premiums🔒45m
Reconciling Into a Defensible Range🔒50m