Financial Statement Analysis
OVERVIEW OF EXERCISES, PROBLEMS, AND CASES
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Learning Outcomes Exercises Minutes Level
1. Explain the various limitations and considerations in financial statement analysis.
2. Use comparative financial statements to analyze a company 12* 45 Mod over time (horizontal analysis). 13* 30 Mod
3. Use common-size financial statements to compare various 12* 45 Mod financial statement items (vertical analysis). 13* 30 Mod
4. Compute and use various ratios to assess liquidity. 1 15 Mod 2 15 Mod 3 30 Mod 4 20 Mod 5 30 Mod
5. Compute and use various ratios to assess solvency. 6 20 Mod 7 20 Mod
6. Compute and use various ratios to assess profitability. 8 20 Mod 9 20 Mod 10 15 Mod 11 10 Mod
7. Explain how to report on and analyze other income statement items (Appendix).
*Exercise, problem, or case covers two or more learning outcomes Level = Difficulty levels: Easy; Moderate (Mod); Difficult (Diff) Problems Estimated and Time in
Learning Outcomes Alternates Minutes Level
1. Explain the various limitations and considerations in financial statement analysis.
2. Use comparative financial statements to analyze a company over time (horizontal analysis).
3. Use common-size financial statements to compare various financial statement items (vertical analysis).
4. Compute and use various ratios to assess liquidity. 1 40 Mod 2 40 Mod 5* 30 Mod 7* 40 Mod
5. Compute and use various ratios to assess solvency. 1# 30 Mod 2# 30 Mod 5* 30 Mod 6* 40 Diff 7* 40 Mod
6. Compute and use various ratios to assess profitability. 3 20 Mod 4 60 Diff 5* 30 Mod 6* 40 Diff 7* 40 Mod
7. Explain how to report on and analyze other income statement items (Appendix).
*Exercise, problem, or case covers two or more learning outcomes
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