ASWATH DAMODARAN is Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University and one of the world’s most highly regarded experts on valuation and finance. His books include Damodaran on Valuation, Investment Valuation, Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice, and Applied Corporate Finance: A User’s Manual. His recent book, Strategic Risk Taking, explores how we think about risk and the implications for risk management. He has received the Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award seven times and was profiled in BusinessWeek as one of the top twelve U.S. business school professors.
Preface vi
Chapter 1 The Dark Side of Valuation 1
Chapter 2 Intrinsic Valuation 22
Chapter 3 Probabilistic Valuation: Scenario Analysis, Decision Trees, and Simulations 64
Chapter 4 Relative Valuation 90
Chapter 5 Real Options Valuation 114
Chapter 6 A Shaky Base: A “Risky” Risk-Free Rate 144
Chapter 7 Risky Ventures: Assessing the Price of Risk 168
Chapter 8 Macro Matters: The Real Economy 194
Chapter 9 Baby Steps: Young and Start-Up Companies 213
Chapter 10 Shooting Stars? Growth Companies 263
Chapter 11 The Grown-Ups: Mature Companies 312
Chapter 12 Winding Down: Declining Companies 361
Chapter 13 Ups and Downs: Cyclical and Commodity Companies 417
Chapter 14 Mark to Market: Financial Services Companies 449
Chapter 15 Invisible Investments: Firms with Intangible Assets 476
Chapter 16 Volatility Rules: Emerging-Market Companies 505
Chapter 17 The Octopus: Multibusiness Global Companies 535
Chapter 18 Going Over to the Light: Vanquishing the Dark Side 568
Index 576
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