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    A business’ financial conditions are of major concern to all its stakeholders. As capital providers‚ investors and creditors rely on a company’s financial conditions for both the safety and profitability of their investments. The four basic financial statements are (1) Balance Sheet‚ (2) Income Statement‚ (3) Statement of Retained Earnings‚ and (4) Statement of Cash Flow (Kimmel‚ Weygandt‚ & Kieso‚  2010). The balance sheet represents the financial position of a company for a specific period

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    A SUMMER PROJECT REPORT ON “FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS” Submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirement of the degree of Master of Business Administration‚ Under BPUT‚ Rourkela‚ Orissa [pic] 2008-10 ROURKELA STEEL PLANT‚ SAIL SUBMMITTED BY AHWAN MAHAKUDA ROLL NO.0806806036 GUIDENCE UNDER INTERNAL GUIDE EXTERNAL GUIDE Mr. SURESH KU SAHOO Mr. G. ARORA Lecture in Finance

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    Final Project: Analyzing Financial Statements By: Whitney Allen (Current ratio‚ long-term solvency ratio‚ contribution ratio‚ programs/expense ratio‚ general and management/expense ratio‚ and revenue/expense ratio for the years 2003 and 2004.) * Current Ratio 2003 2004 * Long-Term Solvency Ratio 2003 2004 * Contribution Ratio 2003 2004 * Programs/Expense Ratio 2003 1.0 2004 1.11 * Management/Expense Ratio 2003 2004 * Revenue/Expense

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    QUESTION 1 1. How do a proprietorship and corporation differ? If you worked for a CPA firm‚ which would you recommend to your client and why? Explain in your own words. The difference between proprietorship and corporation is that proprietorship is only owned by 1 person and corporation is owned by either 1 person or a group of people. It also differs from the liability because a proprietorship has unlimited liability and a corporation has limited liability. When a proprietorship is sued‚

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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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    Material Financial Statement Review What is the net income for the current fiscal year? Is it up or down from the prior year? Why would this information be important to investors? For FY15 the total consolidated income for Walmart is $17‚099 million. In FY14 Walmart recorded a loss from FY13‚ but is showing an increase with $16‚695 million in FY14 to FY15. Page 38 of the Annual Financial Report shows these figures along with many other figures. Investors look at the Annual Financial Report to

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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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    Financial Statement Analysis Assignment 1 This assignment is designed to get you to locate the annual report for a company and become familiar with the contents of an annual report and analysis of the financial statements. You are required to obtain the 2011‚ 2012 and 2013 annual reports of Square Pharma Ltd. and then answer the following questions. Question 1 Describe the principal activities of Square Pharma Ltd (hereafter Square). Name the members of Square’s board of directors and

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    3101AFE TUTORIAL 2 - Semester 2 2013 Deegan Topics 2 and 3: The financial reporting environment and Regulation of financial accounting 2.1 What expectations do accounting standard-setters have about the accounting knowledge of financial statement readers? Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have

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    Financial Statement Analysis Chandra Sekhar Mishra VGSOM‚ IIT Kharagpur Outline Financial Statements and their Content ●Why Financial Statement Analysis (FSA)? ●Tools for FSA ● Financial Statements ● Balance Sheet ● ● Statement of financial position Statement of Assets and Liabilities ● ● ● ● Income StatementStatement of financial performance ● ● Assets: What a business owns Liabilities: What a business owes to non-owners Equities: What a business owes to owners Revenues and Expenses

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