Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• Explain what financial statements analysis is
• Explain the two major forms of financial statement analysis
• Describe what is meant by a ratio in accounting
• List the advantages of ratio analysis
• List the different types of ratios in financial accounting
• Explain what is meant by market capitalization in accounting
• Explain what ‘volume’ refers to the price and shareholding data
• Identify how a company can earn money from shares
• List the two most popular ways to analyze investments
• Explain the importance of an income statement
• Identify the two major types of liabilities
• Identify the three components of fundamental analysis