Corporate Valuation

The products and services that go beyond traditional commercial lending

Course Overview
Corporate Valuation is designed to acquaint middle-market lenders with products and services that go beyond traditional commercial lending transactions. Acquisitions, mergers, ESOPs, and private placements are becoming more commonplace in the middle-market as investment banks and nonbank entities become players in this market. Relationship managers and credit professionals will become conversant in corporate valuation methods in order to expand their relationships with customers and create profitable opportunities for their organizations.

• Learn to value a company and negotiate its sale.
• Apply the concepts of net present value and internal rates of return to commercial lending transactions.
• Be prepared to value a business as its ownership changes hands.
• Analyze cash drivers that affect value to help business owners to maximize the value of the company.
• Gain a conversant knowledge of valuation methods, including discounted cash flow, multiples, price/earnings ratios, liquidation value, and replacement value.
• Understand the business and financial strategies of middle market customers.

Prerequisites
Participants are expected to have a thorough knowledge of financial accounting, traditional financial statement analysis, and cash flow analysis. They must also have a working knowledge of one of the following calculators, which will be used during the course: HP-12C, HP-17B, or HP-17BII.

The Participant's Manual can be purchased online or by contacting RMA's Customer Care at 1-800-677-7621.

To purchase the Instructor's Guide (Product No. 601502), please contact Stacy Forcina at 1-215-446-4065.