Financial Statement Analysis

This course focuses on analyzing financial statement
information in a variety of global decision contexts
including security valuation, credit decisions, strategy and competitive analysis, mergers & acquisitions, and litigation
support. Financial analysis uses cash flows and ratio measures of a company's operating, financing and investing performance
for comparison to past historical performance or with competitors. Accounting analysis uses an understanding of
how a company's business and its operating strategy are representedby accounting rules and develops procedures for adjusting accounting measures of performance. Prospective
analysis develops forecasts of financial statements to make estimates of a company's equity valuation.