Essential Guide to Accounting for Financial Analysts

The essential handbook to accounting fundamentals and company financial statements for effective financial analysis.

Written by Jeff Schmidt

Reviewed by Kelly Bailey

Read Time 1 minutes

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.

Download Accounting and Financial Statement Essentials

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

Continue growing your accounting skills and learn about financial statements in our Accounting Fundamentals course or explore our Accounting for Financial Analysts Specialization!