Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity

Since the first run of the analysis, the stock has increased 35 percent.  Re-evaluating Wal-Mart 9months later, we will step through the techniques utilized by Wall Street analysts to build models on and properly value business entities.Step-by-step financial modeling - taught using downloadable Wall Street models, you will construct the model step by step as you page through the book. Hot keys and explicit Excel instructions aid even the novice excel modeler.Model built complete with Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet Balancing Techniques, Depreciation Schedule (complete with accelerating depreciation and deferring taxes), working capital schedule, debt schedule, handling circular references, and automatic debt pay downs.Illustrative concepts including detailing model flows help aid in conceptual understanding.Concepts are reiterated and honed, perfect for a novice yet detailed enough for a professional.Model built direct from Wal-Mart public filing

An easy to follow guide to create valuation models for stocks Amazon Customer Financial Modeling & Valuation is easy to follow, even for Excel novices, as it clearly describes step-by-step how to build the model and you can follow along with the Excel template available at the publisher's website.At times, the book may take a long time to get through as it will go through every step and every formula used in the model, including which cells to link thru, and indeed if you have alot of experience with Excel or financial modelling, you may find Joshua Rosenbaum's book more appropriate, as that includes M&A and LBO modelling . "Great book easy to follow" according to Arturo Cuevas Toscano. This book is a great tool for someone looking to learn how to build a full scale valuation of a company the same way it is done in Wall Street. The way it is written makes it very easy to follow if you have basic accounting knowledge you surprise yourself ending up by building a full model. Everyone having a serious intention to learn how investment banking and valuation methods are all about, this is a great place to start.. A great resource for anyone interested in investment banking As someone with a little bit of accounting knowledge but no modeling experience, this book served as a great stepping stone between the two. It laid out building a model, including a number of valuation methods, from beginning to end in a very easy to understand and organized way. I would definitely recommend the book to anyone thinking about getting into investment banking or private equity, regardless of their experience level.

In Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity (Wiley, 2013), he takes Wal-Mart (WMT) as a case study and walks the reader step by step through its financials as well as the Excel key strokes required to hardcode them"- Brenda Jubin - Seeking AlphaRemaining article found at seekingalpha/article/1567402-paul-pignataros-financial-modeling-and-valuation . "Paul Pignataro has written a book that even "dummies" can understand