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Accounting All-in-One For Dummies, with Online Practice, 2nd Edition
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Accounting All-in-One For Dummies, with Online Practice, 2nd Edition

by Joseph Kraynak
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
20h 9m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Analyzing Financial Statements

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Evaluating a business’s financial health

check Categorizing business transactions

check Connecting revenue and expenses with assets and liabilities

check Focusing on profitability and activity measures

check Preparing vertical and horizontal analyses

Stakeholders in a business are naturally curious about the financial condition of a company, as reported in its financial statements. Stakeholders include everyone who may be affected by the financial success or failure of the business — owners, investors, lenders, the CEO and other executives, managers, employees, and even vendors.

This chapter offers practical tips to help investors, lenders, or anyone who has a financial stake in a business glean important insights from financial statements. These tips also help anyone else with an interest in the financial condition of a business.

Judging Solvency and Liquidity

Solvency and liquidity both measure the ability of an entity to pay its debts. Solvency ...

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