Chapter 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-1 Financial Statement Analysis • Investors often use accounting statements to: – Compare the firm with itself by analyzing how the firm has changed over time – Compare the firm to other similar firms using a common set of financial ratios Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-2 Why are ratios useful? • Ratios standardize numbers and facilitate
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The analysis of financial information refers to the process of the critical examination of the financial information contained in the financial statements in order to understand and make the decisions regarding the operations of the firm. There are four kinds of analysis namely; external analysis‚ internal analysis‚ horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. The external analysis is done by outsiders who do not have access to the detailed internal accounting records of the business firm. When it
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A Case Report on the Financial Statements of Reed Elsevier and Thomson Corporation Executive Summary With the objective to understand the business performance of the two entities‚ we reviewed the 2007 financial statements of both company and tried to obtain some insight on the profitability and solvency of each entity. The two companies we study are: Reed Elsevier and Thomson‚ in the filed of information and publishing. Reed Elsevier is listed in below stock exchanges: REN (Euronext
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exclusive use of G. NEVIOUS TB0069 August 9‚ 2007 Graeme Rankine Financial Statement Analysis— Identify the Industry Since opportunities and constraints tend to be different across industries‚ companies in different industries tend to make different investment‚ dividend‚ and financing decisions. Thus‚ firms in different industries exhibit different financial characteristics‚ and‚ hence‚ report different financial ratios. For example‚ “old economy” businesses with large amounts of tangible
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________________________________ Financial Statement Analysis Financial statement analysis (or financial analysis) the process of understanding the risk and profitability of a firm (business‚ sub-business or project) through analysis of reported financial information‚ by using different accounting tools and techniques. Financial Statement Analysis Tools Financial statements are usually the final output of companies accounting operations. These statements contain information relating to the revenues
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uNIVERSITY aMERICAN COLLeGE sKOPJE | Analysis of the Financial Statements of Winery “Tikves” | Instructor: | | Student: | 3/13/2012 | Table of Contents: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….3 ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF WINERY “TIKVESH”…………......5 Conclusion....................................................................................................................................7 References………………………………………………………………………………………..8 Introduction
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Stakeholders’ and Financial Statements Carol Watts Intermediate Accounting I ACC305 In today’s day and age there is no easy way of telling which companies are doing well and which are almost down in the dumps. Banks‚ lending facilities‚ and/or external stakeholders are greatly interested in seeing where companies are in the market compared to their competitors. These companies take the most risk by investing their monies into entities that are not started‚ maintained‚ or organized by
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Blame? Pharmaceutical companies are defined by encyclopedia.com‚ “as public and private organizations involved in the discovery‚ development‚ and manufacture of drugs and medication”. There are many companies’ pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The most popular in the United States of America is Johnson & Johnson. Pharmaceutical drugs are used for treating “the common cold or cough‚ but also for more serious diseases like HIV‚ diabetes‚ cancer‚ tumors‚ and many more”. The Pharmaceutical Industry
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Financial Statement Analysis MBA 6150 Financial Statement Analysis – Verizon Communications Abstract The process of developing financial statements for a business is to provide supporting documentation to what has been reported as annual or quarterly income. Within the financial statement analysis strengths and weaknesses are identified through the comparison of data from the balance sheet. There are many different ways to interpret the data that is utilized for the analysis; those
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TITLE PAGE ROLE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING. (A CASE STUDY OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIAN PLC) BY AMEDU‚ MERCY A. ACC/2008/502 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B. SC) DEGREE IN ACCOUNTANCY. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY‚ CARITAS UNIVERSITY AMORJI NIKE ENUGU [ AUGUST‚ 2012 CERTIFICATION It is hereby certified that the research work
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