Financial Ratio Analysis
Master financial ratio analysis: Evaluate company performance and financial health through key ratios
$99.00
Lifetime access
What you get:
- 4 hours of content
- 36 Interactive exercises
- 14 Downloadable resources
- World-class instructor
- Closed captions
- Q&A support
- Future course updates
- Course exam
- Certificate of achievement
Financial Ratio Analysis
$99.00
Lifetime access
What you get:
- 4 hours of content
- 36 Interactive exercises
- 14 Downloadable resources
- World-class instructor
- Closed captions
- Q&A support
- Future course updates
- Course exam
- Certificate of achievement
$99.00
Lifetime access
$99.00
Lifetime access
What you get:
- 4 hours of content
- 36 Interactive exercises
- 14 Downloadable resources
- World-class instructor
- Closed captions
- Q&A support
- Future course updates
- Course exam
- Certificate of achievement
What You Learn
- Evaluate a company’s financial position and overall performance using ratio analysis
- Compute financial ratios commonly used in equity and credit analysis
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of financial performance
- Master the calculation of efficiency, liquidity, solvency, profitability, and valuation ratios
- Clean and polish financial ratios from one-off and non-core items, ensuring a true representation of a company’s financial performance
- Gain essential financial analysis skills that are crucial for every analyst
Top Choice of Leading Companies Worldwide
Industry leaders and professionals globally rely on this top-rated course to enhance their skills.
Course Description
Calculating and interpreting financial ratios is a valuable skill for every seasoned financial professional. By the end of this Financial Ratio Analysis course, you will be able to understand and analyze activity, liquidity, solvency, profitability, and valuation ratios and integrate them into a comprehensive financial analysis framework in Excel. You will learn what the ROE, P/E, EPS, ROA, and GPM abbreviations mean and how to interpret and apply them in financial analysis. We will teach you to recognize whether a company is generating sufficient profits to maintain sustainable operations or is heavily in debt and headed to insolvency. You will learn how to spot potential liquidity issues and significant cash shortages and assess whether a firm is currently under or overvalued by the market using its published financial statements and supplementary information. Furthermore, we discuss a key technique called the DuPont Analysis, which compiles several ratios into a comprehensive financial analysis framework. This is а must-know for everyone interested in becoming a seasoned professional in the field. By the end of the Financial Ratio Analysis course, you will be able to compute financial ratios commonly employed in equity and credit analysis. You will also learn the meaning of segment reporting and how to use ratio analysis to model and forecast earnings. We tackle several categories of financial multiples with practical examples and challenges in Excel. Most importantly, you will evaluate the financial performance and position of a real company using ratio analysis. Sign up now to enhance your finance career and take the next step towards mastering the art of financial ratio analysis.
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1.1 What does the course cover
2 min
1.2 Tools and Techniques Used in Financial Analysis
8 min
2.1 Calculating and Interpreting Activity Ratios
9 min
2.2 Activity Ratios - Example
9 min
2.3 Calculating and Interpreting Liquidity Ratios
10 min
2.5 Calculating and Interpreting Solvency Ratios
10 min
Interactive Exercises
Practice what you've learned with coding tasks, flashcards, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, and other fun exercises.
Practice what you've learned with coding tasks, flashcards, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, and other fun exercises.
Curriculum
- 2. Types of Ratios7 Lessons 71 Min
In this section, we show you how to calculate and interpret various financial ratios classified into five categories—activity, liquidity, solvency, profitability, and valuation ratios. We’ll take the financial statements of a real company and calculate all the multiples in real time in Excel together with you.
Calculating and Interpreting Activity Ratios9 minActivity Ratios - Example9 minCalculating and Interpreting Liquidity Ratios10 minCalculating and Interpreting Solvency Ratios10 minCalculating and Interpreting Profitability Ratios10 minCalculating and Interpreting Valuation Ratios12 minRatio Analysis - Summary11 min - 3. Using Ratio Analysis in Company Evaluation5 Lessons 36 Min
In this section, we evaluate a company by integrating financial ratio analysis in a single comprehensive framework. We demonstrate the application of DuPont analysis, calculate and interpret ratios used in equity and credit analysis, and discuss the importance of ratio analysis in segment reporting.
DuPont Analysis9 minDuPont Analysis - Practical Example8 minRatios Used in Equity Analysis6 minRatios Used in Credit Analysis7 minSegment Reporting6 min - 4. Ratio Analysis and Forecasting5 Lessons 41 Min
In the last section of the Financial Ratio Analysis course, we put everything you’ve learned so far together and illustrate how you can use ratio analysis for forecasting purposes. You will learn to evaluate a company’s historical performance and make projections about its future. In addition, we will show you how to assess potential debt and equity investments and the typical adjustments an analyst might make in order to scrutinize published financial statements.
Ratio Analysis and Forecasting9 minForecasting a Company's Performance10 minAssessing the Credit Quality of Potential Debt Investments5 minScreening for Potential Equity Investments8 minCommon Adjustments to the Financial Statements9 min
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Course Requirements
- Highly recommended to take the Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis and Fundamentals of Financial Reporting courses first
Who Should Take This Course?
Level of difficulty: Beginner
- Aspiring financial analysts, investment analysts
- Everyone who wants to work in finance and understand company performance
Exams and Certification
A 365 Financial Analyst Course Certificate is an excellent addition to your LinkedIn profile—demonstrating your expertise and willingness to go the extra mile to accomplish your goals.
Meet Your Instructor
Antoniya is a finance professional with vast experience in accounting, auditing, financial management, and multiple high-level finance roles. She holds two master’s degrees—in Finance and in Contemporary Educational Technologies. She has worked as an auditor at PwC, as a financial controller at Atos, as an FP&A Manager and Senior Manager at Coca-Cola, and currently, as a Finance Manager at 365. Her passion for finance and teaching brought her to the 365 Тeam. She has been tutoring on various topics, including accounting, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, economics, etc. Antoniya’s qualifications and engaging teaching style make the learning process enjoyable, and her courses have helped numerous students progress in their careers.
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