The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

by Aswath Damodaran
The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

by Aswath Damodaran

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Overview

An accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuation

Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. In The Little Book of Valuation, expert Aswath Damodaran explains the techniques in language that any investors can understand, so you can make better investment decisions when reviewing stock research reports and engaging in independent efforts to value and pick stocks.

Page by page, Damodaran distills the fundamentals of valuation, without glossing over or ignoring key concepts, and develops models that you can easily understand and use. Along the way, he covers various valuation approaches from intrinsic or discounted cash flow valuation and multiples or relative valuation to some elements of real option valuation.

  • Includes case studies and examples that will help build your valuation skills
  • Written by Aswath Damodaran, one of today's most respected valuation experts
  • Includes an accompanying iPhone application (iVal) that makes the lessons of the book immediately useable

Written with the individual investor in mind, this reliable guide will not only help you value a company quickly, but will also help you make sense of valuations done by others or found in comprehensive equity research reports.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781118004777
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 05/03/2011
Series: Little Books. Big Profits , #34
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 146,613
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

ASWATH DAMODARAN is Professor of Finance at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding teaching, including the NYU universitywide Distinguished Teaching Award, and was named one of the nation's top business school teachers by BusinessWeek in 1994. He has written or coedited numerous books, including Damodaran on Valuation, Investment Valuation, Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Investment Philosophies, and Applied Corporate Finance (all published by Wiley), as well as The Dark Side of Valuation, Investment Fables, and Strategic Risk Taking.

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Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction xv

Hit the Ground Running—Valuation Basics

Chapter One Value—More Than a Number! 3

Chapter Two Power Tools of the Trade 13

Chapter Three Yes, Virginia, Every Asset Has an Intrinsic Value 35

Chapter Four It’s All Relative! 59

From Cradle to Grave—Life Cycle and Valuation

Chapter Five Promise Aplenty 83

Chapter Six Growing Pains 105

Chapter Seven Valuation Viagra 125

Chapter Eight Doomsday 143

Breaking the Mold—Special Situations in Valuation

Chapter Nine Bank on It 163

Chapter Ten Roller-Coaster Investing 185

Chapter Eleven Invisible Value 203

Conclusion Rules for the Road 225

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