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.
What do you mean by Common Size Statements?
State the importance of Financial Analysis?
List the techniques of Financial Statement Analysis.
State the meaning of Analysis and Interpretation.
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’?
Explain the different terms for the issue of debentures with reference to their redemption.
State the importance of financial statements to
(i) shareholders
(ii) creditors
(iii) government
(iv) investors
What is meant by ‘Premium on Redemption of Debentures’?
What is meant by a ‘Irredeemable Debenture’?
What are liquidity ratios? Discuss the importance of current and liquid ratio.
What is meant by ‘Redemption out of Capital?
What is meant by conversion of debentures? Describe the method of such a conversion.
What is meant by redemption of debentures by ‘Purchase in the Open Market’?
What is meant by redemption of debentures by conversion?
Explain in detail about the significance of the financial statements.