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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DeVry Inc. 2012 Financial Report Analysis DeVry Inc.‚ together with its subsidiaries‚ provides educational services worldwide. It operates various institutions‚ including Advanced Academics‚ American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine‚ Becker Professional Education‚ Carrington College and Carrington College California‚ Chamberlain College of Nursing‚ DeVry Brazil‚ DeVry University‚ Ross University School of Medicine‚ and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. The company offers
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Financial Statement Analysis Company: Ford Motor Company Introduction: Ford Motor Company is majorly in the manufacturing business of automotive products and services business. Ford is also into the business of financing. The automotive and financial services are the two main segments of Ford. Their automotive operation includes Forth South America‚ Ford North America‚ Ford Asia Pacific Africa‚ Volvo and Ford Europe. The Ford Financial Services includes Ford Motor Credit Company. 1
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Financial Statement Analysis Project The Boeing Company November 11‚ 2004 Table of Contents I. Firm‚ Industry‚ and Environment 4 A. Description of firm and environment 4 B. Discussion of competitive environment 6 C. Economic climate and outlook 8 D. Other relevant factors‚ e.g. governmental regulations‚ labor relations‚ litigation‚ etc. 8 II. Evaluation of Balance Sheet 10 A. Description of asset structure 11 a. Current Assets 11 b. Customer and commercial financing 12 c.
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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 and
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Supplement to the Annual Report Table of Contents Overview 1 2012 at a Glance 2 Financial Information 9 13 18 21 26 32 34 36 Upstream Highlights United States Other Americas Africa Asia Australia Europe Operating Data Downstream 44 Highlights 45 Refining and Marketing 46 Lubricants 46 Supply & Trading 47 Chemicals 48 Transportation 49 Operating Data 56 57 57 57 Other Businesses Technology Power Generation Mining Chevron Energy Solutions Reference 58 Glossary of Energy and Financial Terms 60 Additional
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APPLE THREE-YEAR FINANCIAL HISTORY Results of Operations (in $ millions‚ except shares in thousands‚ per share amounts) Net sales: Domestic International Total net sales Costs and operating expenses: Cost of sales Research and development (R&D) Selling‚ general and administrative (SG&A) Total operating expenses Operating income Other income/(expense)‚ net Income before provision for income taxes Provision for income taxes Net income Diluted earnings per share Shares used in computing diluted earnings
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#3: Analyzing the Annual Report An Annual report is a document that provides information about a company’s yearly activities to the shareholders and the public. An annual report is comprised of a letter from the CEO‚ overview of the company’s products and services‚ management discussion and analysis‚ a statement from the auditing firm‚ and financial statements. The goals of an Annual Report are to distinguish the brand and reassure the shareholders. Lately‚ the annual report has used more graphics
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LTD. Final Progress Report (09 September 2008) Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 ABOUT MARUTI SUZUKI 3 SWOT ANALYSIS 4 FUTURE OUTLOOK 4 AUDITOR’S VIEW 5 DIRECTOR’S REPORT’S INTERPRETATION 5 REVENUE RECOGNITION POLICY 6 INVENTORY VALUATION POLICY 7 DEPRECIATION POLICY 8 ACCOUNTING POLICY FOR VALUATION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS 9 CLAUSE 49 AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION AT MARUTI 10 BALANCE SHEET 13 INCOME STATEMENT 13 RATIO ANALYSIS 14 CASH FLOW STATEMENT ANALYSIS 24 INTER COMPANY
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Balance Sheet VERTICAL ANALYSIS Financial Analysis 2010 3.17% 1.00% 0.16% 0.06% 0.00% 4.39% 0.06% 28.97% 58.10% 0.20% 0.18% 7.20% 0.02% 0.00% 0.88% 95.61% 100.00% 2009 4.60% 1.40% 0.26% 0.05% 3.28% 9.60% 0.07% 26.53% 52.48% 0.27% 0.36% 8.35% 0.46% 0.00% 1.88% 90.40% 100.00% 2008 5.95% 2.13% 0.38% 0.06% 0.32% 8.84% 0.09% 49.06% 26.67% 0.31% 0.32% 12.34% 0.00% 0.00% 2.37% 91.16% 100.00% 2007 10.89% 4.00% 0.84% 0.09% 0.54% 16.36% 0.17% 39.55% 18.20% 0.49% 2.12% 21.08% 0.00% 0.00% 2.04% 83.64% 100
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