A cash flow statement shows the movement of money in and out of business.

A cash-flow statement determines a company’s financial health. It helps you

in analysing a company’s liquidity. The cash flow statement shows the net
change in cash, which is usually divided into cash from operating activities,
investing activities and financing activities.

For the analysis purpose, we check the factor ‘Free Cash Flow’. A positive
cash flow indicates that the company’s assets are growing from where they
started. In contrast, a negative cash flow indicates otherwise.

You can check all these financial statements of a company on Tickertape.

Using the search bar, enter the company you wish to analyse. Click on
‘Financial Statements’ from the stock page to access the income statement,
balance sheet, and cash flow.

Annual Report and Investors’ Presentation

An annual report is a comprehensive document that a company must provide
to all its shareholders annually. It describes their operations throughout the
year. You can determine the company’s financial health with the help of an
annual report.

The intent of a company’s annual report is to provide public disclosure of its

operations and financial activities over the past year. There are numerous
components of an annual report. As an investor, you should look for the
business overview, financial/performance highlights, Management
Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), Director/Board’s report, notes to
accounts, auditor’s report, Chairman’s statement, and debt scenario. The
annual report provides valuable information which you can use to analyse the
company thoroughly.

Investors’ presentation consists of facts about the company, immediate sales

growth opportunities, industry analysis, management team, all-round
performance, innovations, future plans and more. It is important to note that
not every company provides investors presentations to its shareholders.
Investors’ presentation is a brief, clear, informative resource to understand
the business.

To get annual reports and investors’ presentations of a company, click on

‘Financial Statements’ of stock on Tickertape and scroll down to the bottom.
You will get the company’s annual reports and investors’ presentations.
Annual reports and investors’ presentations on Tickertape

Growth over the period of 3 and 5 yrs

Stock page of Hindustan Unilever Ltd on Tickertape

After analysing the financial statements and annual reports, you can analyse
the growth in the share price of a stock for 3-yr and 5-yr periods. If a
company has shown positive growth in all the previous steps, it is highly
likely that it has had an upward trend in its stock price for the previous 3 yrs
and 5 yrs. For the purpose of fundamental analysis, we always analyse the
long-term growth of the share price.

Financial ratios
Financial ratios are helpful in determining the performance of a company.
They are the best ways to analyse financial statements. Benjamin Graham,
popularly known as the father of fundamental analysis, has made the use of
financial statements popular. The ratios help in the competitive analysis of a
company. Further, you can also analyse a company’s performance by
analysing its financial ratios trend.