Brian Lagrange (Week 5 Discussion Financial Statement and Ratio Analyisis)

Please see below. Be sure to include an explanation as well. If you were a user of financial statements, what type of ratio/analysis do you think would be most important to use to make sure the company you have invested in is doing well?  What would you look for in a company that you were considering investing in?

What are some important ratios to analyze in financial statements? Which measures are important and Why? And once i do calculate the numbers how can i interpret the results and make a good management decision?

Discuss your assumptions on the key factors such as industry characteristics, firm characteristics, sales growth, profit margin, dividend policy, asset requirement, and leverage. How do these factors affect your forecasting of financial statements? And discuss why the circular reference occurs between the proforma income statement and balance sheet in your forecasting model?

There are different tools for analyzing the financial statements of a company, such as horizontal analysis, vertical analysis, ratios for measuring financial health, and so forth. But before we begin using these tools, it is important to know the purpose of each tool. Please discuss one of these tools.

Which of the following BEST describes Financial Condition Analysis (FCA)? Group of answer choices it mainly uses financial information in analysis it is a daily assessment of financial performance it evaluates the costs and benefits of financial analysis it assesses the impact of socioeconomic/organizational factors on financial condition

Advantages and disadvantages of using financial statements as a tool to analyse the financial performance of a company.

Managers explain and voluntarily disclose the forecasted financial information to the external financial users at the beginning of the period. The purpose to provide the forecasted financial information is to help the external investors interpret managers’ forecasted earnings by examining the profitability of the firm when the investors forecast the earnings and make investment decision.Discuss the extent to which you agree/disagree with that trend? You should support your reasoning with example(s).

Identify the following statements and match it with the one of the qualitative characteristics of financial statement. Submitted Answers Prompts Choose a match The information provided to user to determine the company's growth or future potential Neutrality The financial Statements most be produced within a certain period that users can take advantage of information to make Predictive Value informative decision. Financial Statement is complete, neutral and free of material O Faithful represented statement, it means that it is.. Timeliness The information provided in the financial statement should not be biased to specific group of users.

Which of the following financial statements would be most useful if an analyst wants to know the profitability of a​ company?   A. balance sheet   B. statement of cash flows   C. statement of retained earnings   D. income statement

PROBLEM Below is a list of the qualitative characteristics identified in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2. Following the list is a series of descriptive phrases. a. feedback value b. relevance c. decision usefulness d. reliability e. comparability f. predictive value g. varifiability h. consistency i. representational faithfulness j. timeliness k. neutrality _____ 1. When information can make a difference in a decision. _____ 2. Making information available when it is needed. _____ 3. When accounting policies and procedures are unchanged from period ro period. _____ 4. When information is verifiable and neutral. _____ 5. Occurs when the measurement results can be duplicated. _____ 6. The overall qualitative characteristics accounting information should possess. _____ 7. When information enables decision makers to confirm prior expectations. _____ 8. When accounting information is reported the same way by different companies.  Required: Match each characteristic…

TRUE OR FALSE: Read each sentence carefully and determine whether the statement True or False. Write your answers in the space provided before the number. 1. Financial statement analysis uses computational and analytical techniques to evaluate the company's risks, performance, financial health, and future prospects with the objective of making economic decisions. 2. Return on asset is an operational efficiency ratio. 3. Profitability ratios measure the ability of the company's assets to generate sales. 4. Gross profit margin provides an indication of the company's average pricing policy 5. Given equal gross profit margin, the company with the lower operating income margin has higher operating expenses as a percentage of sales and has leaner operations. Written Works Below are the comparative Statement of Comprehensive Income & Statement of Financial Position of Ellane Company & Lanie Company: Statement of Comprehensive Income Ellane Company 2013 Melanie Company 2014 2013 2014 Net Sales…

What does Financial Statement Analysis mean? What do you think is done when analyzing Financial Statements?   What steps must be taken to analyze financial statements? Identify more than 2 but less than 6 sequential steps you believe should be taken when analyzing financial statements for a company.

Mastery Problem: Financial Statement Analysis Liquidity and Solvency Measures Your friend, another accountant, has bet you that with your knowledge of accounting and just the computations for common analytical measures, you can figure out many aspects of a company's financial statements. You take the bet! Match each computation to one of the liquidity and solvency measures in the table. (Hint: Begin by looking for simple computations and identifying the amounts in those computations. Look for other measures that use those amounts.) Liquidity and Solvency Measures   Computations Working capital   $3,095,000 – $900,000  Current ratio   $3,095,000 ÷ $900,000  Quick ratio   $1,866,000 ÷ $900,000  Accounts receivable turnover   $8,280,000 ÷ [($714,000 + $740,000) ÷ 2]  Number  of days' sales in receivables   [($714,000 + $740,000) ÷ 2] ÷ ($8,280,000 ÷ 365)  Inventory turnover   $4,100,000 ÷ [($1,072,000 + $1,100,000) ÷ 2]  Number of days' sales in inventory…

Mastery Problem: Financial Statement Analysis Liquidity and Solvency Measures Your friend, another accountant, has bet you that with your knowledge of accounting and just the computations for common analytical measures, you can figure out many aspects of a company's financial statements. You take the bet! Match each computation to one of the liquidity and solvency measures in the table. (Hint: Begin by looking for simple computations and identifying the amounts in those computations. Look for other measures that use those amounts.) Liquidity and Solvency Measures   Computations Working capital   $3,095,000 – $860,000  Current ratio   $3,095,000 ÷ $860,000  Quick ratio   $1,866,000 ÷ $860,000  Accounts receivable turnover   $8,250,000 ÷ [($714,000 + $740,000) ÷ 2]  Number  of days' sales in receivables   [($714,000 + $740,000) ÷ 2] ÷ ($8,250,000 ÷ 365)  Inventory turnover   $4,100,000 ÷ [($1,072,000 + $1,100,000) ÷ 2]  Number of days' sales in inventory…

Financial statement analysis is used to evaluate a firm's liquidity position, solvency position, and profitability position.  Respond to this statement with supporting arguments.

Define financial statement analysis and how do users use liquidity and efficiency, solvency, profitability, and market prospect? In other words are are the building blocks of analysis used?

What are the latest trends and developments in the field of accounting and finance, and how can organizations leverage them to improve financial management practices? Provide examples to support your answer

PROBLEM Below is a list of the qualitative characteristics identified in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2. Following the list is a series of descriptive phrases. a. feedback value b. relevance c. decision usefulness d. reliability e. comparability f. predictive value g. varifiability h. consistency i. representational faithfulness j. timeliness k. neutrality _____ 4. When information is verifiable and neutral. _____ 5. Occurs when the measurement results can be duplicated. _____ 6. The overall qualitative characteristics accounting information should possess. _____ 7. When information enables decision makers to confirm prior expectations. _____ 8. When accounting information is reported the same way by different companies.  Required: Match each characteristic with the appropiate phrase.

From curiosity, what graphs are made to indicate the financial performance of a company?