are two of the four key qualitative characteristics of financial accounting information. The others being understandability and comparability. Relevance requires that the financial accounting information should be such that the users need it and it is expected to affect their decisions. Reliability requires that the information should be accurate and true and fair. Relevance and reliability are both critical for the quality of the financial information‚ but both are related such that an emphasis
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Analysis of Financial Statements Ratio Analysis DuPont Equation Potential Misuse of ROE Use Financial Ratios to performance Uses and Limitations of Financial Ratios • Ratios help us to evaluate financial statements. Ratios are used to make comparisons. • There are many different ratios‚ with different ones used to examine different aspects of the firm’s operations. • Ratios can be divided into 5 categories: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Liquidity ratios‚ Asset management ratios‚ Debt management ratios‚ Profitability
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Financial Statements Financial statements are records of relative financial information of organizations that are highly valuable to both internal and external users of that organization. The following four basic financial statements constitute the foundation of accounting: * Balance sheet * Income statement * Retained earnings statement * Statement of cash flows Purpose of the Financial Statements The balance sheet shows a clear picture of the organization’s financial
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Financial Statements Robert Greene Phoenix University Principles of Accounting I 290 Dr. Zeneo Williams June 18‚ 2013 Financial Statements To understand finances‚ the ability to decipher the data available must be attained. One of the tools used to do this is through financial statements. There are four prevalent statements used to achieve this. They are the balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of retained earnings‚ and statement of cash flows. These statements are
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Financial Statements Analysis Interpretation of Financial Ratios Financial statements analysis is the process of examining relationships among elements of the the company’s "accounting statements" or financial statements (balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of cash flow and the statement of retained earnings) and making comparisons with relevant information. Financial statements analysis is a valuable tool used by investors‚ creditors‚ financial analysts‚ owners‚ managers and others in their
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Combined Financial Statements and Credit Group Financial Information December 31‚ 2012 and 2011 (With Independent Auditors’ Reports Thereon) KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN‚ INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES AND KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS AND SUBSIDIARIES Table of Contents Page Independent Auditors’ Report 1 Financial Statements: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan‚ Inc. and Subsidiaries and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Subsidiaries: Combined Balance Sheets 2 Combined Statements of Operations
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Financial Statement Companies use several tools such as a balance sheet to make sound business decisions. A balance sheet is a quantitative summary of a company ’s financial condition at a specific point in time‚ including assets‚ liabilities and net worth. The first part of a balance sheet shows all the productive assets a company owns‚ and the second part shows all the financing methods (such as liabilities and shareholders ’ equity) Also‚ called statement of condition.
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COMPANY Financial Statement Analysis Project Table of Contents Part I ……………………………………………………………3 Part II …………………………………………………………...5 Part III …………………………………………………………..6 Part IV …………………………………………………………..7 Part V ……………………………………………………….......8 Part VI ………………………………………………………….10 Part VII …………………………………………………………11 Appendices …………………………………………………......12 Appendices AAPL 5 Year Balance Sheet Report…………………………………….12 5 Year Income Statement………………………………………...13 5 Year Cash Flow Statement……………………………………
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or be shipped by mail. Walmart has available a catalog of 300 generic medications for no more than four dollars in-store‚ and ten dollars for a 90-day supply (Washington‚ n.d) Financial Services: Besides the aforementioned products and services‚ Walmart also provides its customers with a wide range of financial services‚ namely a non-annual-fee credit card‚ a debit card ready to obtain in-strore or online‚ money transfer service through MoneyGram‚ and check cashing and check printing. At Walmart
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CHAPTER 9 ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Chapter Outline I. Reasons to analyze financial statements of foreign companies include: • making foreign portfolio investment decisions‚ • making foreign merger and acquisition decisions‚ • making credit decisions about foreign customers‚ • evaluating foreign suppliers‚ and • benchmarking against foreign competitors. II. There are several problems an analyst might encounter in analyzing foreign financial statements‚ including:
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