Fundamentals of Analysing Financial Statement
Who Should Attend
- Entry level Finance Professionals
- Financial Analysts
- Staff working in Financial Services
Course Information
By the end of the is course, learners should be able to:
- Understand the mechanics of financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flow).
- Understand key earnings ratios including earnings-per-share (EPS).
- Calculate profitability metrics and how to properly analyse them.
- Calculate activity and turnover ratios.
- Understand the components of return on assets and return on equity.
- Understand the key ratios used to evaluate liquidity, solvency, and leverage.
- Use key valuation metrics (P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/B, P/S, etc) to determine how cheap or expensive a stock is.
- Understand the key financial filings Jamaican companies file with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE).
