Corporate Financial Analysis

Overview of the course O i f th Understanding the company Financial statements

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Lecture 1 - Intro

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 Ensure you can do the “DO LIST” each week  The tutorial questions will be introduced during the lecture at the point where the material is introduced  Try the tutorial questions before the tutorial y q  It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to try the question first and come to the tutorial and be prepared to discuss the answer  The tutor will lead the discussion/ask questions and comment on your answers  Answers will be discussed in the tutorial and will be posted on UTS online  There are additional questions as well for each week with solutions provided on UTS online
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provide an overview of financial reporting and financial statement analysis and ensure focus is from the perspective of finance

TW 1 Objectives

Corporate financial analysis overview

DO List
identify link between economic characteristics of an industry and a firm’s strategies, financial statements, profitability and market value create common size financial statements identify 3 tools to study economic