FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Paula Bianca Formantes Financial Analysis The process of understanding the profitability and risk of a firm through an in depth review or study of the basic financial statements‚ by the use of different tools and techniques. Several Financial Analysis Techniques: 1. Horizontal Analysis 2. Vertical Analysis 3. Ratio Analysis BALANCE SHEET SAN MIGUEL CORPORATIOS CURRENCY IN MILLIONS OF PESOS DEC 31 2011 DEC 31 2012 ASSETS LIABILITIES & EQUITY Cash And Equivalents
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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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Home Depot is one of the largest home repair retailers in my area. I will highlight their 2015 financial statement‚ and give examples of how the statement could be useful to their business leaders‚ as well as outside venders. 2015 financial highlights. (n.d.). In fiscal year 2015‚ we grew sales for the sixth consecutive year‚ with positive sales growth in all three U.S. Divisions‚ Canada and Mexico. Comparable store sales were up 5.6 percent; total sales were up 6.4 percent; and diluted earnings
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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: • finding
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Financial Statements Paper Your Name Principles of Accounting – ACC/280 Date Instructor Name Financial Statements Paper The purpose of accounting is to provide a means of reporting‚ recording‚ summarizing‚ and interpreting economic data within an organization. Accounting is used by everyone in one form or another. Everyone should have a basic understanding of accounting as it could be extremely beneficial to everyone. Within every company there should be an accounting department
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An Analysis of Avon’s Financial Statement For 2006 to 2007 Abstract This paper is an attempt at answering weather Avon’s performance improved‚ declined‚ or remained the same from 2006 to 2007 through and analysis Avon’s financial statements from 2006 and 2007. An Analysis of Avon’s Financial Statement For 2006 to 2007 Based on the following analysis of Avon’s financial statements for 2006 and 2007 the following changes occurred during 2006 and 2007. The gross profit margin decreased
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Title : Analysis of Financial Statements of Nestle Company (M) Submission Date : 10 Decemer 2010 Lecturer : Theang Kok Foo Financial management Name : Albina Assanbayeva Student ID# : 109072016 Academic Honesty Policy Statement I‚ hereby attest that contents of this attachment are my own work. Referenced works‚ articles‚ art‚ programs‚ papers or parts thereof are acknowledged at the end of this paper. This includes data excerpted from CD-ROMs‚ the Internet
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Appendix 2A Financial Statement Analysis Using a Return on Equity (ROE) Framework 1 Appendix 2A Financial Statement Analysis Using a Return on Equity (ROE) Framework Between 1992 and 2003 the commercial banking industry experienced a period of record profits. This was quite a change from the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ when banks were failing in record numbers. Despite record profits‚ many FIs have areas of weakness and inefficiency that need to be addressed. One way of identifying
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Financial Statement Case Analysis Upon review of John’s income statement the vertical analysis above shows how each account compares to the total Sales for each year. When looking at the figures you can automatically see differences in amounts and can come to a conclusion about what areas to look at more closely. By applying the analysis technique for review of the income statement we have detected some areas of concern that need further analysis. Cost of goods sold shows an increase of
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University 4: (Week Three Assignment) Financial Statement Analysis Jeanette M. Rogers Acc 281: Accounting Concepts for Health Care Professionals Instructor Alan Wells November 16‚ 2010 There are three types of financial statement analysis; for example‚ (1) Horizontal Analysis‚ (2) Vertical Analysis‚ and (3) Ratio Analysis. First‚ the horizontal analysis is also known as trend analysis‚ which views the behavior of an individual financial statement items over several accounting‚ which may
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