Corporate Investment Appraisal (CIA)

Área

AC Gestão > UC Mestrados

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Finance > Finance > 2º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Obrigatórias > Corporate Investment Appraisal

Nível

2º Ciclo (M)

Tipo

Estruturante

Regime

Semestral

Carga Horária

Aula Teórica (T): 0.0 h/semana

Aula TeoricoPrática (TP): 3.0 h/semana

Trabalho Autónomo: 121.0 h/semestre

Créditos ECTS: 6.0

Objectivos

1.Assessing the performance of the company
2.Evaluate a company?s operating and financial risk.
3.Estimate the cost of capital of companies (both quoted and private) and investment projects;
4.Evaluate performance based on economic value added
5.Evaluate capital budget projects based on sound financial theory;
6.Decide the allocation of capital considering the existing of the portfolio investment opportunity;
7.Analyze, discuss and decide on the capital structure adequate to the strategy and risk appetite of the firm.
8.Define a dividend policy in the context of the corporate strategy

Programa

1.Introduction
2.Assessing Business Performance (Financial Statement Analysis)
3.Estimating the Cost of Capital
4.Capital Budgeting
5.Designing a Capital Structure
6.Dividend policy and share repurchasing

Metodologia de avaliação

In the Continuous Evaluation System, the final grade is based on multiple criteria weighting as follow:
?Case study on Assessing Business Performance: 20%
?Short exercises during the class: 20%
?Final Exam in class (First sitting): 60%. If some students because of health restrictions the school limits the classes to on-line, the exam is substituted by an individual interview

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