Starting from the general principles one has to follow to draw up a company's financial statements, this class eases students into the main criteria and tools of financial statement analysis. A financial investor's standpoint is adopted.
Allow students to understand a company's performance by reading its financial statements.
Prerequisites
None.
Teaching Methods
Lectures based on case studies.
Type of Assessment
Individual written test.
Course program
1. General principles to prepare the financial statements
2.The main areas of a company's performance
3. Time and cross-sectional comparisons
4. The balance sheet analysis
5. The income statement analysis
6. The cash flow statement analysis
7. Growth and operating profitability analysis
8. Solvency analysis
9. Net profitability analysis.