Chapter 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-1 Financial Statement Analysis • Investors often use accounting statements to: – Compare the firm with itself by analyzing how the firm has changed over time – Compare the firm to other similar firms using a common set of financial ratios Copyright ©2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 2-2 Why are ratios useful? • Ratios standardize numbers and facilitate
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fortunate to be accorded such an opportunity through ACCA/Oxford Brooke partnership degree program. 1.1 Topic selection The topic I selected for the RAP is the evaluation of the business and financial performance of a company over a three year period. I therefore choose British airways to base my analysis and evaluations on a three year period effective 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2009. The reason for choosing this very important topic is that‚ it will broaden and nurtured the already acquired
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for my research project is “Topic No-8 - Business and financial performance over a three year period”. My choice for organization is “Lloyds Banking Group (LBG)”. I’ve made comparing LBG with its competitor Barclays Group to be meaningful analysis. 1.1.2 Reason for choosing topic area During my ACCA study‚ I like F7 (financial reporting) and P3 (Business Analysis) more than any other subjects. I’ve selected “Business and financial performance over 3 years periods” as my research project
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MBA 832 (November 10th‚ 2011)Financial Analysis Project | The financial analysis project is worth 15% of your final mark. REQUIRED: Students will operate in teams‚ with two/three students per team. Using the World Wide Web‚ select two/three companies that are approximately the same size and that are in the same industry [e.g.‚ Imperial Oil & Petro-Canada‚ or Sleeman & Big Rock]. The Web site http://www.sedar.com provides a listing of several Canadian companies. It is best to avoid banks
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BBA 1002 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT NAME:ANG KOK SENG I/C NUMBER:910420-10-5945 H/P NUMBER:+6012-7895400 STUDENT ID:201059 NAME OF LECTURER:MR. LOH YONG CHIANG SUBMISSION DATE:2nd OCTOBER 2011 SEPTEMBER 2011 SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: Compare Cash Flow statement and Balance sheet. Describe the accounting process in preparing a balance sheet. How are balance sheet and Accounting equation related and what is T account? Describe the steps in analyzing financial statement
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tools of financial analysis and the knowledge to apply them and interpret the results” Finance is defined as the administrative function in an organization which relate with the arrangement of cash and credit to the organization to carry out its objectives as satisfactory as possible. Financial analysis is the process of identifying the financial strengths and weakness of the Firm by properly establish relationships between the items of Balance sheet and the Profit and Loss account. Financial Analysis
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17-1 CHAPTER 17 ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Methods of Financial Statement Analysis Horizontal Vertical Analysis Analysis Common-Size Trend Ratio Statements Percentages Analysis 17-2 17-3 Horizontal Analysis Using comparative financial statements to calculate dollar or percentage changes in a financial statement item from one period to the next 17-4 Vertical Analysis For a single financial statement‚ each item
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS for Policy regarding expansion in future: Analyzing financial statements involves evaluating three characteristics: a company’s liquidity‚ profitability and solvency. A short-term creditor such as a bank is primarily interested in liquidity – the borrower to pay obligations when they come due. A long-term creditor‚ such as a bondholder‚ looks to profitability and solvency
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A SUMMER PROJECT REPORT ON “FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS” Submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Master of Business Administration‚ Under BPUT‚ Rourkela‚ Orissa [pic] 2008-10 ROURKELA STEEL PLANT‚ SAIL SUBMMITTED BY AHWAN MAHAKUDA ROLL NO.0806806036 GUIDENCE UNDER INTERNAL GUIDE EXTERNAL GUIDE Mr. SURESH KU SAHOO Mr. G. ARORA Lecture in Finance
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Financial Statement Analysis Project You (or your group) are required to conduct a comprehensive financial statement analysis of two companies. You may choose either to compare WalMart and Target or Coors and Boston Beer Co. You may work individually‚ or in groups of two members. The purpose of this project is to provide you an opportunity to apply the analytical techniques studied in Chapters 3‚ 9 and 11. In conducting this analysis‚ take the perspective of a common stock investor. You
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