Financial Statements, SEC Filings and Ratio Analysis
By External Provider
About this course
The objective of Financial Statement and Ratio Analysis for MBAs is to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze, interpret, understand, and use financial information to make informed decisions. We will discuss financial reporting from a user’s perspective, use a variety of tools to break apart financial reports into meaningful units for analysis, forecast financial statements, and value a firm. This course is intended to give you exposure to the issues facing users of financial statements. You will better understand your role in the financial reporting process if you know how the financial statements will ultimately be used. Financial Statement and Ratio Analysis for MBAs will require you to think critically about issues for which there can be more than one “correct” answer. Hence, your analysis and conclusions must be based on sound assumptions and well-constructed analysis and arguments.
What you will learn
- Highlight the unique information found in each of the five financial statements.
- Learn how to navigate the common SEC filings and search for information.
- Calculate and understand the drivers of common return ratios.
- Identify ways to detect accounting quality issues