Whether you’re a current or aspiring financial analyst, or just looking to familiarize yourself with financial accounting, this guidebook is for you. Within its pages, Essential Guide to Accounting for Financial Analysts illustrates key accounting concepts and offers a guided tour of the three core financial statements:
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Cash Flow Statement
Key Highlights
Understand the role and importance of financial statements in analyzing a company’s financial performance.
Explore the format of the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement.
Define various accounting terms related to financial statements.
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Your go-to resource for learning accounting basics and understanding the three core financial statements!
Everything You’ll Learn in Accounting and Financial Statement Essentials
Your free download covers key building blocks to strengthen your understanding of financial statements and the accounting behind them, including:
Key accounting terms and definitions.
Overviews of the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement.
Summary comparison of the three financial statements.
Balance sheet components:
Assets
Liabilities
Shareholders’ equity
Plus the typical line items within each section
Income statement components:
Sales revenue
Direct operating costs
Indirect operating costs
Cost of debt financing
Income tax
Net income
Earnings per share (EPS)
Cash flow statement components:
Cash from operations
Cash from investing
Cash from financing
Net increase/decrease in cash
Closing cash balance
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