Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical Lawyer

by Dickie, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9781590314746
• ISBN10: 1590314743
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Written expressly for business lawyers, this best-selling guide takes you step-by-step through the key principles of corporate finance and accounting. This Second Edition will update the title's content and provide additions to reflect post-Enron SEC and FASB rules and new rules regarding merger and acquisition accounting.

Author Biography

Robert B. Dickie is the founder of The Dickie Group, which provides training in finance and accounting to most of the country's leading law firms and to the in-house legal departments of numerous Fortune 100 companies.

Table of Contents

Understanding and interpreting financial statements
The income statement - revenues	p. 1
The income statement - expenses	p. 19
The asset side of the balance sheet	p. 55
The liability side of the balance sheet	p. 93
The cash flow statement	p. 113
Interpreting the financials	p. 133
Using the numbers to look ahead : Kmart and Target respond to Wal-Mart	p. 157
Understanding valuation
Introduction to valuation	p. 179
The use of comparables	p. 193
Calculating the return on capital	p. 205
The cost of debt	p. 227
The cost of equity	p. 237
The weighted average cost of capital	p. 261
Valuing the company	p. 271
Refinements on the discounted cash flow method and methods derived from it	p. 295
Control premiums, minority discounts, and marketability discounts	p. 325
Creating value by acquisition	p. 335
A map for value creation	p. 353
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