Financial Statement Analysis for MBAs

This module familiarizes students with the course, instructors, learning environment, and technical skills required. It includes an overview of the course content and learning objectives.

This module reviews financial statement and basic accounting principles, covering various financial statements and how they work together.

This module explores the differences between book value, intrinsic value, and market value of equity, covering concepts like historical cost vs fair value and mispricing.

This module provides an understanding of common SEC filings and the information they contain. It covers navigating company investor relations pages, EDGAR, and specific filings like 10-K and proxy statements.

This module focuses on common financial ratios and how to calculate various balance sheet ratios. It covers productivity ratios, cash conversion cycle, liquidity and solvency ratios, and coverage ratios.

This module teaches how to calculate various income statement ratios and conduct vertical and horizontal income statement analysis. It also covers benchmarking using combined vertical and horizontal analysis.

This module covers the computation of return ratios and understanding their performance drivers. It includes return on assets, return on common equity, and return on invested capital.

This module provides an understanding of dividend yield and its calculation, as well as the valuation role and implications of share buybacks. It also covers total shareholder return.

This module explores the concept of accounting quality, its importance, and how to detect issues. It covers earnings quality, its impact on forecasting future earnings, and methods for detecting earnings manipulations.