Assessment Description

Consider your current company, or a company that you have previously worked for, and describe and critique how financial statement analysis could be used for that organization. If you do not have relevant work experience, use the GCU Library to locate an article on financial statement analysis and compare the processes recommended by the article to those in the textbook. Your initial post should be approximately 250 words. To participate in follow up discussion, ask questions and post comments regarding classmates’ posts, or respond to follow-up questions posted by the instructor.

Finance & International Markets

Finance & International Markets

Please include proper citations in your discussion post. Points will be deducted if proper citations are not used.

Assessment Description

Review Case 12.21 in your textbook. Share your observations and recommendations for the company based on the data provided. Please review the posts of your classmates before responding to Case 12.21; provide responses that are different than what your classmates’ have posted and recommended.
To participate in follow up discussion, ask questions and post comments regarding classmates’ posts or respond to follow-up questions posted by the instructor.

Please include proper citations in your discussion post. Points will be deducted if proper citations are not used.

Fundamental financial analysis starts with the information found in a company’s financial reports. These financial reports include audited financial statements, additional disclosures required by regulatory authorities, and any accompanying (unaudited) commentary by management. Basic financial statement analysis—as presented in this reading—provides a foundation that enables the analyst to better understand other information gathered from research beyond the financial reports.

This reading is organized as follows: Section 2 discusses the scope of financial statement analysis. Section 3 describes the sources of information used in financial statement analysis, including the primary financial statements (statement of financial position or balance sheet, statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, and cash flow statement). Section 4 provides a framework for guiding the financial statement analysis process. A summary of the key points conclude the reading.