DETERMINING VALUE
Valuation Models and
Financial Statements
This exciting new text
addresses a primary concern of financial markets, namely the methods used to value
companies. The book bridges a gap, focusing on two complementary dimensions. Firstly, it
reviews and critically evaluates valuation models, such as the PE ratio, discounted cash
flow and economic value added. Secondly, it practically analyzes the quality and
availability of the financial statement data used in valuation models. It will be
essential reading for financial market analysts as well as students of accounting and
finance, including MBA students, and students taking professional examinations.
Key features
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Comprehensive overview of valuation methods
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Unique integration of the theory of valuation and the practice of financial statement
analysis
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Extracts from the Financial Times with a linking paragraph to reinforce relevance to
practice
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Simple numerical examples to support all stages of analysis
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Draws upon author's experience of working with financial market practitioners.
Reviewer comments
Sir David Tweedie, Chairman,
International Accounting Standards Board
"Dr Barker has
produced an extremely readable text appealing both to the novice and the advanced reader.
Its comprehensiveness, the real-life cases, its topicality and, above all, its clarity
makes the book live. The marriage between finance theory and accounting bring insights
both for active participants in the markets and for students of finance and
accounting."
Prol,Geoff Whittington,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Financial Accounting, University of Cambridge ,
"This book provides
a remarkably clear exposition of the latest thinking and research concerning the use of
financial accounting information for appraising the financial performance of business
firms. It is an essential read for financial analysts, students and all preparers and
users of accounts."
Steve Cooper,
Head of Equity Valuation and
Accounting Research, UBS Warburg
"Recent experience with
equity markets mean many investors are looking ever more closely at alternative valuation
techniques, the link between value and key value drivers and the problems of using
accounting data. This excellent and highly informative book deals with all these issues,
and more. Invaluable to the student and practitioner."
Prof Maureen McNichols,
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
"The strength of
Barker's book is its lucid overview of key concepts in valuation. It provides a very clear
articulation of the fundamentals of valuation models and the use of financial statement
information to this end."
Prof David Myddleton, Cran
field Business School
"This strikes me as a
unique work, in a central area of accounting and finance. Dr Barker writes with impressive
authority - a very thorough work. This is a super book comprehensive and important,
both original and useful."
Dr Richard Barker is a senior
lecturer at Cambridge University's Judge Institute of Management. In 1999 he received the
University's Pilkington Prize for teaching excellence. He has been a visiting scholar at
Stanford University, and was previously a management accountant with ICI. His research has
been published by the FT, PricewaterhouseCoopers and leading academic journals. He has
been actively involved with organizations such as the ASB, AIMR and UKSIP
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