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Financial Analysis Fundamentals Course Overview

Financial analysis is a crucial aspect of assessing a business’s financial health. It offers insights into performance and highlights potential vulnerabilities. In CFI’s “Financial Analysis Fundamentals” course, we will compute and interpret ratios for three different companies, offering insights into their profitability, asset utilization, leverage, and liquidity. Subsequently, we will compare these companies, examining trends, benchmarking, and delving into the DuPont Pyramid.



Financial Analysis Fundamentals Learning Objectives

  • Calculate and interpret various return ratios, such as return on equity and return on assets.
  • Conduct an in-depth vertical analysis of the income statement, including the calculation and interpretation of different profitability ratios.
  • Assess a company’s asset utilization efficiency including undertaking a detailed assessment of its work capital.
  • Calculate and interpret a wide range of leverage and liquidity ratios.
  • Conduct and present a comprehensive horizontal (trend) financial analysis.
  • Compare a company’s performance against that of its industry peers to gain valuable insights.


Recommended Prep Courses

These preparatory courses are optional, but we recommend you to complete the stated prep course(s) or possess the equivalent knowledge prior to enrolling in this course:
  1. Accounting Fundamentals
  2. Reading Financial Statements

Who should take this financial analysis course?

This financial analysis course is perfect for any aspiring financial analyst working in investment banking, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), equity research, corporate development, and other areas of finance and accounting. This class counts as continuing professional education (CPE) credits for CPAs. For further CPE information, please read before purchasing: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/about/cpe-information/

Financial Analysis Fundamentals

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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.

Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® Certification
Financial Analysis Fundamentals is part of the Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA)® certification, which includes 43 courses.
  • Skills Learned Financial modeling and valuation, sensitivity analysis, strategy
  • Career Prep Investment banking and equity research, FP&A, corporate development
FinTech Industry Professional (FTIP)™
  • Skills Learned Financial Technology Fundamentals, Data Science and Machine Learning, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
  • Career Prep Data Science and Machine Learning, Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Software Developer

Learner Reviews

Benchmarking Knowledge
The content and support materials are very clear, the didactic materials were very useful for my future analysis of the market.

Alondra Mata Moreno

Very Helpful
Thank you for the detailed explanations!

Soltan Mammadov


ipad support is not ideal maybe an ipad app would be great

Abdulaziz AlBahkali

Very easy on the brain
I did improve my knowledge of ratios. It was informative and clear.

Sverri Kelduberg

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What are the requirements to take the courses?
All of our certification programs are open to students and professionals in various industries and levels of experience. Our curriculum is designed to teach what you need to know from basic fundamentals to advanced practical case studies. To take the courses and complete the exercises, students will only need access to a PC and/or Mac, Microsoft Suite (2016 or newer), and a stable internet connection. Click here to view the Technical Requirements
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Students must complete all the video lessons, quizzes, and final assessments in each course. You can retake the assessments as many times as necessary until you reach an 80% passing grade. For more information on how to earn a course certificate, click HERE.
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Students are required to complete an online assessment (Multiple choice questions, Fill-in-the-Blanks, and Excel Questions) at the end of each course. You can take the exams on your own schedule and will need to earn at least 80% to pass the course and earn your certificate of course completion. Please note that course exams can be repeated as many times as you need. Students are also required to complete the FMVA® final exam to earn their certification. How to Take a Qualified Assessment
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Will these courses help me advance my career?
Based on hundreds of reviews from thousands of students we know how CFI courses have helped so many people advance their finance careers. Our courses are designed to be extremely practical and simulate the experience of being trained as a professional financial analyst…the ultimate way to advance your career. For real-world examples and to help delve even deeper into the course concepts, please look into our free career resources library.
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