Fundamentals of Financial Analysis - Revised Edition

Euromoney Trading Ltd, January 2005, Pages: 291

Gain an understanding of the key concepts and techniques used in financial analysis and test your practical skills and applications.

The book details each aspect of financial analysis, including:

- the nature and purpose of financial information

- the contents of the main financial statements

- how to analyse a company’s financial performance

- key ratios, how to use them and the principals of financial planning, budgeting and control

- the mathematical concepts of investment appraisal

- the principals of costs and pricing

Nature and Purpose of Financial Information
Preface
Setting the Scene
The balance sheet
The profit and loss statement
The cashflow statement
Answers to reviews and practice problems
Appendix

Analysis of Performance
Preface
Approach to analysis performance
Ratio analysis
Profitability, performance and added value
Liquidity, cash flow and financial structure
Investment rations
Trend analysis
Answers to reviews and practice problems

Financial Planning and Control
Preface
Introduction to financial planning and control
Budgeting
Cash budgets
Budgetary reporting and control
Answers to reviews and practice problems
Appendix

Investment Appraisal
Preface
Reviewing fundamental concepts
Discounting and present values
Methods of investment appraisal
Choosing the discount rate
Answers to reviews and practice problems

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Costs, Pricing and Decision-making
Preface
The nature of cost information
Uses of cost information
Cost/volume/profit analysis
Answers to reviews and practice problems

Series glossary
Further Reading

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