USES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The financing‚ investing‚ and operating activities of a company are recorded by accounting systems in the form of detailed transactions. To effectively communicate a company’s activities to decision-makers‚ these detailed transactions are summarized and reported in a set of standardized reports called financial statements. The role of financial statements is to provide information that will help investors‚ creditors‚ and others make judgments and predictions that serve
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The Consolidated Statements of Earnings or the income statement tells financial statement users that there was a decrease in gross profit and net sales for the fiscal year 2008. The Consolidated Statements of Earnings show that the closing of underperforming stores‚ removal of new store openings from the pipeline‚ and staff reductions in many Home Depot projects resulted in $951 million in pretax charges. The difference profit and net sales is also a cause of fiscal year 2008 being 52 weeks and
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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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exclusive use of G. NEVIOUS TB0069 August 9‚ 2007 Graeme Rankine Financial Statement Analysis— Identify the Industry Since opportunities and constraints tend to be different across industries‚ companies in different industries tend to make different investment‚ dividend‚ and financing decisions. Thus‚ firms in different industries exhibit different financial characteristics‚ and‚ hence‚ report different financial ratios. For example‚ “old economy” businesses with large amounts of tangible
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are three steps in the analysis of financial statements. These are: Selection‚ classification and interpretation. The first step involves selection of information (data) relevant to the purpose of analysis of financial statements. The second step involved is the methodical classification of the data and the third step includes drawing of inferences and conclusions. The following procedure is adopted for the analysis and interpretation of financial statements. 1) The analyst should acquaint
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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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What ’s your favorite financial statement and why?" The question was spoken quickly and with a tinge of annoyance‚ as my interviewer eyed me disdainfully from his cushy black leather chair. The investment banker had little time to conduct these ridiculously long interviews that are standard fare for analyst candidates. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and scanned my frazzled brain for the "right" answer. "Well‚ of course all three financial statements should be studied in conjunction
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Financial Statements Paper John Doe ACC/290 January 3‚ 2013 Introduction In this paper it will go through: Identify the four basic financial statements‚ describe the purpose of each of the four financial statements‚ discuss how the financial statements would be useful to internal users such as managers and employees‚ and discuss how the financial statements would be useful to external users such as investors and creditors. Identify the
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Graduate School of Management ACCT 551 Course Project Notes to Financial Statements Table of Contents I. Cover Page 1 II. Table of Contents Page 2 III. Tropical Pool Cleaning Income Statement Page 3 IV. Tropical Pool Cleaning Balance Sheet Page 4 V. Notes to Financial Statements Page 5 VI. Reference Page 9 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 1
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A PROJECT REPORT ON ―ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY USING THE TECHNIQUE OF RATIO ANALYSIS” FOR ULTRA TECH CEMENT LTD AT KOVAYA‚ AMRELI‚ GUJARAT SUBMITTED TO TILAK MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF 2 YEARS FULL TIME COURSE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) Submitted By: FURKAN Y. KAMDAR (Batch 2008-10) Guided By: Prof.R.GANESHAN MAHARASHTRA COSMOPOLITAN EDUCATION SOCIETY’S PAI INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE CAMP PUNE-411001 1 Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education
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