Fundamental Analysis. Understanding Financial Statements

Best Financial Analyst course for a career in Capital Markets. A Conceptual course for Global students of stock market.

Created by: Col (Dr) Shabbar Shahid. M-Tech, MBA(Fin), CE, FIE(I), PhD
Finance and Management Professional

Created by: Sofia S
Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Importance of Fundamental Analysis in Capital Markets
• How to read, understand and Analyse Financial Statements?
• What to look for in Financial Statements and what to make out of it?
• How to identify value stocks for long term investment by analyzing the Financial Statements?
• How to evaluate the worth of a business or an investment in shares?
• The concept of Assets Liabilities and their balance
• Significance of Retained Earnings, Reserves and Surplus
• Significance of Debt Equity Ratio
• Working Capital and its Significance
• How to look at and what to look for in a Balance Sheet
• The Golden Rule of a Good Balance Sheet
• How to read and analyse a Balance Sheet
• How to read and analyse a Profit and Loss Statement
• Significance of Top Line and Bottom Line and the associated psychological aspect
• What is Cash Flow
• Significance of Cash Flow statement
• How to read and analyse a Cash Flow statement
• Significance of Ratio Analysis
• Understanding Face Value of a Share
• Understanding Book Value of a Share
• Understanding Market Price of a Share
• Understanding EPS
• Understanding PE Ratio
• Analysis of Debt Equity Ratio
• Understanding ROE
• Understanding PB ratio

Requirements

• There are no prerequisites as we discuss from basics.

Target audience

• Finance Professionals and Accountants at the beginning of their career
• Students of Finance and Financial Management and those who are looking forward to a successful career in the field of finance and investment
• Those who invest or are interested in investing in stock market
• Students of commerce and business courses and who look forward to become CFA, CFO or Finance managers or Financial Analysts
• University and College students who would like to enhance their finance and investment knowledge
• Business owners and Entrepreneurs who would like to analyse the financial strength of their own business
• Students aspiring to become financial analyst, Financial consultants or Finance managers
• Anyone who is keen to learn Finance and Investment or Financial Analysis
• Stock market investors who would like to enhance their ability to evaluate stocks for long term investment
• Students undergoing professional courses in Finance like CFA, CA, MBA etc for better understanding of the subject