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Capstone project RS 301

The capstone pulls the whole course together into one piece of work you could show an employer or a professor. Do it after the ten modules. You mark it yourself against the rubric below; it is one of the two requirements for the certificate, with the final exam.

The brief

Build a complete valuation model of one real public company and write a two-page summary. Required:

  1. three years of spread historicals
  2. a five-year three-statement forecast that balances in every year, with base, upside and downside scenarios
  3. a DCF with both terminal value methods and a WACC-by-growth sensitivity table
  4. trading comps with at least five peers
  5. at least three precedent transactions
  6. a football field chart
  7. a conclusion stating a value range per share and how it compares with the market price

Rubric

CriterionWeight
Model integrity and checks30%
Quality of assumptions25%
Valuation technique25%
Presentation20%
Total100%

Score each criterion out of its weight, honestly. A total of 70% or more is a pass. If you score lower, revise the weakest part and mark it again.

Mark it complete

Self-assessment

When your capstone is finished and marked against the rubric, record your score here. It is stored only in this browser.

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