What are Comparative Financial Statements?
A comparative statement is a document used to compare a particular financial statement with prior period statements. Previous financials are presented alongside the latest figures in side-by-side columns, enabling investors to identify trends, track a companys progress and compare it with industry rivals.
Explain the usefulness of trend percentages in interpretation of financial performance of a company.
What do you understand by analysis and interpretation of financial statements? Discuss its importance.
Describe the different techniques of financial analysis and explain the limitations of financial analysis.
What is the importance of comparative statements? Illustrate youranswer with particular reference to comparative income statement.
Explain how common size statements are prepared giving an example.
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
What do you mean by Common Size Statements?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
State the importance of Financial Analysis?
Distinguish between Vertical and Horizontal Analysis of financial data.
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
State the meaning of financial statement analysis?
What does a Bearer Debenture mean?
What are various types of ratios?
What are limitations of financial statement analysis?
State the meaning of ‘Debentures issued as a collateral security’.
What relationships will be established to study?
(a) Inventory Turnover (b) Debtor Turnover
(c) Payables Turnover (d) Working Capital Turnover
List any three objectives of analysing financial statements?
What is meant by ‘Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash’?
What is ‘Capital Reserve’?
Prepare the format of balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.
What are various types of ratios?
What are important profitability ratios? How are these worked out?
What do you mean by Ratio Analysis?
What is meant by redemption of debentures by conversion?
How would you deal with ‘Premium on Redemption of Debentures?
What is meant by conversion of debentures? Describe the method of such a conversion.
What is meant by ‘Redemption out of Capital?
What are liquidity ratios? Discuss the importance of current and liquid ratio.