Interpreting company reports and accounts

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Introduction

Context

The workshop refers in many places to specific operating and financial ratios. These are not defined in this tutorial but are defined in 'Using Ratios to Analyse Companies', and if you do not already have a good understanding of ratios we recommend that you take that tutorial first.

Prior knowledge required

None, but you will get more out of the tutorial if you have already completed the tutorial on 'Using Ratios to Analyse a Company' since these ratios are referred to throughout this tutorial.

Contents

1. The five main components of a set of report and accounts
2. What to look for in the directors' report
3. What to look for in the P&L
4. Earnings per share (EPS)
5. Price earnings ratio (P/E)
6. What to look for in the balance sheet
7. What to look for in the cash flow statement
8. What to look for in the auditors' report
9. Other information sources
10. Conclusion

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