Reading and interpreting the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement are useful tools for any finance industry role. This course will enable you to read and interpret all three financial statements using real-life companies, building your analysis skills to assess companies from an operational and financial perspective.

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• Describe the key financial statements and why all three are needed to get a true understanding of the financial health of a company.
• Perform a horizontal analysis of a company by looking at trends across accounting periods.
• Calculate ratios used by equity analysts to assess the operational efficiency of a company.
• Assess if a company has been able to provide stakeholders with sufficient returns on their investments.