Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies 7th Edition (ISBN-13: 9781119610885) is the definitive guide for financial professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of corporate valuation. For over three decades, this authoritative resource has offered comprehensive insights into both core and advanced valuation techniques. This edition integrates new chapters on critical topics like ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and digital initiatives, along with updated case studies that reflect the evolving corporate finance landscape. This book is indispensable for professionals in investment banking, financial analysis, corporate management, and anyone keen to enhance their valuation knowledge.
 
Key Features:
 
• Comprehensive guidance on every critical aspect of corporate valuation
• Updated with insights on digital, ESG, and long-term investing
• Real-world examples and trending topics in valuation
• Covers advanced topics like cross-border valuation, high-growth companies, and capital-light businesses
• Companion website with video tutorials and discussions on modern valuation techniques
 
Table of Contents:
 
Part One: Foundations of Value
1. Why Value Value?
2. Finance in a Nutshell
3. Fundamental Principles of Value Creation
4. Risk and the Cost of Capital
5. The Alchemy of Stock Market Performance
6. Valuation of ESG and Digital Initiatives
7. The Stock Market is Smarter Than You Think
8. Return on Invested Capital
9. Growth
Part Two: Core Valuation Techniques
10. Frameworks for Valuation
11. Reorganizing the Financial Statements
12. Analyzing Performance
13. Forecasting Performance
14. Estimating Continuing Value
15. Estimating the Cost of Capital
16. Moving from Enterprise Value to Value per Share
17. Analyzing the Results
18. Using Multiples
19. Valuation by Parts
Part Three: Advanced Valuation Techniques
20. Taxes
21. Nonoperating Items, Provisions, and Reserves
22. Leases
23. Retirement Obligations
24. Measuring Performance in Capital-Light Businesses
25. Alternative Ways to Measure Return on Capital
26. Inflation
27. Cross-Border Valuation
Part Four: Managing for Value
28. Corporate Portfolio Strategy
29. Strategic Management: Analytics
30. Strategic Management: Mindsets and Behaviors
31. Mergers and Acquisitions
32. Divestitures
33. Capital Structure, Dividends, and Share Repurchases
34. Investor Communications
Part Five: Special Situations
35. Emerging Markets
36. High-Growth Companies
37. Cyclical Companies
38. Banks
39. Flexibility
 
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies 7th Edition is written by Tim Koller; Marc Goedhart; David Wessels and published by John Wiley & Sons P&T. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Valuation are 9781119610922, 1119610923 and the print ISBNs are 9781119610885, 1119610885. Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with Ebookworm.