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Guide to analysing companies / Bob Vause.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vause, Bob.
- Series:
- Economist series.
- The economist
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business enterprises--Finance.
- Business enterprises.
- Business enterprises--Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Profile Books Ltd., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A guide to how to analyse and assess the strengths and weaknesses of any company.
- Contents:
- Cover; Introduction; 1 UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS; 1 The annual report - and what underlies it; Who publishes accounts?; Who uses the annual report?; Conceptual framework; Qualitative characteristics; Accounting standards; Auditing standards; Corporate governance; 2 The balance sheet; Balance sheet presentation; Liabilities; Assets; 3 The income statement; Profit considerations; Presentation format; Nuts and bolts; Depreciation and profit; Taxing matters; Capital or revenue; 4 The cash flow statement; What matters; Funds flow statement; Cash flow; Cash flow statement; Summary
- 2 ASSESSING THE FACTS5 Guidelines for financial analysis; Comparability and consistency; Percentage rules; Index numbers; Growth rates and trends; Foreign currencies; Using databases; 6 Measuring profitability; What is profit?; Profit margin ratios; The efficiency ratios; The shareholders' return; League tables; Value-added statement; Summary; 7 Measuring efficiency; Human resource management; Physical resource management; Financial resource management; Summary; 8 Working capital and liquidity; Working capital and cash flow; Measuring liquidity; The cash cycle; Assessing the cash position
- Summary9 Capital and valuation; Gearing or leverage; Share price and value; Valuing companies; Cost of capital; Summary; 10 Strategy, success and failure; Sources of information; Corporate governance; Corporate strategy; Success or failure?; 3 USEFUL BENCHMARKS; 11 Practical examples of ratio analysis; Glossary; Abbreviations and acronyms
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611031862
- 9781281031860
- 1281031860
- 9781847650177
- 1847650171
- OCLC:
- 837575554
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