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Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance

Financial Performance Interpretation and Ratio Analysis

AF702 · Corporate Reporting — Week 7 of 16

CourseAF702
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Financial Performance Interpretation and Ratio Analysis

  1. Profitability, liquidity, and asset efficiency analysis
  2. Solvency and capital gearing metrics
  3. Investor ratios and earnings per share
  4. Trend and cross-sectional comparative analysis
  5. Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Other financial ratios - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  6. Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Financial Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  7. CIMA F3 Evaluation of financial objectives - Investor ratios (1)

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Interpret published accounting information.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: interpret published accounting information.

Study materials

Videos

  • Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Other financial ratios - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 28 min · for registered students
  • Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Financial Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students
  • CIMA F3 Evaluation of financial objectives - Investor ratios (1) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students
  • Decoding Financial Statements: Elevating Equity Valuations Through Earnings Quality Analysis · YouTube · LSE · 43 min · for registered students
  • Session 6A: Financial Ratios (Examples) · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 17 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Intermediate Financial Accounting Vol. 2, Lyryx 2021-A, ch. 22: Putting It All Together: Disclosures and Analysis Overview · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 405–442 · for registered students
  • MIT 15.535 Business Analysis Using Financial Statements, lecture notes: Ratio Analysis and Bankruptcy Detection · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting, Lyryx 2023-A, ch. 12: Financial Statement Analysis · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 489–532 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Regulatory Frameworks in Corporate Reporting
  • Week 2: Abuse, Creative Accounting, and Ethical Failures
  • Week 3: Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings of Accounting
  • Week 4: Corporate Accounting Policies and Application
  • Week 5: Preparation of Primary Financial Statements
  • Week 6: Group Financial Reporting and Consolidation
  • Week 7: Financial Performance Interpretation and Ratio Analysis
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical Assessment of Published Corporate Reports
  • Week 10: Sector-Specific Accounting Frameworks
  • Week 11: Critical Evaluation of Specialized Industry Accounting
  • Week 12: Applying Corporate Reporting in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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