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Is a given stock over or undervalued? How can the future prospects of a company be evaluated? How can complex valuation methods be applied in practice? The Art of Company Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis answers each of these questions and conveys the principles of company valuation in an accessible and applicable way. Valuation theory is linked to the practice of investing through financial statement analysis and interpretation, analysis of business models, company valuation, stock analysis, portfolio management and value Investing. The book's unique approach is to illustrate each valuation method with a case study of actual company performance.

Introduction: Importance and development of business accountancy -- Composition and structure of financial statements -- Key ratios for return and profitability: Return on equity -- Net profit margin -- EBIT/EBITDA margin -- Asset turnover -- Return on assets -- Return on capital employed -- Operating cash flow margin -- Ratios for financial stability: Equity ratio -- Gearing -- Dynamic gearing ration -- Net debt/EDITDA -- Capex ratio -- Asset depreciation ratio -- Productive asset investment ratio -- Cash burn rate -- Current and non-current assets total assets ratio -- Equity to fixed assets ratio and equity and long-term liabilities to fixed assets ratio -- Goodwill ratio -- Ratios for working capital management: Days sales outstanding and days payables outstanding -- Cash ratio -- Quick ratio -- Current ratio/working capital ratio -- Inventory intensity -- Inventory turnover -- Cash conversion cycle -- Ratios for order backlog and order intake -- Business model analysis: Circle of competence -- Characteristics -- Framework conditions -- Information procurement -- Industry and business analysis -- SWOT analysis -- Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysis -- Competitive strategy -- Management -- Profit distibution policy: Dividend -- Share buyback -- Conclusion -- Valuation ratios: Price-to-earning ratio -- Price-to-book ratio -- Price-to-cash flow ratio -- Price-to-sales ratio -- Enterprise value approach -- EV/EBITDA -- EV/EBIT -- EV/FCF -- EV/sales -- Company valuation: Discounted cash flow model -- Valuation using multiples -- Financial statement adjustments -- Overview of the valuation methods -- Value investing: Margin of safety approach -- Value investing strategies -- The identification of investment opportunities -- Portfolio management -- Buying and selling: investment horizon -- Conclusion.

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