Financial Statement Analysis, Group A
Course code
ACCT103
Course type
BSc Course
Weekly Hours
2,0
ECTS
3.0
Term
FS 2019
Language
Englisch
Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Müller
Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.
Course content
This course adopts the standpoint of the user of financial accounting information, taking the firm's financial statements, notes and other accompanying information as a basis for understanding the firm's past business activities and forecasting its future business activities. From the perspectives of (external) equity investors and financial analysts as well as creditors (banks, rating agencies), it will cover traditional financial ratios as well as basic forecasting and equity valuation techniques in order to develop a fundamental assessment of a firm's profitability, financial stability and prospects, thereby ultimately assessing firm value. Because the focus of this course is on analysis and valuation from a financial accounting perspective, it will adopt a specific accounting perspective on the valuation and forecasting process.
Class dates
Date | Time |
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Monday, 07.01.2019 | 11:30 - 15:15 |
Monday, 14.01.2019 | 11:30 - 15:15 |
Monday, 21.01.2019 | 11:30 - 15:15 |
Monday, 28.01.2019 | 11:30 - 15:15 |
Monday, 04.02.2019 | 11:30 - 15:15 |
Monday, 11.02.2019 | 11:30 - 15:15 |
Learning outcomes
Accounting theory, capital markets theory, investment theory, valuation
Literature
Lundholm/Sloan, Equity Valuation and Analysis (with eVal), 3rd edition, Boston et al.: McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2010. Secondary literature: To be announced in class
Exam
Final exam
Requirements
Grundlagen des externen Rechnungswesens Unternehmensfinanzierung