Chapter 5: Essentials of Financial Statement Analysis Evaluating accounting “quality” How do we define financial reporting quality? Qualitative characteristics of accounting Information: Understandability Decision usefulness Reliability Relevance Consistency Comparability 1 Attributes of High Quality Financial Reporting Financial reporting (earnings) quality has been considered positively associated with the following: High persistence of earnings and cash flows
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Ch.1 1. John‚ who has just completed his first finance course‚ is unsure whether he should take a course in business analysis and valuation using financial statements since he believes that financial analysis adds little value‚ given the efficiency of capital markets. Explain to John when financial analysis can add value‚ even if capital markets are efficient. The efficient market hypothesis states that security prices reflect all available information‚ as if such information could be costlessly
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Calculation of Duration Gap for the bank 1 Scenario Analysis 2 Estimation of magnitude of interest rate increase 3 Part II 4 Market price (in US$) of the three T-notes/bonds 4 Macaulay Duration values of the three T-notes/Bonds 4 Convexity values of the three T-bonds 5 Part III 7 Maximum Amount of Investment 7 Investment Selection 7 Scenario Analysis 9 Estimation of magnitude of interest rate increase
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Analysis of Financial Statements After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: Explain why ratio analysis is usually the first step in the analysis of a company’s financial statements. List the five groups of ratios‚ specify which ratios belong in each group‚ and explain what information each group gives us about the firm’s financial position. State what trend analysis is‚ and why it is important. Describe how the Du Pont chart is used‚ and how it may be modified to include
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Financial Statement Analysis Tools CHAPTER 4 After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe the purpose of financial ratios and who uses them. 2. Define the five major categories of ratios (liquidity‚ efficiency‚ leverage‚ coverage‚ and profitability). 3. Calculate the common ratios for any firm by using income statement and balance sheet data. 4. Use financial ratios to assess a firm’s past performance‚ identify its current problems‚ and suggest strategies
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Introduction Accounting is all about financial information —capturing it‚ recording it‚ configuring it‚ analyzing it‚ and reporting it to persons who use it. The financial statements : The final product of financial accounting is in the form of financial statements that are packaged with other information in a financial report. •Financial statements are prepared at the end of each accounting period. A period maybe one month‚ one quarter‚ or one year. •Financial statements report summary amounts‚ or totals
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budgets and make appropriates decisions and explainn the calculation of unit costs and make pricing decisions using relevant informations. And than this report will assess the viability of a project using investment appraisal techniques and discuss the main financial statements. Compare appropriate formats of financial statements for different types of business. Interpret financial statements using appropriate ratios and comparisons‚ both internal and external. 3.1 analyse budgets and make appropriates
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insights for understanding the relevance of financial reporting. In this article‚ we summarize the theory and evidence on how accounting earnings information relates to firms stock returns‚ particularly for the benefit of students‚ practitioners‚ and others who may not yet have been exposed to this literature. In addition‚ we present new empirical evidence on the relation between earnings and returns by replicating and extending three classic studies using data from 1988 through 2002. Specifically
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Financial Statement Analysis for Investors Michael Price MBA640: Accounting for Decision Making Dr. Ulinski December 11‚ 2012 Table of Contents: Section I: Introduction (Page 3) Section II: Literature Review (Page 4) Section III: Methodology and Data Collection (Page 5) Section IV: Results (Page 6) a. Income Statement Analysis (Page 7) b. Balance Sheet Analysis (Page 11) c. Statement of Cash flow Analysis (Page 14) Section V: Conclusion (Page 16) a. Recommendation
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ABC SDN. BHD. (Incorporated in Malaysia) REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 December 2010
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