Assess Company Value and Financial Health with Professional-Grade Analysis
Master the analytical methods and modeling techniques that financial professionals use to evaluate companies, construct valuations, and support investment decisions.
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Financial Analysis and Valuation develops your capability to evaluate companies comprehensively—analyzing their financial health, forecasting future performance, and estimating intrinsic value using industry-standard methodologies. You'll learn to construct the types of financial models that support investment decisions, acquisition analyses, and strategic planning.
This course emphasizes both the technical skills and judgment required for financial analysis. You'll work through actual company filings, building models that incorporate financial statement analysis, forecasting assumptions, and valuation calculations. The curriculum addresses discounted cash flow analysis, comparable company valuation, and the interpretation challenges that make financial analysis both science and art.
By course completion, you'll have constructed comprehensive valuation models and developed the analytical perspective to assess when different methodologies are appropriate. These capabilities support roles in investment analysis, corporate development, equity research, and financial advisory—positions where company valuation skills create professional differentiation.
When Investment Analysis Feels Inaccessible
Perhaps you've reviewed equity research reports or valuation analyses and found yourself uncertain how analysts reached their conclusions. The discounted cash flow models appear opaque, the comparable company selections seem arbitrary, and the final valuations carry an authority you can't quite replicate. Without the technical skills to construct these analyses yourself, it's challenging to evaluate their quality or develop your own informed perspectives.
This knowledge gap affects more than just understanding others' work. If you're in corporate development, you may struggle to assess acquisition targets rigorously. If you're considering investment roles, the inability to build valuation models represents a significant capability deficit. If you're advising on strategic decisions, you lack the analytical tools to evaluate financial implications independently.
The challenge isn't simply learning formulas—it's developing the integrated skill set that combines financial statement analysis, forecasting judgment, valuation methodology, and critical interpretation. Academic programs often teach these components separately without the synthesis required for practical application. Professional roles may expose you to finished analyses without teaching you to construct them. The result is capable professionals who recognize they need these advanced analytical skills but haven't found structured pathways to develop them.
Comprehensive Modeling Skills Through Actual Company Analysis
This course teaches financial analysis and valuation through hands-on model construction using real company data. Rather than hypothetical examples, you'll work with actual financial statements from publicly traded companies, building the types of comprehensive models that professionals create. This approach develops both technical proficiency and the judgment required to make reasonable assumptions when information is imperfect.
The curriculum progresses systematically through the components of financial analysis. We begin with financial statement interpretation—learning to extract meaningful insights from balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. We then address forecasting methodologies, examining how to project future performance based on historical patterns, industry dynamics, and strategic context. Finally, we cover valuation approaches including discounted cash flow analysis and comparable company methods, discussing when each is appropriate and how to interpret results.
Teaching emphasizes the integration of these skills. A complete company analysis requires understanding financial health, developing reasonable forecasts, selecting appropriate valuation methods, and interpreting results critically. We address the judgment calls that arise in actual analyses—how to treat unusual items, which growth assumptions are defensible, how to handle companies with negative earnings. This focus on practical application prepares you for the realities of financial analysis work.
Your Development Over Twelve Weeks
The course meets weekly for extended sessions that allow time for conceptual instruction, model construction, and discussion of analytical challenges. Each session includes worked examples and guided practice, ensuring you understand both the technical methods and their application context. The longer format accommodates the complexity of building comprehensive financial models.
Between sessions, you'll work on substantial modeling assignments. These projects involve analyzing actual companies—extracting data from filings, constructing forecast models, calculating valuations, and documenting your assumptions and conclusions. The assignments are designed to build proficiency progressively, starting with guided analyses and moving toward independent work. Time requirements are significant—expect to invest several hours weekly on model construction and refinement.
Throughout the course, you'll have access to guidance on both technical methodology and analytical judgment. Building financial models involves numerous decisions about data treatment, assumption development, and result interpretation. Support is available to help you work through these challenges and develop confidence in your analytical capabilities. The learning environment recognizes that mastering these skills requires practice, feedback, and refinement.
Course Content Overview
- Weeks 1-3: Financial statement analysis and ratio interpretation, extracting insights from company filings, quality of earnings assessment
- Weeks 4-6: Forecasting methodologies and assumption development, revenue projection approaches, operating margin analysis, working capital forecasting
- Weeks 7-9: Discounted cash flow valuation, free cash flow calculation, terminal value estimation, cost of capital application
- Weeks 10-11: Comparable company analysis and trading multiples, peer selection methodology, multiple interpretation and adjustment
- Week 12: Integrated company analysis project, comprehensive valuation combining multiple approaches, presentation of findings
Course Investment and Value
Financial Analysis and Valuation
Twelve-week comprehensive program
What's Included
- Twelve weekly sessions with comprehensive financial analysis curriculum
- Professional-grade valuation model templates and frameworks
- Hands-on modeling projects using actual public company financial statements
- Comprehensive case studies demonstrating integrated analysis approaches
- Detailed feedback on modeling work and analytical methodology
- Access to instructor guidance on technical and analytical challenges
- Reference materials including analytical frameworks and industry benchmarks
- Certificate documenting advanced financial analysis and valuation expertise
This investment represents a substantial commitment to developing specialized analytical capabilities. The skills you build through this course create professional opportunities in investment analysis, corporate development, equity research, and financial advisory roles where valuation expertise is essential.
Consider the career implications of these capabilities. Professionals who can construct rigorous financial analyses and defensible valuations are sought after in finance roles and command premium compensation. These skills differentiate you in competitive environments and support progression toward senior analytical positions. The expertise compounds throughout your career as you apply it across industries and situations.
How Advanced Skills Develop
The course methodology builds valuation capability through progressive model construction. Early weeks focus on financial statement analysis and data extraction skills. Middle weeks develop forecasting capabilities and DCF methodology. Later weeks integrate these skills into comprehensive valuation projects that mirror professional analyses.
Progress is demonstrated through increasingly sophisticated modeling work. Initial assignments involve guided analyses with provided structures. Later projects require independent judgment about data treatment, assumption development, and methodology selection. The final comprehensive project synthesizes all course components into a complete company valuation with documented reasoning.
Most participants enter with solid corporate finance foundations but limited modeling experience. By course completion, they can independently construct multi-year financial forecasts, build DCF models, conduct comparable company analyses, and interpret results critically. This transformation requires substantial effort—the modeling work is detailed and time-intensive—but follows a structured developmental path with clear milestones.
Capability Progression
- • Week 4: Proficient in financial statement analysis and ratio interpretation
- • Week 8: Capable of constructing DCF models with documented assumptions
- • Week 12: Confident conducting comprehensive company valuations independently
Realistic Outcomes
- • Professional-level modeling capabilities, not senior analyst expertise
- • Ability to construct defensible valuations with documented reasoning
- • Critical thinking about methodology selection and result interpretation
Our Commitment to Your Analytical Development
We understand that this course represents a significant investment of time and resources, particularly given the technical demands and modeling workload. Your satisfaction with the educational experience matters beyond simple course attendance.
If after the first three sessions you determine the course doesn't align with your expectations, learning style, or preparation level, we'll provide a full refund. This period allows you to experience the teaching approach, assess the modeling demands, and evaluate whether the course matches your current situation without financial concern.
Throughout the course, we're committed to supporting your development of both technical modeling skills and analytical judgment. Financial analysis involves numerous methodological decisions and interpretation challenges. Questions about technical implementation, assumption development, or result interpretation are essential parts of mastering these skills. Your analytical development defines our teaching success.
What This Means for You
Protected Commitment
Three sessions to evaluate course demands, teaching approach, and your preparation level before final commitment.
Technical Support
Assistance with modeling methodology, analytical frameworks, and interpretation challenges throughout.
Honest Evaluation
If the course isn't meeting your needs or expectations, we'd rather address that openly.
Prerequisite Transparency
Clear discussion of required corporate finance knowledge for course success.
How to Move Forward
If this course aligns with your professional development objectives, the next step involves discussing your preparation and the course requirements. Financial Analysis and Valuation assumes solid corporate finance fundamentals, so we'll review your background to ensure the course builds appropriately on existing knowledge rather than introducing gaps.
This conversation also provides opportunity to discuss the time commitment—the modeling assignments are substantial—and review sample work to assess the technical level. Some participants appreciate seeing example models beforehand to evaluate the complexity. We want you to enter with realistic understanding of both the demands and the capabilities you'll develop.
Once you decide to proceed, we'll complete enrollment and provide pre-course materials including modeling templates and the first case study. The next cohort begins February 4, 2025, meeting Thursday evenings from 6:30-9:30 PM at our Kitahama location. The extended format accommodates the depth of material and modeling practice required.
The Process
Initial Inquiry
Contact us via the form or email info@blossomwaveflorist.com to express interest in the course
Preparation Assessment
Discuss your corporate finance background and review course prerequisites and demands
Consider Your Commitment
Evaluate whether the time demands and technical requirements fit your current situation
Enrollment and Preparation
Complete enrollment and receive pre-course materials for familiarization
Build Advanced Valuation Capabilities
The February cohort offers opportunity to develop the analytical and modeling skills that support investment analysis and financial advisory roles. We'd welcome a conversation about whether this course aligns with your career objectives.
Request Detailed InformationQuestions? Email us at info@blossomwaveflorist.com or call +81 6-6385-2947
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