Critically assess the uses and limitations of financial statements The definition for a financial statement is a written report which quantitatively describes the financial health of a company. (www.investorwords.com) It consists of a balance sheet‚ income statements and a cash flow statement. This essay will critically asses the uses and limitations of each of these types of financial statements for a business. A balance sheet shows the financial condition of a business at a specific date (Langemeier
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Axia College of University of Phoenix I have chosen to examine the Wal-Mart Corporation for this study. After examining this company’s financial statement I have observed that in 2008 this company’s liability was 98‚906 million‚ and stockholder’s equity was 64‚608 million. This resulted in a debit/equity ratio of 1.5. One year later‚ 2009‚ Wal-Mart declared stockholder’s equity of 65‚285 million‚ and liability of 98‚144 million‚ which also resulted in a debit/equity ratio of 1.5
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF APPLE COMPANY BY AUTHOR: COURSE: TUTOR: INSTITUTION: DATE Introduction to Apple Company Apple Inc. is a California corporation. The company was established back in 1977. The main objective of the company is manufacturing and marketing of personal computers‚ media and mobile communication devices‚ portable digital media players‚ variety of related software‚ provision of network solutions and marketing of third party applications and content. The company also deals with the
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS OF ALPHA CONTRACTORS‚ INC. Presented to Mr. Abdul Mojeb A. Pangumpig Accountancy Department College of Business Administration and Accountancy Mindanao State University Marawi City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Course Accounting 13 (Financial Accounting and Reporting) First Semester‚ A.Y. 2014-2015 Presented by Dianoden N. Ali Rania M. Ampuan Abdul Jamil P. Balua Abegael T. Longaquit Dan Mae Shell N. Tano Zyra Lou O. Tiongson
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE Course Title: Emerging Issues in Accounting Research-2 Term Paper on “Assessing risk from financial statements: An Essay” Submitted to: Prof. V.K Gupta Submitted by: Pankaj Gupta (FPM 1109) Abstract This paper presents insights for assessment of accounting risk from financial statements. Financial statement is only a source of information for external users not the exact presentation of the activities of a firm. The main purpose of this paper is
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In the corporate annual report‚ a statement reporting the independent auditor’s opinion was included. This opinion shows that the auditor has reviewed the internal controls over financial reporting and it also audits the consolidated financial position of Monsanto. The auditors express the fact that they are independent from Monsanto which means that the report is not coming from someone within the Monsanto Company. This is also important because it means that the report will not be biased and
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Chapter 10: Government-Wide Financial Statements Multiple Choice 1. To what extent should fund or fund type data be displayed on the face of government-wide financial statements? a. Information should be displayed for the government as a whole‚ but individual funds or fund types should not be displayed. b. Information should be displayed by fund type‚ with a total for the government as a whole. c. Information should be displayed by major fund‚
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General Mills Inc. – Understanding Financial Statements a.) General Mills makes money through producing various food products and distributing them all over the world. b.) The financial statements that are commonly prepared for external reporting purposes are the Balance Sheet‚ Income Statement‚ and Statement of Cash Flows. General Mills gives these statements a title of Consolidated Statements of Earnings‚ Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated statements of Cash Flows. Consolidated means
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INANCIAL RATIO ANALYSIS Financial Ratio Analysis William F. Slater‚ III ACC 529 – Accounting for Managerial Decision Making University of Phoenix Week 5 Assignment for ePortfolio Michael Greenen‚ C.P.A‚ C.F.P. - Instructor July 1‚ 2003 Table of Contents Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Memorandum Profitability of Sample Company Sample Company ROI for 2000 Sample Company ROI for 2001 Stock Performance
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Financial Statement Analysis Contents ► Executive Summary ► Introduction ► About State Bank of India ► Industry Role & Financial Analysis ► Share Price ► Competitors ► Financial Statement Analysis ► Ratio Analysis of Performance Indicators ► About ICICI Bank ► Comparison with the Competitor ► Risk Management ► Conclusion ► Recommendations ► References Executive Summary Financial statement analysis is defined as the process of identifying financial strengths and weaknesses
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