Analysis of the Corporate Annual Report ON DEMAND

Overview

This course focuses on an analysis of the corporate annual report. This course helps you interpret and understand its components, including the financial statements, footnotes, review of operations, auditor’s report, supplementary schedules, management discussion and analysis, and management’s report on internal control over financial reporting. It touches upon how the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 reporting differs from traditional reporting. The course also teaches you how to perform financial ratios and cash flow analyses.

Highlights

Analysis of financial statements for liquidity, asset utilization and solvency. Analysis of financial statements for profitability and market value.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs, CFOs, controllers, financial professionals, and auditors.

Objectives

Identify the basic financial statements of the annual report and their purpose: the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows. Identify the other sections and items of the annual report. Identify important factors for financial statement analysis. Identify types of ratio analysis, and more.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.