资料介绍
财务报告分析方案研讨内容提要:
In order to obtain information as to whether the amount 1 represents an increase over prior years or 2 is adEQuate in relation to the company’s need for cash, the amount of cash must be compared wITh other financial statement data.
Comparisons can be made on several difference bases – tHRee are illustrated in this chapter: (1) intra-company basis, (2) industry averages, and (3) inter-company basis.
THRee commonly used tools are utilized to evaluate the significance of financial statement data.
(1) Horizontal analysis 横向分析 (trend analysis) is a technique for evaluating a serIEs of financial statement data over a period of time.
(2) Vertical analysis 纵向分析 is a technique for evaluating financial statement data that expresses each ITem in a financial statement in terms of a percent of a base amount.
(3) Ratio analysis比率分析 expresses the relationship among selected ITems of financial statement data.
Ratio analysis expresses the relationship among selected ITems of financial statement data.
A ratio expresses the mathematical relationship between one quantITy and another.
A single ratio by ITself is not very meaningful, in the upcoming illustrations we will use.