The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit (Little Books. Big Profits)

BAn accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuation/b 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.ulliIncludes case studies and examples that will help build your valuation skillsliWritten by Aswath Damodaran, one of today's most respected valuation expertsliIncludes an accompanying iPhone application (iVal) that makes the lessons of the book immediately useable/ul 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. Read more... Abstract: BAn accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuation/b 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.ulliIncludes case studies and examples that will help build your valuation skillsliWritten by Aswath Damodaran, one of today's most respected valuation expertsliIncludes an accompanying iPhone application (iVal) that makes the lessons of the book immediately useable/ul 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 BAn accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuation/b 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.ulliIncludes case studies and examples that will help build your valuation skillsliWritten by Aswath Damodaran, one of today's most respected valuation expertsliIncludes an accompanying iPhone application (iVal) that makes the lessons of the book immediately useable/ul 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.;""Contents""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Hit the Ground Runningâ€"Valuation Basics""; ""Chapter 1 : Valueâ€"More Than a Number!""; ""Two Approaches to Valuation""; ""Why Should You Care?""; ""Some Truths about Valuation""; ""Start Your Engines!""; ""Chapter 2 : Power Tools of the Trade""; ""Time Is Money""; ""Grappling with Risk""; ""Accounting 101""; ""Making Sense of Data""; ""The Tool Box Is Full""; ""Chapter 3 : Yes, Virginia, Every Asset Has an Intrinsic Value""; ""Value the Business or Just the Equity?""; ""Inputs to Intrinsic Valuation"" ""Contents"" ""Title"" ""Copyright"" ""Dedication"" ""Foreword"" ""Introduction"" ""Hit the Ground Runningâ€"Valuation Basics"" ""Chapter 1 : Valueâ€"More Than a Number!"" ""Two Approaches to Valuation"" ""Why Should You Care?"" ""Some Truths about Valuation"" ""Start Your Engines!"" ""Chapter 2 : Power Tools of the Trade"" ""Time Is Money"" ""Grappling with Risk"" ""Accounting 101"" ""Making Sense of Data"" ""The Tool Box Is Full"" ""Chapter 3 : Yes, Virginia, Every Asset Has an Intrinsic Value"" ""Value the Business or Just the Equity?"" ""Inputs to Intrinsic Valuation"" ""What Do These Models Tell Us?""""Itâ€TMs All in the Intrinsic Value!"" ""Chapter 4 : Itâ€TMs All Relative!"" ""Standardized Values and Multiples"" ""Four Keys to Using Multiples"" ""Intrinsic versus Relative Value"" ""Einstein Was Right"" ""From Cradle to Graveâ€"Life Cycle and Valuation"" ""Chapter 5 : Promise Aplenty"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""Are We Missing Something?"" ""Chapter 6 : Growing Pains"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""Chapter 7 : Valuation Viagra"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""Can Changing Management Change Value?""""Chapter 8 : Doomsday"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""Breaking the Moldâ€"Special Situations in Valuation"" ""Chapter 9 : Bank on It"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""Chapter 10 : Roller-Coaster Investing"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""The Real Option Argument for Undeveloped Reserves"" ""Chapter 11 : Invisible Value"" ""Valuation Issues"" ""Valuation Solutions"" ""Conclusion""

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.

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Praise for The Little Book of Valuation

"There is nothing 'little' about Damodaran's The Little Book of Valuation.The whole gamut of ideas that form the basis for all business valuations–covered in his many multi-hundred page classics–are all here, with the same rigor, clarity, pointedness, and wit."—Professor Anant K. Sundaram

Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College "The Little Book of Valuation is a great book that I will recommend to my students and friends. This book is an impressive synthesis of sound theory and best practice. It is completely accessible to the novice. It is also an important addition to the professional library of the finance specialist. Acquire it without hesitation."—Pablo Fernandez, Professor of Finance IESE Business School, Spain "Damodaran's fast read book offers valuable insights for both institutional and sophisticated individual investors. Within the confines of 'intrinsic' (income approach) and 'relative' (market approach) analysis, he identifies the 'value drivers' in several broad categories of stocks and the most important factors to look for, and how to treat them in valuation for each category."—Shannon PrattChairman and CEO, Shannon Pratt Valuations

In the Little Book of Valuation, Prof. Aswath Damodaran will distil the fundamentals of valuation (without glossing over or ignoring key components) and develop models that investors can understand easily and use quickly.