Financial Statement Analysis. (1.5 h)

This course is intended to present you with a framework for using financial and market information to analyze a business and assess its potential market value. The focus will be on the information included in a firm’s financial statements and the accompanying notes, however you will also consider how other available information is relevant to this analysis. Throughout the semester we will examine (i) how to analyze and assess a company’s business strategy, (ii) how to interpret and analyze differences in firm-specific application of accounting techniques, (iii) how to analyze financial data in a systematic and logical method, (iv) techniques for forecasting financial information, and (v) techniques for equity valuation. These components will then be pulled together into a comprehensive framework for evaluating a business focusing on the available financial information. P- FIN 231 ; BEM 201 or prerequisite override required.