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Financial Statement Analysis by Martin S. Fridson,Fernando Alvarez
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    • Product code: 14806
    • ISBN: 0471409154, ISBN13: 9780471409151, 416 pages, hardback
      Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc on 2002 , 3rd Revised edition
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    Description of Financial Statement Analysis

    The definitive guide to the analysis and use of financial statements. Financial statement analysis is an essential skill in a variety of investment and finance occupations. This fully revised and up-to-date Third Edition of "Financial Statement Analysis" provides readers with detailed, fresh information on evaluating financial statements in today's volatile markets and complex economy. Expanded coverage and new case studies of this important topic provide the analytical framework readers need to scrutinize financial statements whether one is evaluating a company's stock price or determining valuations for a merger or acquisition.

    Contents of Financial Statement Analysis

      1. Reading Between the Lines.
    • The Adversial Nature of Financial Reporting. 2. The Basic Financial Statements
    • The Balance Sheet.
    • The Income Statement.
    • The Statement of Cash Flow. 3. A Closer Look at Profit
    • What is Profit?
    • Revenue Recognition.
    • Expense Recognition.
    • Applications and Limitations of EBITDA.
    • The Reliability of Disclosures and Audits.
    • Mergers-and-Acquisitions Accounting.
    • Profits in Pensions. 4. Forecasting and Security Analysis
    • Forecasting Financial Statements.
    • Credit Analysis.
    • Equity Analysis.


    About Martin S. Fridson and Fernando Alvarez

      MARTIN FRIDSON is Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Company and a member of Institutional Investor's All--America Fixed Income Research Team. His other books include How to Be a Billionaire, It Was a Very Good Year, and Investment Illusions, all published by Wiley. He is a past governor of the Association for Investment Management and Research. FERNANDO ALVAREZ is Clinical Associate Professor in the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stern School of Business at NYU. His current research focuses on the management of cash flows resulting from changes in working capital requirements, the structure of cash flows, and the sources and uses of capital for the entrepreneurial firm. His research has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation, the Kaufman Foundation, U.S. Trust of Boston, and Wells Fargo Bank.


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