About this Course
Topics covered include: Review Components of an Annual Report; Define Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis; Perform a Fundamental Analysis; Review a Financial Analysis Model; Perform a Technical Analysis; Sources of key competitive benchmarks; Produce the key liquidity, leverage and profitability ratios for the company.
Upon completing this course, you should be able to: Recognize how to apply horizontal, vertical and ratio analysis to financial statements;
Identify positive and negative trends and use the MD&A of the annual report to better understand the reasons behind them from management's perspective; Describe various types of ratios; Calculate the days sales outstanding ratio; Differentiate statements regarding technical analysis; Identify components of an annual report; Calculate the P/E ratio.