Chapter 4: Types of Major Accounts (FAR by: Millan) Chapter 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS
Learning Objectives: At the end of the discussion, the student will able to:
1. Discuss the Concept of FS ANALYSIS
2. Compute and Interpret the Horizontal and Trend Analysis 3. Compute and Interpret the Vertical or Common Size FS FS ANALYSIS
• Financial statement analysis is the process of
analyzing a company’s financial statements for decision-making purposes. External stakeholders use it to understand the overall health of an organization and to evaluate financial performance and business value. Internal constituents use it as a monitoring tool for managing the finances. FS ANALYSIS
• Financial accounting calls for all companies
to create a balance sheet, income statement, changes in owners equity and cash flow statement, which form the basis for financial statement analysis.
• Horizontal, vertical, and ratio analysis are
three techniques that analysts use when analyzing financial statements. • END OF PRESENTATION