Financial Modeling & Valuation Certifications

As per previous review. Course was easy to follow and provided practical insights for day to day use.

Super useful primer on financial statement modeling, along with bonus content diving deeper into revenue drivers and depreciation schedules. Highly recommend.

I think if there were more than 5 stars, I would give it to this one. I think this course goes above and beyond. It helps you get a deeper understanding of DCF beyond just a formula. You learn all the concepts around it. Definitely worth it.

It is worth the time and the money

Well worth it, did a much better job teaching than the company I interned at last summer.

Essential for a career in finance, teaches you in a user friendly way a strong foundation of skills that you will not succeed without in the world of finance! 10/10 would recommend

I’m definitely using this model in my job and it’s a great tool !

Helped for school and work

Really useful course. I learned a lot during the course, on building models, types of valuation, etc. Recommend this wholeheartedly as well as their other good courses (Modeling package and interview package for the industry you are targeting).

This was a very hands on approach to an LBO. Definitely worth it if you are planning to move to a PE role. I very much like the professional experience of the teacher and the way the course is paced is perfect for somebody who has no experience in LBOs to understand and learn all the necessary information and tips to impress your manager.

From basic to advanced, no fuss. Complete and with the best practices that I see in everyday work.

Best Modeling Course Out There!

I'm an Econ major student, so I've never been taught how to properly do a model, and WSO's modeling course not only prepped me for modeling but also taught me a lot of tips and tricks that have saved me so much time while building up models. Also, it helped me to ace all my technical interviews.

For those who thinking about getting this course, do it now! You won't regret!

Extremely thorough treatment of LBO modeling (contains 120 lessons, none of the lessons are fluff). I like that they added some useful tips to keep in mind when creating an LBO model in Excel. Unfortunately I am not a finance professional so I can only review this on the basis of a casual learner who was curious about finance. I am not sure how applicable it would be to real world careers but I can definitely say this is a deep introduction for further studying, at the very least.

I am not sure how it compares to other LBO courses in terms of value for money (if there are even other LBO online courses out there), but I do want to emphasize that it is an extremely dense course compared to most other online/MOOC courses so the price (probably) scales accordingly compared to standard online course prices from other services.

As a practitioner, I didn’t have to do any M&A models. This course helped with understanding how to build and work in an M&A model which is great if you are applying for corporate development jobs or dealing with strategic acquirers in your engagement.

It's a valuation modeling course and it is accurately designed for learners.

great course, explaining very clearly all DCF subjects from basic to advanced and providing a full mastery on how building advanced evaluation modeling for investment projects of any kind and size. Super reccomended!

Grounded in practice and theory. In my opinion, a better alternative to courses like Wall Street Prep and Corporate Finance Institute (I’ve tried them all).

Easy to follow, extremely well thought out, and relevant to anyone looking to explore a career path in finance.

In this course, you will be guided step-by-step through the process of understanding each and every single thing on a financial statement modeling and creating a comprehensive model. The Wall Street Oasis community is wonderful because you can ask any question and it will undoubtedly be answered, in addition to the invaluable articles that they provide.

This course taught me a lot about Discounted cash flow modeling in Excel. I pretty much new what DCF is and what the real world implications are. What I hadn't done was real life analysis on companies (lack of time cause of work). This course (and the Elite modeling package I bought it with) bridged the gap between me and what I needed for the career I wanted to get into (buy-side investment advisory). Got the job and here I am. Really grateful for the WSO team for putting such a good resource out.

This course not only explains relative valuation, but teaches you in detail how to do it with real life companies in an excellent way. It helps you understand really important concepts as well. Definitely worth your time and your money.

great overall

Best beginner couse to financial modelling. Very practival

As a new joiner to the PE space from strategy and audit, this course got me up to speed on all the considerations that go into modeling for LBOs. It was especially helpful due to the increased PE activity in the current market (low-interest rate, lots of distressed deals due to covid, etc). My boss was extremely happy that I hit the ground running. Thank you WSO team for making such useful courses! I've used their other courses before this and like always, I've never been disappointed.

This product teaches you exactly what you need to know to be successful in your PE interviews and job.

Very in-depth course that does a great job covering everything you'd need to know to feel comfortable with LBO's. Instructor was great and gave a lot of tips that I use on a daily basis.

Super in depth and well presented.

Wall Street oasis took me from zero knowledge of excel to an absolute excel expert,quick with keyboard hotkeys.
I've been hailed by my boss and colleagues at work, trident insurance co.ltd finance department,I used the knowledge also in PowerPoint and word ,these hotkeys apply almost in ppt,word and excel. I've been so efficient yet I'm still in campus.
A local leather turning firm also gave me a role in finance and accounting and it's been a lovely experience, I've actually recoup the money I paid wall street oasis for the course and in fact I got a massive discount, Patrick didn't sell it to me$497 dollars if I remember. The PowerPoint course could improved though,it only gives tricks but does not teach one how to actually create a full presentation or pitchbook. I'm sorry that I have to write my review away from home, I saw the email from Patrick and had planned to do this at home unfortunately my schedule with university,exams have Started and work reasons left me with no time,so seeing the second email I had to pull over and give at least something back by the roadside. If one is keen on a career in finance WSO is the place, it's worth it and the discussion section will broaden your commercial awareness. Thank you WSO.

Love it !!

Great analysis of the valuation model and operating spreadsheet

WSO has great set of courses for those who wants to break into IB world - they do cover all the required basics and advanced topics across valuation, use of Excel and PowerPoint. Having went through relevant BB IB training and trained newcomers, I think this is brilliant value proposition. I still help people prepare to interviews and their first steps in finance world and WSO courses is my usual recommendation. Moreover when I needed to train my employee I bought them same courses as this massively benefits me with very steep learning curve.

The program is really simple, goes in-depth to understand different concepts

A great course - not just for modeling. You'll pick up the mechanics of Excel, not to mention a robust knowledge of shorts so you never have to touch the mouse ever again. Then you'll learn about a cornucopia of formulas used in finance and how they interact with each other to arrive at extremely useful results.

Finally you'll get to the modeling, and you'll cover that in reasonable depth to understand what you're doing.

The course is well laid out with exams at the end of every module. The files you keep from this are a great future reference if you ever forget how exactly to do something. One last thing that I found excellent: the instructor is not just an Excel instructor, but also clearly works in finance. This shows up in additional tips throughout the course on best practices and how best to present your models.

Excellent course

Worth every penny. I would have honestly paid more for the knowledge I gained from this course. It has saved me so much time and made me the go-to guy at work for anything excel. This is a no-brainer for anyone getting into financial services. But honestly is excellent for anyone who just wants to be an excel guru! Wall street oasis is incredible and produces nothing but excellent material to learn from.

This course covered everything you need to know to be a master at using excel. The instructor was very professional and knowledgeable and made learning quickly super easy. This course has led me to excel (no pun intended) at my job in investment banking.

It is a great course. I have been studying over the last months all the courses, including DCF modeling, M&A modeling and others.

The theory explanation is straight to the point and clear. I could understand all the concepts to build a complex financial modeling.

Currently I'm working at a M&A company in Brazil, and what I've learnt in this course is very useful for my daily tasks.

I do recommend this course.

Organized and concise. More time is spent putting the material into practice alongside the instructor.

Best Python fundamental course you will ever find. Go for it!

Got through this course and put it on my resume which helped a lot. Also helped me on the job

very helpful program

The course was great. I would you only add more practice problems.

As leveraged finance practitioner in BB bank can only fully recommend WSO LBO modelling course to all who needs practical experience of using leveraged finance and understanding model in detail - whether you'e at sells-de or buy-side. Course also comes at great value of money, specifically if you take is as a package with other courses. No brainer.

I really enjoyed the structure of the course and all the golden nuggets in it - it builds nicely and gradually from the simple to the complex! The quizzes after each module are great to practice what was learnt. And the cheeky monkey that pops in and out every now and then makes the course more fun;)

Apart from the DCF, most IBs want you to know the LBO model. LBO valuation was in all of our proposals. This course helps you with understanding the landscape and the financial modeling side of things. Very good.

Great Course very useful and applicable to M&A work, great way to build foundational skills!

The course is awesome and help me prepare well for MS Accounting.

Great course - was very helpful going step by step through DCF; landed an offer at major MM hedge fund

I could understand the relationship among the three financial statements and how is the impacted in each statement.

The course is straight to the point on the main topics of an M&A transaction. I do believe that WSO worths a lot.
The teacher explain complex topics in a simple way.

A must take for IB or career in finance, 10/10 would recommend!

Excellent course with numerous tutorial videos and resources.

Very informative but too much redundancy

Course is great for beginners.

An absolute must for anyone on school/early career looking to break out ahead of their peers/colleagues.

Way better the second time around.

Great experience to cover all the basics needed to be prepared for an internship in IB

With courses like this one, WSO bridges all the stuff you might learn (or not) in a classroom about M&A to real world applications. Great course.

The course is straight to the point on the main topics of a LBO model. I do believe that WSO worths a lot.
The teacher explain complex topics in a simple way.

Exactly what I needed to get started

Great practical course! Proper language skills. Great DIY at the end of each chapter to hone skills!

The LBO modeling review was very effective and helpful - there are an abundance of videos to watch and take you through each step of designing an LBO. Think the one of the most beneficial pieces are the handful of case studies provided to practice after the course

The Return on Investment is very high and I highly recommend people buy the course if they want to go into the field of finance.

I Chose the modelling course because everybody knows that you don’t learn excel at school, you need to practice by yourself. The course takes you step by step from the most bac financial statement construction to detailed DCF financial modelling. Even if you don’t know anything about excel everything is very clear. I was scared that I would lack some excel proficiency when I first started my M&A internship last September but thanks to this class I was even helping my intern peers when they were struggling and impressed the analysts and associates in charge of me. Moreover, being proficient in excel modelling helped me focus on other tasks and occasionally finish sooner in the evening

The course is very straight forward and easy to follow! It will teach you how to construct your first LBO model and a process to be used when practicing different models. The instructor walks very thoroughly through each of the sections speaking to the implementation and background of an LBO model.

There are questions at the end of each section that could be improved upon, but it's a modeling course not exam prep so it is understanable.

Overall, I would recommend this course to someone interested in learning LBOs.