Dark Side of Valuation, The: Valuing Young, Distressed, and Complex Businesses, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson FT Press (April 24, 2018) © 2018

  • Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business, New York University
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Reviews the core tools of valuation

Renowned valuation expert Aswath Damodaran examines today's most difficult estimation questions and issues, and then systematically addresses the valuation challenges that arise throughout a firm's lifecycle in The Dark Side of Valuation: Valuing Young, Distressed and Complex Businesses.

In this thoroughly revised edition, the author looks at how best to deal with low interest rates, volatile equity risk premiums and political risk in valuation. Readers will gain insight into:

  • Overcoming the temptation to use unrealistic or simplistic valuation methods
  • Risk-free rates, risk premiums and other macroeconomic assumptions
  • Intelligent analysis for angel and early venture capital investing
  • Projecting the impact of regulatory changes
  • The stages of the corporate lifecycle
  • Valuing financial services and commodities companies
  • Damodaran's insights will be indispensable to everyone involved in valuation: financial professionals, investors, M&A specialists, and entrepreneurs alike.
  • The Dark Side of Valuation Enlightenment: The Tools
  • Intrinsic Valuation
  • Probabilistic Valuation: Scenario Analysis, Decision Trees & Simulations
  • Relative Valuation
  • Option Valuation
  • The Dark Side of Macro Inputs
  • A Shaky Base: A Risky Risk free Rate
  • Risky Ventures: Assessing the Price of Risk
  • Macro Matters: The Real Economy
  • The Dark Side across the Life Cycle
  • Baby Steps - Valuing start-ups
  • Off to School – Valuing young companies
  • Shooting Stars - Valuing growth companies
  • Not so staid - Valuing mature companies
  • The inevitable end - Valuing companies in distress and decline
  • The Dark Side across company types
  • Ups and Down: Valuing Cyclical and Commodity companies
  • Mark to Market: Valuing Financial Service companies
  • Invisible Investments: Valuing firms with intangible assets
  • Volatility Rules: Valuing Emerging Market companies
  • The Octopus: Valuing Multi-business, global companies
  • Puzzle Palace: Valuing the Unusual
  • The Finale
  • Lighting the Way: Vanquishing the Dark Side

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