Applied Equity Analysis

Contents

Part I: Getting Started.

Chapter 1: A Day in the Life.

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Equity Valuation.

Chapter 3: Strategy and Competition I: The Firms's External Environment.

Chapter 4: Strategy and Competition II: The Firm's Internal Competitive Resources.

Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Stock Behavior.

Part II: The Basic Tools.

Chapter 6: Reading a Financial Statement: The Accuracy, Sustainability, and Predictability of Financial Information.

Chapter 7: Reading a Financial Statement: The Composition of Returns.

Chapter 8: Reading a Financial Statement: Early-Stage Companies and Investment Capacity.

Chapter 9: Reading a Financial Statement: Later-Stage Companies and the Transition to Maturity.

Chapter 10: Economic Value Added: An Alternative to Traditional Analysis Techniques.

Part III: Financial Models.

Chapter 11: Financial Modeling: Base Case Assumptions and Model Design.

Chapter 12: Financial Modeling: The Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

Chapter 13: Financial Modeling: The Statement of Cash Flows.

Part IV: Equity Valuation.

Chapter 14: Valuation: Foundations and Fundamentals.

Chapter 15: Combat Finance: Relative Methods and Companion Variable Models.

Chapter 16: Hybrid Valuation Techniques.

Chapter 17: The Quirky Price/Earnings Ratio.

Chapter 18: Valuation of Speculative Stocks.

Chapter 19: Equity Analysis and Business Combinations.

Part V: Getting It Down on Paper.

Chapter 20: Financial Writing: Don't Bury the Lead.