Guide To Analysing Companies (Economist Guide to Analysing Companies) [Hardcover]

'Shockingly readable - a minor classic.' - Interactive Investor

The definitive guide to how to analyse and assess the strengths and weaknesses of any company. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

The definitive guide to how to analyse and assess the strengths and weaknesses of any company. * How do you tell how well run a company is and how well it is doing? * Which ratios and benchmarks should you use to assess performance? * What can be done to massage company results? * How do you recognise danger signs on the corporate horizon? * How do you compare companies operating in different sectors or even different countries? All these important questions as well as many more are answered in this clear and comprehensive guide aimed at anyone who wants to * make sense and practical use of a company's annual report * measure a business against its competitors * judge the creditworthiness of a customer or client * assess the investment potential of a company * put a value on a company.

There are numerous ways to analyse the many aspects of a company's performance from the information about it. The Guide to Analysing Companies highlights the things that really matter through an examination of the crusual elements: -Published reports -Balance sheets -Income statements -Other financial statements -Measuring profitability -Measuring efficiency -Stockmarket performance -Liquidity and solvency -Capital -Management and strategy For anyone who wants to make an informed judgement about a company they work for, or do business with, or want to invest in, this fifth edition of the highly regarded Guide to Analysing Companies is an invaluable handbook. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Guide to Analysing Companies In today's volatile, complex and fast-moving business world, it can be difficult to gauge how sound a company really is. An apparently strong balance sheet and impressive reported profits may be hiding all kinds of worrying truths, which could even include looming bankruptcy. So, how do you tell how well run a company is and how well it is doing? -Which ratios and benchmarks are best to use when assessing a company's performance? -How do you recognise danger signs on the corporate horizon? -What may be done to massage company results? -How do you make comparisons between companies in different sectors of different countries? All these questions as well as many more are answered in this fully revised and updated, clear and comprehensice guide to how business can be analysed and assessed. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

A H (Bob) Vause is a Fellow of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants and an Emeritus Fellow of Templeton College, Oxford, where he has taught for more than 20 years. He is consultant to many large companies.