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Q1. What goes in the line items of Income Statement?
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Line items in an Income Statement include revenues, expenses, gains, and losses.
• Revenue: Sales of goods or services

• Cost of Goods Sold (COGS): Direct costs related to producing goods sold

• Gross Profit: Revenue minus COGS

• Operating Expenses: Costs related to running the business (e.g. salaries, rent)

• Operating Income: Gross profit minus operating expenses

• Interest Expense: Cost of borrowing money

• Net Income: Total profit afte...read more
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Q2. What is Investment Banking?
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Investment banking involves providing financial advisory services to corporations, governments, and other institutions for raising capital, mergers and acquisitions, and other financial transactions.
• Helps companies raise capital through issuing stocks or bonds

• Assists in mergers and acquisitions by providing valuation and negotiation services

• Provides financial advisory services for various transactions such as IPOs, deb...read more
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Q3. Explain the impact of share buyback on the 3 financial statements.
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Share buybacks impact financial statements by reducing outstanding shares, increasing EPS, and affecting cash flow.
• Share buybacks reduce the number of outstanding shares on the balance sheet.

• This can increase earnings per share (EPS) as the same amount of earnings is distributed among fewer shares.

• On the income statement, share buybacks can lead to higher EPS and potentially higher stock prices.

• Share buybacks can also ...read more
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Q4. Impact of bonus share issue on 3 financial statements.
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Bonus share issue impacts financial statements by increasing equity on balance sheet, reducing retained earnings, and affecting earnings per share.
• Increase in equity on balance sheet due to additional shares issued at no cost

• Reduction in retained earnings as company's profits are distributed among more shareholders

• Impact on earnings per share as number of shares outstanding increases
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Q1. Difference between fcff and fcfe
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FCFF is the cash flow available to all providers of capital, while FCFE is the cash flow available to equity shareholders.
• FCFF includes debt and equity holders, while FCFE only includes equity holders.

• FCFF is used to value the firm as a whole, while FCFE is used to value equity.

• FCFF is calculated as EBIT(1-Tax Rate) + Depreciation - Capex - Change in Working Capital, while FCFE is calculated as FCFF - Interest(1-Tax Ra...read more
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Q2. Impairment of assets
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Q1. What is eps and diluted equity
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EPS stands for earnings per share, which is a company's profit divided by the number of outstanding shares. Diluted equity refers to the total value of a company's shares if all potential shares were converted into common stock.
• EPS is calculated by dividing a company's net income by the number of outstanding shares.

• Diluted equity takes into account potential shares that could be converted into common stock, such as sto...read more
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Q2. What is enterprise value
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Enterprise value is a measure of a company's total value, taking into account its market capitalization, debt, and cash.
• Enterprise value = Market capitalization + Total debt - Cash and cash equivalents

• It represents the total value of a company that would need to be paid by an acquirer in a takeover

• EV is used to compare companies with different capital structures or levels of debt

• It is a more comprehensive measure than
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Q1. Financial statements
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Q2. Beta and it's types
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Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the market. There are three types of beta: levered beta, unlevered beta, and adjusted beta.
• Beta measures a stock's volatility in relation to the market. A beta of 1 means the stock moves in line with the market, while a beta greater than 1 is more volatile and less than 1 is less volatile.

• Levered beta includes the effects of debt on a company's capital structure.

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Q3. Cost of capital
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Cost of capital is the required return necessary to make a capital budgeting project, such as building a new factory, worthwhile.
• Cost of capital is the weighted average cost of debt and equity used by a company to finance its operations.

• It is the minimum return that a company must earn on its investments to maintain its market value and attract investors.

• Calculating cost of capital involves determining the cost of debt...read more
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Q4. Discounted cash flow
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Q5. Comparable company analysis
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Comparable company analysis involves evaluating a company's value by comparing it to similar companies in the same industry.
• Identify comparable companies based on industry, size, growth prospects, and financial metrics.

• Collect data on key financial metrics such as revenue, EBITDA, and multiples like P/E ratio.

• Calculate valuation multiples for the comparable companies and apply them to the target company to estimate its...read more
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Q6. Financial ratios
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