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Financial Statements and Analysis

Author(s): M.S. Narasimhan

ISBN: 9789355738783

2nd Edition

India Release: 2023

₹575

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 284

Trim Size: 241 x 181 mm

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This book provides a non-technical explanation of financial statements and is helpful for those without an accounting background. It explains the balance sheet, statement of profit, and cash flow statement using the financial statements of Asian Paints Ltd. The book also includes a framework for evaluating a company's financial health by examining profitability drivers such as asset management, cost management, leverage management, and tax management. The book is suitable for finance and accounting students, non-financial managers, entrepreneurs, and those pursuing courses on financial statement analysis, valuation, and mergers and acquisitions.

Comprehensive text on financial statements with focus on understanding and interpreting rather than preparing financial statements
Practical, insightful, and easy-to-read text
Chapter-end problems carefully constructed to address various issues
Chapter-end real-life cases to provide an opportunity for students to learn and analyze
Allows students and managers to create Excel templates to standardize the analysis part to have more time on analysis than on computation
This second edition of the book uses recent financial statements of Asian Paints Ltd and two new chapters on Financial Statement Analysis of Banks and Equity Valuation.
Cengage Digital App contains: MCQs with answer sheet, additional cases with analyses, and videos on difficult topics.

1. Introduction

2. The Balance Sheet

3. Income Statement

4. Statement of Cash Flows

5. Analysis of Financial Statements

6. Assessing Financial Health of Banks and NBFCs

7. Equity Valuation

M.S. Narasimhan is Professor of Finance and Accounting at IIM Bangalore and teaches financial reporting and analysis, management accounting, corporate finance and investments. Currently, he also Chairs the Post-Graduate Programme in Management at IIM Bangalore.