Chapter Two
Assessing the Financial Health of A firm
Overview of the basic financial statement
The balance Sheet
The Income Statement
The Statement of shareholders equity
The Statement of Cash flow
Interpretation and Analysis of financial ratios
Performance Ratios/profitability, activity and
return on capital rations
Liquidity ratios/working capital analysis
Analysis of capital Structure
Valuation ratios and analysis for the investor
Learning Outcome
At the end of this chapter, students will
be able to:
Understand the role of financial
analysis in decision making
Highlight the sources and approaches
to financial analysis
Identify the main ratio analyses and
their role in decision making
Pinpoint the major limitations of ratio
analysis