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Overview
The MA - Free Cash Flow (FCF) Modeling Certificate is part of the Mergers and Acquisitions (MA) Professional Certificate offered by EdX in partnership with New York Institute of Finance - NYIFx.
In this course, you will learn to use the Free Cash Flow metric to evaluate acquisition opportunities. You will learn about the components of Free Cash Flow and its relationship with market value. You will also learn about the process of capital budgeting and guidelines to follow.
What you'll learn
- Identify Free Cash Flow from Accounting Data
- Recognize how to compare Free Cash Flow to Net Income
- Recognize the Drivers of Free Cash Flow
- Identify the steps to calculate Cost of Capital
- Identify the steps to use Free Cash Flow for Capital Budgeting Decisions
- Recognize the relationship between Free Cash Flow and Economic Value Added Value Acquisitions using Free Cash Flow
- Recognize how to develop a Free Cash Flow approach to Incentive Compensation
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses Include:
Session 1: Free Cash Flow and the Objective of the Firm
- Lesson 1: Need for Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 2: Understanding Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 3: Relationship between Free Cash Flow and Market Value
- Lesson 4: Return on Investment
- Lesson 5: Adjusting Accounting Data to Get to Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 6: Components of Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 7: Show Me
- Lesson 8: Adjustments to Net Investment
- Class Exercise
Session 2: Components of Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 1: Focus on Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 2: Understanding the Components of Free Cash Flow
Session 3: Cost of Capital
- Lesson 1: Understanding Cost of Capital
- Lesson 2: CAPM & WACC
- Class Exercise
Session 4: Capital Budgeting Using Free Cash Flow
- Lesson 1: Capital Budgeting: Overview
- Lesson 2: Guidelines for Capital Budgeting
- Lesson 3: Q&A
- Lesson 4: Caveats
Session 5: Modified Free Cash Flow
- Free Cash Flow and Interim Financial Results
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Visit programme websiteKey information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
- 1 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Economics Finance View 193 other Short Courses in Finance in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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International
300 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 300 USD for the full programme during 1 months. -
National
300 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 300 USD for the full programme during 1 months.
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