Objectives
Advanced Financial Statement Analysis will provide participants with an analytical framework and practical tools to analyze and exploit information about profitability, liquidity and risk in corporate financial statements.
Outlines
Analysis of cash flows.
- Definition of cash and cash equivalents.
- Purposes of the cash flows statements.
- Preparation of cash flow statements (direct- indirect).
- Interpretation and analysis of cash flows.
- Non cash transaction
- Cash flows scenarios and practical cases.
Financial ratio analysis.
- Overview of the ratio analysis.
- Definition and calculation of financial ratios.
- Common size financial statements.
- Internal liquidity ratios.
- Assessment of operating performance ratios
- Assessment of Profitability ratios
- Assessment of risk ratios
- Assessment of market ratios
- Interpretation of financial ratios to provide basis of decision making for top management.
- Limitations of financial ratios analysis
Analysis of inventories
- Overview of the inventory accounting methods.
- The influence of inventory valuation on the financial statements.
- Carrying value of inventories.
- The effect of inventory methods on the on financial analysis and key financial ratios.
Earnings Per Share
- Basic EPS
- Calculating the weighted average no. of ordinary shares
- Diluted EPS
- Practical cases
Who Should Attend
Advanced Financial Statement Analysis is recommended for finance professionals who need to deepen their knowledge and skills in analyzing and using financial statement information (balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flows, footnotes).