Financial Statement Analysis  Ppt Download
{"Image DocumentName": "Financial Statement Analysis", "Image ImageDescription": "To make informed decisions about a company. Helpful in managing the company. Comparison with competition. Charting a company\u2019s progress, measure performance. Establish financial health. Used for investment decisions. Generally based on comparative financial data. From one year to the next. With a competing company. With the industry as a whole. This chapter shows you how to use some of the analytical tools for charting a company\u2019s progress through time. These tools can be used by small business owners to measure performance, by financial analysts to analyze stock investments, by auditors to obtain an overall sense of a company\u2019s financial health, by creditors to determine credit risk, or by any other person wanting to compare financial data in relevant terms. Investors and creditors cannot evaluate a company by examining only one year\u2019s data. This is why most financial statements cover at least two periods. In fact, most financial analysis covers trends of three to five years. You can compare a company\u2019s performance: from year to year. with a competing company. with the industry as a whole.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}