Table of Contents

Approaches to Valuation.

Estimation of Discount Rates.

Estimation of Cash Flows.

Estimation of Growth Rates.

Dividend-Discount Models.

Free-Cash-Flow-to-Equity Discount Models.

Valuing a Firm--The Free-Cash-Flow-to-Firm Approach.

Special Cases in Valuation.

Price/Earnings Ratios.

Price/Book Value Ratios.

Price/Sales Ratio.

Management Decisions, Corporate Strategy, and Firm Value.

Valuation for Acquisitions and Takeovers.

Option-Pricing Theory.

Applications of Option-Pricing Theory to Valuation.

Overview and Conclusion.

Appendices.

References.

Disk Documentation.

Index.

About the Author

ASWATH DAMODARAN is Professor of Finance at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding teaching, including the NYU university-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, and was named one of the nation's top business school teachers by Business Week in 1994. In addition, Damodaran teaches training courses in corporate finance and valuation at many leading investment banks. His publications include Damodaran on Valuation; Investment Valuation; Corporate Finance; Investment Management; and Applied Corporate Finance, all published by Wiley, and The Dark Side of Valuation.