Lecture Survey of accounting (3/e) - Chapter 9: Financial statement analysis

After you have mastered the material in this chapter, you will be able to: Describe factors associated with communicating useful information, differentiate between horizontal and vertical analysis, explain ratio analysis, calculate ratios for assessing a company’s liquidity, calculate ratios for assessing a company’s solvency, calculate ratios for assessing company management’s effectiveness, calculate ratios for assessing a company’s position in the stock market, explain the limitations of financial statement analysis.