Analysis of Financial Statements

Financial statements capture and report on four key business activities: planning, financing, investing, and operating activities. To intelligently understand, analyze, and interpret financial statements you must look for the right information, know where to locate it, and then act swiftly on the findings. Analysis of Financial Statements provides the essential concepts and tools needed by analysts who make decisions on the basis of information found in financial statements. This book offers a comprehensive approach to understanding financial statements, from sources of financial information and the three basic types of statements to the various measures that common stock and equity analysts can use to assess a company. Analysis of Financial Statements also includes examples of real world applications from practicing analysts plus review questions at the end of each chapter.

Pamela P. Peterson, PhD, CFA is a professor of finance at Florida State University where she teaches undergraduate courses in corporate finance and doctoral courses in empirical research methods. She is an editor of the Contemporary Finance Digest, a publication of the Financial Management Association and CIBC World Markets. Professor Peterson has published articles in journals including the Journal of Finance, Financial Management, and the Financial Analysts Journal. She is the author of Financial Management and Analysis and co-author with David R. Peterson of Company Performance and Measures of Value Added.