Crash Course on Cost of Capital and Capital Structuring (Udemy.com)
Understand the importance of Cost of Capital and Capital Structure
Created by: Raja Natarajan
Last updated June 2021
What you will learn
- have overview of Cost of Capital
- have overview of Capital Structure
How it compares
Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 68% of them
- Reviews162#290 of 377 by number of reviews
- Length2.9 hoursshorter than 70% of them
- Last updatedJune 2021earlier than 84% of them
Course Description
Welcome to this crash course on Cost of Capital and Capital Structuring.
In this course, you will have overview of Cost of Capital and Capital Structure matters.
About Cost of Capital:
Every business raise various forms of Capital for running the business.
None of the funds are free.
Each fund comes with a cost.
Every Entrepreneur, every Finance Manager should be aware of the Cost of Capital of their business.
Many businesses fail, because the management itself would not be aware of the Cost of Capital of the business.
Unless the returns earned from the business is greater than or equal to cost of capital, no business can sustain / grow.
Cost of Capital is used to evaluate new projects of a company. It is the minimum return that investors expect for providing capital to the company, thus setting a benchmark that a new project has to meet.
About Capital Structure of Business:
All the Business entities in this world, will work on this topic.
Because, Capital Structuring Decisions, would decide the long term stability of any business.
Business entities can have mix of their own funds and debt funds for running their business. But the mix should be an optimum one.
Wrong decisions in Capital Structuring would spoil the business which otherwise would have plenty scope for growth.
The capital structuring of the business also decides the leverage and returns for the owners.
About this course structure:
This course is structured in self paced learning style.
Video lectures are used for delivering course content.
Welcome to this course and all the very best.
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
162 Reviews
Raja Natarajan
I am a Chartered Accountant with tonnes of passion for teaching.
I teach Financial Management & Strategic Financial Management for Chartered Accountancy, Cost and Management Accountancy and Company Secretary students in Ernakulam, India. I also hold Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in Finance from Symbiosis, Pune and Bachelors in Commerce, from Loyola College, Chennai.
I worked in State Bank of India as Assistant Vice President - Credit for a period of four years after which i started my Chartered Accountancy Practice. During the stint in State Bank of India, I worked on credit proposals of Mid Corporate Units and gained good experience in Financial Analysis, Risk Assessment, Viability Study, Evaluating business models, Project Finance, Working Capital Management, etc.
I conduct work shops for Entrepreneurs, Chartered Accountancy / Cost and Management Accountancy Students on the topics like Project Finance, Credit Risk Assessment, Entrepreneurship Development, Finance for Non Finance Executives, etc.
I love teaching and i want fundamentals of accounting and finance to reach students and so i am here.
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Reviews
By Balaji S on 7/8/2020
I understood the Operating Leverage but need a better clarity in Financial Leverage. And, the Tutor is going good. Thank you! Cheers!
By Sonam Dolma on 11/21/2019
Yes it was very insightful and has been above expectations! Could not be more thankful for the wonderful explainations!
By Umesh Pareek on 6/28/2019
Excellent classes great way to study
By Harikishan Mandalapu on 8/16/2018
Very well organized content in relation to capital structuring refresher course.
By Bobbie Smith on 6/16/2018
Awesome overall coverage of important topics. Very iteresting case studies. Thank you.
By Farhana Hassim on 5/22/2018
The course is very helpful and interesting. However, the only problem, I have is that the video keeps freezing in the middle of the explanation which is quite irritating.
By Abdulkader Abdullatif on 10/31/2017
I benefited a lot from this simple yet to the target explanation about funding structure......thanks a lot for the instructor
By Andy Miles on 1/8/2017
Excellent. Dives in and explains everything well. Follow a!ong in excel!
By CHRISTY aNIH on 9/8/2016
Excellent scenarios and lecture structure. I very much appreciate the wealth of knowledge of the instructor.
By Ang Ri Sheng on 8/16/2016
Very clear, concise and well-articulated. Presentation is superb.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100












