Blair Cook – Financial Analysis: Reading Financial Statements like a Pro
Learn how to interpret all the parts of a set of financial statements and make decisions using a financial rationale.
One of the most crucial skills for any manager to develop, financial or otherwise, is an ability to pick up and read a set of financial statements. Financial statements tell important stories about how a business has performed, its level of financial strength, and the availability of cash generated. Unfortunately, these stories are often not explicitly stated and require understanding and further analysis.
In this course, we will work through a set of financial statements highlighting the key points of relevance. We will also learn about ratio analysis, which will help us generate a deeper level of insight into the financial results by making comparisons to prior periods and to peers. This is a foundational course that will deepen your understanding of what the numbers mean.
What You’ll Learn In Financial Analysis: Reading Financial Statements like a Pro
- Welcome to the Course! Get the Overview of What You’ll Learn (4:20)
- What is a 10-K? (7:12)
- Evaluating Profitability by Analyzing the Income Statement (19:27)
- Evaluating Operations: Tying Operating Metrics to Financial Results (7:02)
- Evaluating Financial Strength: Balance Sheet Analysis (13:31)
- Evaluating Cash Flow Generation (8:41)
- Performing Investment Analysis (14:36)
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