Evaluating Companies for High School Students

Financial Evaluation of Companies using their Financial Statements and Market Fluctuations

Created by: Kensington Zwerner
Business student, Rice University

What Will I Learn?

• Learn the tools needed to evaluate companies
• Analyze balance sheets and cash flows to determine a company's intrinsic value
• Utilize financial ratios to compare companies within sectors
• Complete a case study to determine a buy, sell, or hold position on a company's stock

Requirements

• No accounting knowledge needed. A basic understanding of the stock market will be helpful but an overview will be explained during the course.

Target audience

• High school students interested in majoring in finance who want to begin learning prior to college