Financial Statement Analysis: Basis for Management Advice

Book Description This book presents financial statements as a set of dynamic instruments that can be used for accurate, relevant, and timely financial decisions. It focuses on the economic and financial conditions that cause statements to change and discover how businesses can manage liquidity, debt, and profitability. Plus, explore effect ratios, causal ratios, pro forma analysis, sustainable growth, and much more. Key topics covered include: valuation techniques, effect ratios, DuPont system for analyzing profitability, causal analysis. how to conduct a financial statement analysis, users of financial statements, forecasting sustainable growth, and bankruptcy prediction models.

Content

Chapter 1: Company Valuation
Chapter 2: Ratio Analysis: The Effect Ratios
Chapter 3: Analysis of Profitability Using the DuPont Analysis
Chapter 4: Analysis of Financial Statements Using Causal Ratios
Chapter 5: How to Conduct a Financial Statement Analysis
Chapter 6: Case Studies
Chapter 7: Users of Financial Statements
Chapter 8: Forecasting Sustainable Growth
Chapter 9: Forecasting Bankruptcy