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Analyzing Company Financial Information. CON 389. Financial Statements. Different entities and people look for different things in the financial documents. Investors Banks Sureties. Tools for Financial Analysis. Comparative Financial Statements
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Financial Statements • Different entities and people look for different things in the financial documents. • Investors • Banks • Sureties
Tools for Financial Analysis • Comparative Financial Statements • Trends over multiple years of financial information for a company • Index-number trend series • Converts the financial information into index numbers, with a base year to view trends • Common Size Financial Statement • Percentage Perspective Analysis • Ratio Analysis • Gives a perspective on one item in relation to another, with can be compared
Comparative Financial Statements • Trends over multiple years of financial information for a company Balance-Sheet Trend Chart From Page 96 - Halpin
Index-Number Trend Series • Converts the financial information into index numbers, with a base year to view trends Halpin Page 97 - Tab. 6.2
Trend Chart Based on Index Numbers Halpin Page 98 - Fig. 6.2
Common Size Financial Statement • Gives a proportional perspective of the financial information.
Mock Construction Balance Sheet Structural Breakdown
Ratio Analysis • Relationships of one item in relation to another when compared to: • Past ratios of the company • Industry standards • Trends over time • Types of Ratios • Liquidity ratios • Leverage ratios • Activity ratios • Profitability ratios
Types of RatiosRatio Analysis • Liquidity ratios • Relates a firm’s liquidable assets with its short-term obligations. • Relates Current Assets to Current Liabilities • Leverage ratios • Debt-management ratios • A company gains leverage by borrowing • Relate Deb to some other parameter • Activity ratios • Turnover of sales. • Revenues to other balance sheet items • Profitability ratios or Return on Investment