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Faley 2022  \nAll rights reserved.  \nContents  \nI. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8  \nStructure of this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8  \nProject Valuation Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9  \nProject Financial Analysis Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 10  \nExample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  \nAnalysis Approach: QMCR3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11  \nCommunication Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  \nRemaining Book Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14  \n2. Project Financial Analysis Background . . . . . . . . . . . . 17  \nThe Mathematics of Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17  \nRelative Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17  \nMeasuring Change and Determining Final Values from a known Change . . 20  \nStatic versus Dynamic Spreadsheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20  \nPresent Value of Future Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22  \nComponents of future cash value changes . . . . . . . . . . 22  \nCorporate WACC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23  \nCalculating Present Value of Future Cash Flows . . . . . . . . 23  \nDiscounting at a Project Hurdle Rate . . . . . . . . . . . 25  \nChapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25  \n3. Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  \nIncome Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27  \nDirect Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  \nCOGS: Cost of Goods Sold . . . . . . . . . . . . 28  \nDepreciation and Amortization . . . . . . . . . . . 28  \nTeasing out COGS from Cost of Revenue . . . . . . . . 28  \nIndirect Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29  \nEBITDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30  \nCommon Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30  \nBalance Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32  \nWorking Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34  \nStatement of Cash Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35  \nSources and Uses of Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35  \nCash Flow Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36  \n4. Project Financial Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37  \nQuestion(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37  \nMeasure(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39  \nPresent and Future Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40  \nProject Measured Value Definitions: DCF, NPV and IRR . . . . . . 41  \nCalculation(s): DCF, NPV and IRR (an introduction) . . . . . . . . . 43  \nCalculation Overview: Cumulative DCF, NPV and IRR . . . . . . 44  \nChapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  \nConclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45  \n5. Project Financial Model Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47  \nExample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48  \nDiscount Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49  \nInvested Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50  \nRevenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51  \nOperating Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52  \nCompleted Dynamic NPV Project Analysis Spreadsheet . . . . . . 52  \nChapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54  \n6. Project Sensitivity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  \nExample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55  \nTornado Diagram Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 56  \nProject Tornado Diagram Development . . . . . . . . . . 57  \nInput Variable Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  \nVariable Impact on 10-Year NPV . . . . . . . . . . 60  \nTornado Diagram Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . 61  \nDeeper Dive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62  \nChapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64  \n7. Project Financial Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66  \nQMCR3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66  \nThe Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68  \nAudience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69  \nReport Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69  \nReport Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70  \nReport Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71  \nFinal Report Thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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