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FINC 3015: Security Analysis and Business Valuation

Final Examination Guide and Notes 2026

- Part 01. About This Guide

- Part 02. Sample Final Examination Paper

- Part 03. Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper

- Part 04. Final Examination - Hints and Tips

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FINC 3015 - Security Analysis and Business Valuation (WSU)

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	Western Sydney University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Subject Code	FINC 3015
Subject Name	Security Analysis and Business Valuation
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	36

Get exam-ready for FINC 3015: Security Analysis and Business Valuation at Western Sydney University with a concise, exam-focused study guide. It distills the most testable concepts into clear explanations and practical, step-by-step examples. You’ll practise with exam-style questions, sample papers, and complete answer keys, then use targeted guidance and recent updates to avoid common pitfalls. Designed for quick revision and deep understanding, this resource helps you check your progress, close knowledge gaps, and walk into the exam confident, prepared, and ready to perform at your best on exam day.

This subject analyses companies from a fundamental perspective in order to derive an intrinsic value for securities. The focus is on the attempt by active investors to identify mispriced securities using publicly available information, company reports and financial market information. The analytical techniques of financial statement analysis (e.g. fundamental analysis, free cash flow analysis and pro-forma analysis) and the issue of the "reliability" and "quality" of publicly available information are discussed and explored. Those contemplating careers in investment banking, financial consulting, trust funds, superannuation funds, hedge funds, and brokerage firms will find this applied subject both useful and interesting.

✔ Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this subject, graduates will be able to:

Collect and analyse financial and non-financial company and industry information
Assess the implications of the macroeconomic environment, industry structure and operations and strategies of a business for its future prospects
Apply valuation models to value securities and businesses, including explaining the concepts and limitations of traditional valuation approaches.
Assess the valuations of a business and of its debt and equity based on discounted cash flow analysis
Apply financial technology tools and data analytics in the valuation and analysis of securities

SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT NAME
ACCT 1005	Accounting in Context
ACCT 1010	Management Accounting Fundamentals
ACCT 2005	Techniques in Financial Accounting
ACCT 3003	Accounting Standards and Governance
BUSM 1027	Organisational Behaviour
ECON 1003	Financial Institutions and Markets
ECON 1006	Introduction to Economic Methods
ECON 1011	Principles of Economics
ECON 1013	The Australian Macroeconomy
ECON 1014	Consumers, Firms and Markets
ECON 2002	Corporate Financial Management
ECON 2007	Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 3001	Applied Econometrics
ECON 3003	Derivatives
ECON 3006	Economic and Financial Modelling
FINC 3008	Investment Management
FINC 3015	Security Analysis and Business Valuation
LAWS 1001	Enterprise Law
LAWS 3070	Taxation Law
MATH 1030	Statistics for Business
MKTG 1006	Marketing Principles

FINC 3015 - Security Analysis and Business Valuation (WSU)

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