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Forgewell Financial Modeling and Valuation Certification

Three levels, eight modules, chapter quizzes, readiness exams, and a final exam — pass at 80% to earn your certificate.

8

Modules

3

Practice

80%

To pass

01

Level 1

Finance Foundations

Accounting fluency, three-statement mechanics, forecasting drivers, and the operating-model habits that keep analysis clean.

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    Finance and Accounting Foundations

    Read financial statements together, calculate operating metrics, and translate accrual accounting into cash flow.

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  2. 2

    Three-Statement Modeling

    Build a linked operating model with clean historicals, forecast drivers, debt mechanics, cash-flow bridge, and balance-sheet checks.

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  3. 3

    Forecasting Revenue and Margins

    Forecast growth, profitability, unit economics, operating leverage, and scenarios using evidence-based drivers.

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02

Level 2

Valuation Analyst

DCF valuation, trading comps, transaction comps, valuation ranges, peer judgment, and market-context interpretation.

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    Free Cash Flow and DCF Valuation

    Build a defensible DCF from unlevered free cash flow, discount rates, terminal value, and sensitivity analysis.

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  2. 5

    Comparable Company Analysis

    Use public-market trading multiples to triangulate valuation while controlling for business quality, growth, margins, and capital structure.

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  3. 6

    Precedent Transaction Analysis

    Analyze M&A transaction multiples, strategic buyer behavior, control premiums, synergies, and market-cycle relevance.

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03

Level 3

Deal Judgment & Certification

LBO basics, investment memo writing, readiness exams, and final certification preparation.

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    LBO Modeling Basics

    Understand sponsor returns through sources and uses, leverage, debt paydown, exit value, IRR, MOIC, and downside protection.

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  2. 8

    Investment Memo and Recommendation

    Turn analysis into a concise investment recommendation with business quality, valuation support, risks, mitigants, and decision framing.

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