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Financial Analysis - Business Valuation, DCF, IRR, and more (Udemy.com)

Learn to model the valuation of a company using DCF & multiples - Perfect for financial analysts, IB, and PE!

Created by: Corey @ Wisdify

Last updated November 2021

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What you will learn

  • Build a complete, working discounted cash flow (DCF) model in Excel from scratch
  • Value a company using the DCF and multiples approach
  • Use IRR, ROE, and NPV to analyze a project's feasibility
  • Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
  • Calculate the cost of equity using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Determine the terminal value of a cash flow stream

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 68% of them
  • Reviews805#136 of 377 by number of reviews
  • Length3.1 hoursshorter than 65% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2021earlier than 83% of them

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Course Description

If you're in the finance or accounting world (or aspire to be), you need to know how to create a discounted cash flow model (DCF) to value a company or project!


What will you learn in this course?

  • Build a complete, working discounted cash flow (DCF) model in Excel from scratch, using a fictional private company

  • Value a company using the DCF and multiples approach

  • Use IRR, ROE, and NPV to analyze a project's feasibility

  • Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

  • Calculate the cost of equity using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)​

  • Determine the terminal value of a cash flow stream


Don't worry, you don't need a deep background in finance or accounting to take this course! We'll start with the basics and walk you through piece by piece.

In this course, we’ll build a complete, working discounted cash flow (DCF) model in Excel from scratch, using a fictional private company. Our course will teach you how to calculate the cost of equity, WACC, and levered/unlevered beta.

With this knowledge, we’ll calculate the discounted free cash flow and the terminal value. From there, we’ll learn how to value a company using the multiples approach. We top off the course be learning how to analyze the financial viability of a new project using methods such as IRR, ROE, NPV, and break even.


What makes our course so awesome?

  • 38 page easy to understand guide: Our workbook is super easy to understand and reference for later dates 

  • Real world case-studies: In depth, real-world case studies using both real and fictitious companies

  • Fun: Light-hearted, fun, and enjoyable course (we never take ourselves too seriously)

  • Knowledgeable instructor: Nate is a CPA and has spent his career valuing companies and analyzing financial statements

  • No fluff: We don’t teach theory or waste your time with useless information. Everything we teach you can start applying TODAY


This course is the first part of a 3 part series on the financial statements. The first course focuses on learning the financial statements (Financial Statement Analysis) and the second on on financial modeling (Financial Modeling Bootcamp). We use the same case study in all three courses so your knowledge builds as you build your knowledge.


Let's start learning!

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Instructor Details

Corey @ Wisdify

Wisdify is an online training platform with a mission to empower professionals with the skills and knowledge to succeed professionally.

Our engaging online courses equip you with extremely relevant and in-demand hard and soft skills so you can become more employable and promotable.

Our courses include: SQL for Data Analytics, Intro to Data Analytics, Microsoft Power BI, Marketing Analytics, Microsoft VBA Macros, Financial Statement Analysis and more!

To receive CPE credit, you must complete the final exam on our website.


About the instructor

Corey is the owner of Wisdify loves sharing his knowledge of finance, accounting, and business operations. He is passionate about helping individuals and teams unlock their true potential. He is an avid teacher and mentor, entrepreneur, and small business advisor.

With almost 15 years of experience in finance, accounting, and consulting, he has worked in private companies, and private-equity owned businesses. His industry experience cuts across home service, media/entertainment, real estate, capital/banking, and more.

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Reviews

4.6

805 ratings on Udemy

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By Nidhi Verma on 7/26/2026

This course is really good! The concepts, instruction, and overall content are spot on. Everything is explained clearly and in a very easy-to-understand way. Highly recommended!

By Ivana Bunjevacki on 4/7/2026

Concise, clear and too the point. Models look the way your clients would like to see them if you work as a freelancer. No additional noise. Explanations are clear and easy to follow. The instructor's delivery is engaging.

By Mher Voskanyan on 11/20/2025

Great way of conveying knowledge and the practical examples; what I like most is that you backup important concepts with their rationale and reasoning. I also liked the story about the terminal value and the exit mutliple vs perpetuity growth approach. Thanks!

By Anonymized User on 6/13/2024

This is an impressively well put together course covering essential skills needed to analyze the financial strength of any business. The instructor presents topics clearly and the included resources allow you follow along and reinforce the lessons taught. Definite recommend!!!

By Alexander Gomez on 2/9/2024

Very well structured course and clearly explained. As a former MBA student it was a very quick way to bring back tools that I haven't been using for years.

By Đặng Quốc Trung Hiếu on 8/24/2023

I learn something new about valuation company for my career in Finance &Banking especially for big4 firm or investments banking

By Panagiotis Sarivasileiou on 7/22/2023

It was a great course, thank you. The only think I'd probably add is a more analysis on how we come up with the growth rate in order to project the future EBITDA, costs, etc.

By Afedziwa Hayford on 6/13/2023

The instructor explains the concepts clearly, I am viewing this course on my iPhone which is very convenient. I will listen more than once so when excel is required I will be using my laptop but while listening to the course in areas where Excel isn’t Required it’s great that I can use my phone.

By Eugenio Chiavaccini on 12/21/2021

teacher is very prepared. the course is extremely well done and it touches a lot of interesting and useful aspects of the dcf evaluation and beyond!

By Brijesh Pratap Singh on 6/7/2021

There is a mistake in the statement. Correct Version - A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. ( Please correct it in your slides)

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Overall Score : 92 / 100