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Virginia Tech

FIN-3154: Corporate Financial Analytics and Strategy

Description: This course provides the understanding of the types of financial management decisions that firms make, the environment in which decisions are made, the available choices and decision criteria, and valuation consequences of these choices through financial analytical modeling. Determination of a firm’s optimal debt- equity ratio, estimation of cost of capital, evaluation of capital investments, payout policies, merger and acquisition decision-making, and sources of financing with emphasis on identifying and mitigating potential agency conflicts. Pre: Sophomore standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 67

Average GPA: 2.95 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 14.73%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.94%

William J Coleman202318.4%49.0%27.0%1.0%1.2%3.3%2.8514
Jamie Lynn M Byram202138.5%34.0%15.2%3.9%3.3%5.1%2.997
Jin Xu202424.8%36.1%34.7%1.2%0.4%2.8%2.8213
Otero Staff Cabezon202418.1%48.2%28.6%0.0%4.3%0.7%2.783
Pengfei Ye202337.9%44.8%10.3%3.4%3.4%0.0%3.031
John C Easterwood202429.6%41.4%24.1%1.1%1.3%2.5%2.9813
Hongyan Li201926.6%47.3%17.3%6.1%1.3%1.5%2.942
Jesse R Lineberry202420.5%53.4%22.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%3.002
Nikolaos Artavanis202132.6%43.7%16.7%1.0%1.8%4.3%3.098
Mengyang Chi201988.9%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.791
Catherine A Kennedy202437.9%47.8%13.4%0.8%0.0%0.0%3.223

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W