Guide to Analysing Companies, 5th Edition

Part 1. Understanding the basics.

1. The annual report - and what underlies it.

2. The balance sheet.

3. The income statement.

4. The cash flow statement.

Part 2. Assessing the facts.

5. Guideleines for financial analysis.

6. Measuring profitability.

7. Measuring efficiency.

8. Working capital and liquidity.

9. Capital and valuation.

10. Strategy, success and failure.

Part 3. Useful Benchmarks.

11. Practical examples of ratio analysis.

Glossary.

Abbreviations and acronyms.

Index.