Recognize the purpose and methods of financial statement analysis and understand important financial metrics, including profitability ratios, efficiency and activity ratios, liquidity ratios, gearing and capital structure ratios, and cash flow ratios.
Learning Objectives
Recognise the purpose and methods of financial statement analysis, including ratio analysis.;Analyse relevant profitability ratios for an organisation.;Analyse relevant efficiency and activity ratios for an organisation.;Analyse relevant liquidity ratios for an organisation.;Analyse relevant gearing/capital structure ratios for an organisation.;Analyse relevant cash flow ratios for an organisation.
Major Topics
Introduction to financial statement analysis;Profitability ratios;Efficiency and activity ratios;Liquidity ratios;Gearing and capital structure ratios;Cash flow ratios