FINC 630 - Valuation
Databases
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Picking a Company
IBISWorld (industry organized by NAICS code)
Business Monitor Online (major industry overviews w/player lists)
Plunkett's Research Online (major industry overviews w/player lists)
NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's) (Industry surveys; guidelines for analyzing a company)
- Company Information – General Articles, Company Profiles, Investment Analysis
Business Source Complete (click on Company Profiles)
ABI/Inform Global (articles link to Hoover’s profiles)
Investext Plus (compare several analyst reports)
- Comparable Companies / Competitors
Mergent Horizon (find companies in an industry sector)
Hoover's Premium (check out the competitor lists)
IBISWorld (check out the key competitor lists)
Thomson One Banker (ratio analysis on peer companies)
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Company Information – News, Legal & Intellectual Property
Lexis-Nexis Academic (lots of info behind the company profile link)
Campus Research (Westlaw) (access to SEC documents)
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Company Information – Financial Statements, Stock Prices, Ownership
Mergent Online (best access to EDGAR, the SEC database)
Thomson One Banker (financials, ratio analysis, stock prices)
Mergent Horizon (compare your valuation analysis to the Mergent analysis)
Recommended Electronic Journals
| Wall Street Journal | Financial Times |
| Economist | Forbes |
| Business Valuation: Discounts and Premiums | Financial Valuation: Applications and Models |
| Valuation, Insights & Perspectives | Valuation Strategies |
Print Reference Resources (available in the WCL Barclay Reference Center)
| Accountants’ Handbook | HF5621 .A22 2007 |
| Value Line Investment Survey | HG4501 .V262 |
| Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios | HF5681.R25 I525 |
| Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios | HF5681.R25 T68 |
| Handbook of Small Business Valuation Formulas & Rules of Thumb | HG4028.V3 D478 1994 |
Suggested Books on “Valuation” in the West Campus Library
How to measure anything: finding the value of "intangibles" in business
HF5681.I55 H83 2007
Selling your IT business: valuation, finding the right buyer, and negotiating the deal
HD9696.63.A2 C525
2006
Discounted cash flow: a theory of the valuation of firms
HG4028.V3 K79 2006
Valuing your business: strategies to maximize the sale price
HG4028.V3 L56 2005
Business analysis & valuation: using financial statements
HF5681.V3 P295 2004
The handbook of business valuation and intellectual property analysis
HG4028.V3 H257 2004
Principles of private firm valuation
HG4028.V3 F44 2005
Business valuation and taxes: procedure, law, and perspective
HF5681.V3 L37 2005
Stock valuation: an essential guide to Wall Street’s most popular valuation models
HG4028.V3 .H66 2006
Corporate finance and valuation
HG4026 .R92 2007
Intangible assets: valuation and economic benefit
HF5681.I55 C64 2005
Financial valuation: applications and models
HG4028.V3 H583 2006
The market approach to valuing businesses
HG4028.V3 P69 2005
Fair value for financial reporting: meeting the new FASB requirements
HF5681.B2 K475 2006
