Analysis of Financial Statements by

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The biggest reason why only 4% of the total population of India invest in the stock market is the scams & frauds that happened in the past. Don't you think that having the correct knowledge before investing in any company is very essential? This course will help you learn about valuation techniques so that you can save your money from fraud companies & get good returns from the stock market.

Course Outline

What you will learn:

What are Financial Statements.
Elements of Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement.
How to analyse the Financial Statements to form a judgement.
Ratio Analysis and Valuation Techniques.
Case Study on companies that have become fraudulent.

About Course

Bhushan Steels, Laxmi Vilas Banks, IL&FS - Thousands of lives and millions of rupees were disrupted when the fraudulent activities of these companies came to the limelight. Such cases of people losing their life savings due to the unethical ways of some big corporate giants are always heartbreaking. And by the time people attempt to be more aware investors and plan to identify such frauds better next time, another fraud takes place, leaving all of us wondering if only there was a way to detect these malpractices in advance. But there is a way! And this way is as old as the concept of investing and accounting. Yes, it's knowing how to properly interpret the financial statements of a company.

This course will highlight the importance of knowing how to analyse financial statements by explaining how the frauds at the above-mentioned companies could have been avoided if only investors knew how to read the statements. The course will try to easily explain financial statements and their various elements like Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss Account, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to Accounts. This course further explains how you can use ratio analysis for interpreting the non-financial aspects of any company. It also highlights the valuation techniques so that you can identify whether a share is underpriced or overpriced.

Course Syllabus

How Financial Statements help in analyzing companies?

Understanding Balance Sheet
Understanding Statement of Profit and Loss
Understanding Cash Flow Statement

Why should you use Ratio Analysis?
Profitability Ratios
Solvency Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Activity Ratios

Analyzing Profits and Sales
Analyzing Receivables
Analyzing Debt
Analyzing Working Capital

How to measure share price on the basis of earnings?
How to analyze share price on the basis of growth?

Identifying corporate scams through Financial Statements

^*Exam will be conducted by BSE Institute and certification will also be provided by BSE Institute.

Meet Your Instructor

Stuti Rajuka and CA Nishant Kumar

Nishant Kumar- Chartered Accountant by Qualification; Educator by Passion, 6+ years of experience of teaching Accounts, Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning, Statistics to CA Students; Author of two books on CA Foundation, Certified Research Analyst; 2+ years of experiencing of teaching Stock Market related concepts

Stuti Rajuka- Ex-Finance Content Creator at Finology Ventures Pvt Ltd, BFS, Content Writer and a CA finalist.