Balance Sheets: Contents, Analysis and Interpretation - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

How to understand and yse financial statements Understanding and interpreting the balance sheet and profit and loss account is of crucial importance for investors. Intelligently ysed, these key financial statements reveal both the apparent and the underlying financial health of a company. The first part of this book describes the format, features and contents of the balance sheet and the profit and loss account. All the basic concepts and the technical terms used in these financial statements are explained in simple, non-technical language. Part two introduces the reader to the techniques of ysing the financial data contained in the balance sheet and the profit and loss account and to draw logical and reliable conclusions from the ysis. All the commonly-used methods of ysis are described, using real-life examples of published annual reports of companies: Interpretation of Comparative Statements Interpretation of Trend Relatives Common-size Statements ysis of Working Capital Ratio ysis of Current Financial Condition ysis of Long-term Financial Condition ysis of Income, Costs, and Profit The *-flow Statement of Changes in Net Working Capital Statement of Sources and Applications of Funds, etc. Here, then, is financial statement ysis made easy. Written in a clear, non-technical style by an expert author, and assuming no prior knowledge of accountancy, this book is of great value for investors and non-accounting executives, though it will equally serve as a handy reference for financial ysts, bankers and students of management. How to understand and yse financial statements Understanding and interpreting the balance sheet and profit and loss account is of crucial importance for investors. Intelligently ysed, these key financial statements reveal both the apparent and the underlying financial health of a company.

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