Week One

Topic One: Overview of financial reporting and financial statements analysis

• Essence and objectives of financial statements analysis
• Content of financial statements. Financial statements structure and structural components
• Financial statement users

Topic Two: Financial Statements Analysis Tools

• Types of financial statements analysis
• Horizontal analysis
• Vertical analysis 

Week Two

Topic Three: Financial statements ratio analysis

• Company profitability analysis
• Risk analysis – short-term liquidity risk and long-term liquidity risk
• Limitations of ratio-based analysis

Topic Four: Financial analysis models

• Altman company bankruptcy forecast model
• Du Pont model
• Economic value-added (EVA) model