Tier 3 · AdvancedFree

Investment Banking

Make the Deal

8 modules~57 min totalVerifiable certificate on completion

Syllabus

01Accretion / Dilution MathMath
9 min
02The Exchange Ratio and Synergy ValueMath
9 min
03Sources, Uses, and GoodwillMath
9 min
04The Mandate
6 min
05Accretion and Dilution
6 min
06The Synergy Lie
6 min
07The Hostile Bid
6 min
08The IPO
6 min

From Module 1 — read a sample

When company A buys company B, does it help or hurt A's earnings per share? Accretive means EPS goes up (good); dilutive means EPS goes down (bad). The key driver is whether A is paying a high price relative to what B actually earns — like whether you're getting a good deal when trading your baseball cards.

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