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ACX3150

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Accounting

Offered

Caulfield

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit explores a range of techniques used to analyse corporate financial performance and valuation of entities. These include: application and use of financial ratios and forecasting techniques, accounting-based and cash flow-based share valuation, credit analysis and financial distress prediction, equity security analysis, and analysis relating to mergers and takeovers. Both Australian and international case studies are used to provide a real-world context.

Outcomes

The learning objectives associated with this unit are to:

  1. access and extract financial information from published financial reports and databases

  1. calculate and interpret relevant financial ratios concerned with the profitability, financial structure and solvency of listed public companies

  1. apply and critically assess approaches to valuation including discounted cash flow and residual income methods

  1. apply valuation methods to contexts such as security valuation, mergers and acquisitions and credit analysis

  1. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with financial analysis and valuation.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Anthony Ng

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following units: AFC2140, BFC2140, BFF2140 PLUS one of the following units: AFF1121, ACF1121, AFC1030, ACC1030, ACF2100, ACC2100.

Prohibitions

AFC3230, AFC3234, ACC3230.