Corporate Financial Statement Analysis

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Overview

Financial reports contain a trove of information about your company's past, present, and future

Duration	2 hours
Total fee	₹1,400
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Intermediate
Credential	Certificate

Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
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Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from LinkedIn Learning

Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
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Course details

Skills you will learn

Accounting Sales Corporate finance

More about this course

In this course, Jim and Kay Stice dive into the subject of financial statements, explaining how to work with and analyze them
They start off with some general knowledge about the structure and layout of a financial statement, and then go deeper by looking at the various ratios most commonly found in these statements
Plus, they detail the various limitations of financial statement analysis
By the end of this course, you'll be able to analyze financial statements to spot concerning trends and make smarter calls going forward

Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
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Curriculum

Introduction

What is financial statement analysis?

Common methods of analysis

What you should know

A Review of the Financial Statements

The accounting equation

Balance sheet

Income statement

Statement of cash flows

The DuPont Framework

Return on equity

The DuPont framework

Example: Ford vs. General Motors

Common-Size Financial Statements

Common size overview

Common size income statement

Common size balance sheet

Example: Wal-Mart vs. Target

Profitability Ratios

The many ways to define income and profit

Example: Nordstrom vs. Microsoft

Efficiency Ratios

The operating cycle

Days' sales of inventory (DSI)

Average collection period

Examples: Harley and McDonald's

Leverage Ratios

Current ratio in theory and practice

The many debt ratios

Example: Comparing tech company debt ratios

Limitations of Financial Statement Analysis

Limits to using past performance

Pitfalls of financial statement analysis

Avoid the temptation of a single reason

Conclusion

What's next?

Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
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Faculty details

Jim Stice

He hold bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from BYU and a PhD in accounting from the University of Washington.

Earl Kay Stice

He is the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Accounting at Brigham Young University (BYU). He hold bachelors and masters degrees from BYU and a Ph.D. from Cornell University.