AccountingIntermediate

Read Any Financial Statement

Analyse a real company's accounts with confidence.

Taught by Pooja Adhikari · Chartered Accountant

What you'll learn

  • Navigate a full set of financial statements
  • Compute profitability, liquidity and leverage ratios
  • Interpret ratios in context, not isolation
  • Spot red flags in a set of accounts

About this course

Move from knowing the statements to analysing them. You'll work through real-world style accounts, compute the ratios investors and managers actually use, and spot the early warning signs that numbers can reveal.

Course content

5 lessons
  1. 1Anatomy of an annual reportWhere to find what.Preview
  2. 2Profitability ratiosIs the business actually good?
  3. 3Liquidity & solvencyCan it pay its bills?
  4. 4Ratios in contextA number alone means little.
  5. 5Spotting red flagsWhat the numbers warn you about.