Objective of financial statements[edit] Financial statements are a structured representation of the financial position and financial performance of an entity. The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position‚ financial performance and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions. Financial statements also show the results of the management’s stewardship of the resources entrusted to it.[1] To meet this objective
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organisations has really established the fact that financial statements shall contain the following information according to section 334(2) of the companies and allied matters act (CAMA) 1990 as well as statement of accounting standards (SAS) 2:profit and lossaccount;balance sheet; a statement of cash flow; value added statement; five-year financial summary; statement of significant accounting policies; notes to the accounts; group financial statement (in case of a group); chairman’s report; directors’s
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Financial Statement Analysis vs. Operating Indicator Analysis Financial analysis focuses on the data contained in a business’s financial statements (Gapenski‚ 2012). Financial statement analysis is applied to historical data‚ which comprise the road map for the business’s future (Gapenski‚ 2012). Financial statement analysis is used to trend for the future at the current condition. The financial statement analysis is supplemented by operating indicator analysis. Operating indicator analysis uses
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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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a) Five Users of Company Financial Statements There are various internal and external users of company financial statements. Internal users include employees‚ directors and shareholders‚ while external users include the government‚ the public‚ suppliers and creditors. 1. Investors Both current and potential shareholders/investors are the providers of capital in a company. They are interested in information that will help them determine whether to invest in the company. They are comparing different
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Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory Vol. 30‚ No. 2 May 2011 pp. 19–50 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50009 Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms Johan Perols SUMMARY: This study compares the performance of six popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud under different assumptions of misclassification costs and ratios of fraud firms to nonfraud firms. The results show‚ somewhat
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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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Report To: Potential Investors From: An Accountant Date: 12/12/2013 Subject: Analysis of Financial Statements This report will focus on two representative fashion companies in UK. They are Burberry and Ted Baker. Both of them listed on London Stock Exchange and belongs to personal goods industry. Burberry is a global luxury brand which operates in the luxury goods manufacture‚ retailer and wholesales segments. The company mainly operates in Europe‚ Asia‚ Australasia and Americas and provides non-apparel
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Page - 1 of 24 Financial Statement Analysis. Abstract Financial Statements are summaries of monetary data about an enterprise. Hence Financial Statement Analysis will help one to assess the Viability‚ Stability‚ Profitability and Liquidity of an enterprise. In this Assignment‚ an attempt‚ to analyze the financial performance of two companies in Textile Industry (S.Kumar Nationwide Ltd. & Gokaldas Export Ltd.) has been made. As the result of this assignment I found the performances of S.Kumar
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