Financial Statement Analysis for Investors Michael Price MBA640: Accounting for Decision Making Dr. Ulinski December 11‚ 2012 Table of Contents: Section I: Introduction (Page 3) Section II: Literature Review (Page 4) Section III: Methodology and Data Collection (Page 5) Section IV: Results (Page 6) a. Income Statement Analysis (Page 7) b. Balance Sheet Analysis (Page 11) c. Statement of Cash flow Analysis (Page 14) Section V: Conclusion (Page 16) a. Recommendation
Premium Income statement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
FINAL PAPER: Axia College HHS 265 Analyzing Financial Statements Part I Using Appendix B‚ calculate the following ratios: Current ratio Year 2002 2003 2004 Current ratio 104‚296÷139‚017 = 0.75 82‚058 ÷ 93‚975 = 0.87 302‚902÷337‚033 = 0.90 Long-term solvency ratio Year 2002 2003 2004 Long-term solvency ratio 391‚270÷310‚246 = 1.26 359‚863÷259‚979 = 1.38 699‚004÷338‚937 = 2.06 Contribution ratio Year 2002 2003 2004 Contribution ratio 617‚169÷1‚165‚065 = 0
Premium Cost Costs Budgets
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
Premium Balance sheet Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Financial ratios
Basic Financial Statements Accountants‚ business owners‚ investors‚ creditors and employees use four basic financial statements of an organization to determine the financial well-being and future earnings potential of that organization. Financial statements are a key tool in seeing and understanding the past‚ present and future condition of an organization. What are these financial statements and what do they mean to the reader? Do the financial statements mean something completely different to
Premium Income statement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet
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.
Premium Boeing Balance sheet
SFAC 6 ELEMENTS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ASSETS. Probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity as a result of past transactions or events. LIABILITIES. Probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of a particular entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of past transactions or events. EQUITY. Residual interest in the assets of an entity that remains after deducting its liabilities
Premium Asset Time Future
products and services of the company including: the target market‚ how RONA promotes and ensures quality‚ the incorporation of technology in business‚ and their overall benefit to society. After a critique of RONA’s social responsibility as well as a financial analysis‚ the report will conclude with recommendations as to the employability of RONA. The research for this report was conducted from a number of secondary sources from the Haskayne Business Library Databases‚ including: Mint Global‚ Mergent
Premium Management Strategic management Marketing
one as current ratio because of inventories does not provide with right liquidity. Apart from this it needs to increase the financial leverage ratio and the return on the equity as well as the capital. Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 3 Purpose 3 Scope 3 Methodology 3 Assumptions 3 Limitation 3 Company overview 3 Economic Framework 3 Financial Analysis 3 Ratio Analysis 3 Activity Analysis 3 Profitability Analysis 3 Liquidity Analysis 4 Long Term Debt and Solvency
Premium Economics Inflation Financial ratio
Introduction Accounting is all about financial information —capturing it‚ recording it‚ configuring it‚ analyzing it‚ and reporting it to persons who use it. The financial statements : The final product of financial accounting is in the form of financial statements that are packaged with other information in a financial report. •Financial statements are prepared at the end of each accounting period. A period maybe one month‚ one quarter‚ or one year. •Financial statements report summary amounts‚ or totals
Premium Financial statements Income statement Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
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
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Balance sheet Revenue