Introduction
Comparing financial statements across time
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Use key tools to analyze financial statements
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1. A Review of the Financial Statements
Link the accounting equation to all three statements
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Analyze balance sheets for assets and liabilities
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Break down the income statement by revenues and costs
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Evaluate cash flows for operations, investing, and finance
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Use AI to generate insights from financial statements
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Excel: Connect the three statements
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2. The DuPont Framework
Calculate return on equity and assess performance
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Apply DuPont analysis to ROE components
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Compare Ford vs. GM using the DuPont framework
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Automate DuPont analysis using AI tools
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Excel: Use the DuPont Framework to compare companies
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3. Common-Size Financial Statements
Scale statements with common-size analysis tools
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Convert and analyze a common-size income statement
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Break down a common-size balance sheet for insights
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Compare Walmart and Target’s common-size statements
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Use AI to common-size financial statements
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Excel: Construct and use common-size financial statements
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4. Profitability Ratios
Discern the many ways to define income and profit
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Compare profitability across industries
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Use AI to compute key profitability ratios
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Excel: Build income statements to identify profit issues
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5. Efficiency Ratios
Analyze a company's full operating cycle
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Compute a company's days sales of inventory (DSI)
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Compute and interpret average collection period (ACP)
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Compare Harley and McDonald’s efficiency metrics
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Use AI analysis to detect ratio trends over time
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Excel: Improve cash flow via receivables and inventory
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6. Leverage Ratios
Rethink the current ratio in today’s context
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Differentiate key debt ratios in financial analysis
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Compare debt ratios across companies
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Use AI to assess financial risk from leverage
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Excel: Analyze ratios for successful companies
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7. Limitations of Financial Statement Analysis
Recognize limits of past performance analysis
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Avoid common pitfalls of financial statement analysis
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Resist oversimplifying financial performance issues
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Use AI to spot limits in financial comparisons
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Excel: Spot comparability pitfalls in global financials
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Conclusion
Plan your next steps in financial statement analysis
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