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Corporate Finance #9 Valuation-Bond, Common /Preferred Stock (Udemy.com)

Learn to value bonds, common stock, and preferred stock from a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

4.4

71 reviews

Created by: Robert (Bob) Steele

Last updated September 2026

What you will learn

Explain valuation methods for financial assets
Calculate the valuation of bonds
Calculate the valuation of preferred stock
Calculate the valuation of common stock

How it compares

Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:

Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 28% of them
Reviews71#350 of 377 by number of reviews
Length11.1 hourslonger than 77% of them
Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 84% of them

Course Description

This course will cover the valuation of financial assets including bonds, common stock, and preferred stock.

We will include many example problems, both in the format of presentations and Excel worksheet problems. The Excel worksheet presentations will include a downloadable Excel workbook with at least two tabs, one with the answer, the second with a preformatted worksheet that can be completed in a step-by-step process along with the instructional videos.

The general concept used to value financial assets is to take the present value of future cash flows from the financial asset. Therefore, we will need to use present value concepts and calculations.

The cash flow related to bonds will generally consist of a series of interest payments and a principal payment at maturity of the bond. We can use annuity calculations to determine the present value of the interest payments and present value of one calculation to determine the present value of principal at maturity.

Preferred stock has characteristics similar to bonds in that the payments are often standardized. However, we do not have a maturity date as we do with bonds.

Common stock can be more complex as we consider the future cash flow of dividends in an attempt to value the securities. The common stock dividends are more likely to change over time and we do not have a maturity date as we do with bonds.

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Time: 11.1h

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Instructor Details

Robert (Bob) Steele

4.4 Rating
71 Reviews

Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.

Mr. Steele has experience working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. He has been a practicing CPA since 2005. Mr. Steele is a practicing CPA, has a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor (CPI) credential, a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from The University of California Santa Barbara, and a Global Management Accounting Designation (CGMA) from The American Institute of CPA (AICPA).

Mr. Steele has also authored five books that can be found on Amazon or in audiobook format on Audible. He has developed bestselling courses in accounting topics including financial accounting and QuickBooks accounting software.