Valuation Lecture 13: DFC Valuation Tests

This video is a part of online course on Valuation by Professor Aswath Damodaran of NYU. This lecture discusses:

  • A corporate governance discount
  • The R&D effect
  • The distress factor
  • Lesson: Increasing growth is not always a value creating option
  • Lesson: Financial leverage is a double-edged sword
  • Dealing with decline and distress
  • Adjusting the value of LVS for distress
  • Lesson: Truncation risk can come in many ways
  • Valuing financial service companies
  • Valuing cyclical and commodity companies

The class is currently being taught by Prof. Aswath Damodaran at the NYU’s Stern Business School.