Normalizing Income Statements

Name: Normalizing Income Statements
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Normalizing Income Statements uses a real company to teach finance professionals how to analyze and adjust income statements for accurate financial analysis and decision making.

Identify and adjust the income statement for non-core and non-recurring items.
Analyze adjusted income statements to better understand a company’s true operating performance.
Prepare the income statement for financial models, valuations, and strategic business scenarios.

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Normalizing Income Statements

Overview

Normalizing Income Statements Overview

Normalizing Income Statements is designed to teach learners how to adjust and interpret income statements for financial analysis and decision making. This course empowers learners with the skills necessary to transform financial statements, ensuring they accurately represent a company’s core operations and are ideal for use in diverse financial modeling and valuation contexts.

Normalizing Income Statements Learning Objectives

Understand the concept of normalization
Apply practical normalization techniques
Interpret real-world financial documents
Compute key financial metrics

Who Should Take This Course?

Unexpected, non-recurring items are bound to happen to any company. These can dramatically impact a company’s financial statements, skewing the underlying operating performance. Therefore, financial analysts need to be able to identify and adjust for these one-time items to better understand a company’s true performance. This course is perfect for anyone who uses and analyzes financial statements, including investment bankers, equity research analysts, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professionals.

Courses we recommend you take in advance

Financial Analysis Fundamentals

Accounting Fundamentals

Reading Financial Statements

What you'll learn

Lesson

Multimedia

Exams

Files

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Accounting for Financial Analysts Specialization

Skills learned Accounting, Financial Analysis, Reading Financial Statements and more
Career prep Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Equity Research, and more.

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What Our Members Say

Time invested was incredibly worthwhile

I recently completed the Corporate Finance Institute's (CFI) course on normalizing income statements, and while it definitely presented some challenges, I can wholeheartedly say the time invested was incredibly worthwhile. The material wasn't easy; understanding the nuances of non-recurring items and adjusting financial statements required focus and a willingness to grapple with complex concepts. There were moments when I had to reread sections multiple times, and I found myself frequently referring to the supporting documents and examples. But that's precisely what made the learning experience so rewarding. The instructors did a great job of breaking down complex topics into manageable chunks, and the practical application exercises were particularly helpful in solidifying my understanding. By the end, I felt a tangible increase in my confidence and ability to critically analyze financial statements, a skill that's incredibly valuable in the world of finance. The time spent was an investment, and that investment has already paid off. I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone serious about improving their financial analysis skills.

Dr Gregory Gray Jr

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Can I download the Excel files and financial modeling templates for the course?

Absolutely! All the files and templates needed in a course are available for download. Just look for a module that shows Downloadable Files within the course dashboard. See here for a visual guide on how to do this.

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Normalizing Income Statements

Normalizing Income Statements Overview

Normalizing Income Statements Learning Objectives

Who Should Take This Course?

Courses we recommend you take in advance

Normalizing Income Statements

What you'll learn

Introduction

The Essentials of Normalizing Income Statements

Practical Examples

Summary

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Accounting for Financial Analysts Specialization

What Our Members Say

Dr Gregory Gray Jr

Frequently Asked Questions