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Hands-On Financial Modeling with Microsoft Excel 2019

You're reading from   Hands-On Financial Modeling with Microsoft Excel 2019 Build practical models for forecasting, valuation, trading, and growth analysis using Excel 2019

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534627
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shmuel Oluwa Shmuel Oluwa
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Financial Modeling - Overview
2. Introduction to Financial Modeling and Excel FREE CHAPTER 3. Steps for Building a Financial Model 4. Section 2: The Use of Excel - Features and Functions for Financial Modeling
5. Formulas and Functions - Completing Modeling Tasks with a Single Formula 6. Applying the Referencing Framework in Excel 7. Section 3: Building an Integrated Financial Model
8. Understanding Project and Building Assumptions 9. Asset and Debt Schedules 10. Cash Flow Statement 11. Valuation 12. Ratio Analysis 13. Model Testing for Reasonableness and Accuracy 14. Another Book You May Enjoy

Understanding sensitivity analysis

In Chapter 9, Valuation, we computed a value for equity share price. As a result of the uncertainty inherent in your model, you should take some steps to mitigate this. One way is to run some tests to see how the share price behaves when you change some of the inputs and drivers utilized in arriving at that value.

This process is called sensitivity analysis. Apart from the volatility of your target value, it also indicates which inputs or drivers have the greatest effect on the target value. You will need to identify two inputs or drivers that appear to hold prominence in your model.

We have already mentioned that turnover is the most prominent figure in the income statement. So, we can use the revenue growth driver as one of the items to sensitize. Another item of prominence is the terminal value.

We have seen in Chapter 9, Valuation, how much...

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