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LinkedIn Learning

Forecasting Using Financial Statements

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Overview

Learn where a business is headed and the resources it will need to succeed. Find out how to build financial forecasts using income statements and balance sheets.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
  • Exercise files
1. Finance Basics
  • What is finance?
  • The four different financial statements
  • The accounting equation
  • Financial forecasting
2. Simple Financial Forecasting
  • Naive approach
  • Simple moving average
  • Weighted moving average
  • Seasonal adjusted trend
  • Simple exponential smoothing
3. Pro Forma Financial Statements
  • Contextualize the situation
  • Pro forma and operationalization
  • Percent of sales forecasting
  • Property, plant, and equipment
  • Borrowing and interest expense
  • Income tax expense
  • Equity and cash
  • Make adjustments
4. Projecting Cash Flows
  • Cash flows vs. pro forma statements
  • Earnings before interest and taxes
  • Depreciation and capital expenditures
  • Net working capital and free cash flow
5. Introduction to Regression Analysis
  • What is a regression?
  • Univariate example
  • Hidden variables
  • Multivariate example
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Yash Patel

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