This course provides a broad framework for using the information disclosed in corporate financial statements and the accompanying footnotes in business analysis. The course covers analytical processes and decision making techniques for sound investment and credit decisions. Students will learn how to read financial statements and extract information to assess profitability risk accounting quality anf valuation. Students will also be exposed to selected comparisons of US and international accounting practices.
1. Identify the economic characteristics of the industry
2. Identify the strategies that the firm pursues.
3. Assess the quality of the financial statements
4. Analyze Profitability and risk.
5. Prepare forecasted financial statements
6. Value the firm