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Fundamentals - Stock Market Valuation and Metrics

• Analysis of earnings does not provide information on whether value is created                                      - why do managers focus on EPS, is this the correct metric, what other metrics could be used, what does the market use

• What does the share price tell you about how a company is valued                                                     - what are the components that make up the share price and how to use the components to give you insights into the market view on value

• Evaluation of market expectations to determine corporate performance targets                                     - what every CEO needs to understand to explain the value gap between the corporate (internal) view of value and that of the share market.

• Sacrificing cash flow to meet EPS targets                                                                                       - companies still focus on EPS when cash flow is what counts

• The use of EBITDA for evaluation of corporate performance is misleading                                             - use of EBITDA and related ratios as a single measure of cash flow without consideration of other factors can be misleading. 

• What is the link between Corporate Strategy and Stock Market Valuation                                                             - competitive advantage, strategy and capital market valuations are related but often neglected.

• Measuring stock market performance                                                                                                                           -    TRS does not reflect a company's performance or health, so what does? 

• The process of creating Corporate Value

• The three stages in managing and increasing corporate value

• Ten critical restructuring steps

• A guide to business distress signals and the turnaround plan in private companies

• Learning to Make Better Exit decisions

• Use of shareholder value analysis in the assessment of an acquisition                                                - to assist in evaluating the likely price range, analysis of drivers of value, running of scenarios and determining the value captured by each party

• Self assessment guide on shareholder value creation

• What are the basic drivers of corporate performance

• What is value based reporting about

• Implementing a value based management system

• Problems reported within a company that has not introduced VBM

• Managing risk to protect shareholder value

• Why economic profits is the best metric to drive corporate performance

• Example of use of economic profits to evaluate operational decisions

• Use of economic profit metrics in conjunction with the balanced scorecard

• Adopting a shareholder value based system can also be applied to public utilities

• Understanding the six stage agenda required to "manage for value"

• Why Value Based Management Implementations may not produce the expected results

• What does increasing shareholder value really mean; how is it measured and how is it created and destroyed

• Maximising Shareholder Value   - creating, measuring and managing shareholder value

• Managing and reporting corporate (IP) capital    - definitions, measurement, management and reporting 

• A guide to the value based framework - complete financial framework and value adjustments

• A guide to the balanced scorecard - a practitioner's guide on how to set and and use the balanced scorecard

• Framework of Management Methods Theories and Models - a schedule of some of the many management processes which are available for building corporate value

• Financial Terms and Ratios - accounting based definitions and ratio calculations

• Valuation Terms- used in valuation independent expert reports

• Private Equity Terms - used by venture capital and private equity funds

• Investment Terms - used in the investment markets generally

• ASX Terms - used specifically by the ASX

• Business Plan Basics

• Business Plan Maintenance

• Design your Plans to fit your Business

• Business Plan Mistakes

• Every company needs to Plan not just those who need funds

• Essential contents of a Marketing Plan

• The Strategy Pyramid

• What is a Market Forecast

• 12Manage   - a research data base of over 300 management method and models