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Financial Analysis of Organizations

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Financial Analysis of Organizations

This course is part of Financial Analysis - Skills for Success Specialization

Instructor: Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

135 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

95%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Identify the different financial statements that reflect organizational position and performance.
Describe the importance of an organization's financial statements.
Distinguish between the different components of an organization's financial statements.
Perform fundamental financial statement analysis

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21 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course focuses on adopting and implementing a financially analytic mindset when analyzing organizational activities, position and performance.

This course begins with an overview of an organization’s financial statements, including the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, as well as the transactions that comprise these statements. You will learn about tools and ratios that help analyze these financial statements and transactions. Financial statement analysis will help you understand how the company has performed in the past and its current position. This analysis - as well as course content on forecasting both short- and long-term performance - enables you to draw inferences, make predictions about the organization's future performance and value. Ultimately, this course provides a "deep-dive" into the multi-dimensional nature of financial analysis and how it used to assess the value of organizations.

This module will explain the basics of the balance sheet, provide a working definition of assets, and give you an overview of assets typically presented on the balance sheet. You will then be introduced to the concept of liabilities and explain what they are and how they can arise. This module will then build an intuition for what equity represents. It will also explain how the components of the balance sheet relate to one another.

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9 videos6 readings10 assignments1 discussion prompt

9 videos Total 76 minutes

Meet Professor Nerissa Brown 4 minutes
Meet Professor Heitor Almeida 6 minutes
Module 1 Introduction 1 minute
The Balance Sheet - Current Assets 12 minutes
The Balance Sheet - Non-Current Assets 12 minutes
The Balance Sheet - Liabilities Part 1 11 minutes
The Balance Sheet - Liabilities Part 2 13 minutes
The Balance Sheet - Equity Part 1 13 minutes
The Balance Sheet - Equity Part 2 5 minutes

6 readings Total 54 minutes

Syllabus 10 minutes
Glossary 10 minutes
About the Discussion Forums 4 minutes
Updating Your Profile 10 minutes
Module 1 Overview 10 minutes
Module 1 Readings 10 minutes

10 assignments Total 240 minutes

Orientation Quiz 30 minutes
Lesson 1-1.1 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 1-1.2 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 1-1.3 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 1-1.4 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 1-1.5 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 1-1.6 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Balance Sheet Components - Assets Quiz 60 minutes
Liabilities – What Do You Owe? Quiz 60 minutes
Equity and How the Balance Sheet Fits Together Quiz 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Getting to Know Your Classmates 10 minutes

This module introduces you to the primary components of the income statement by focusing on the concepts of revenue and cost of goods sold. The module also discusses examples of other income and expenses included in a typical income statement and introduces you to the statement of cash flows.

What's included

4 videos2 readings5 assignments

4 videos Total 29 minutes

Module 2 Introduction 2 minutes
A Look at Cost of Goods Sold 7 minutes
Finishing Out Income Statements 10 minutes
How Did You Manage Cash? 11 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Module 2 Overview 10 minutes
Module 2 Readings 10 minutes

5 assignments Total 135 minutes

Lesson 2-1.1 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 2-1.2 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Lesson 2-2 Practice Quiz 5 minutes
Income Statement Quiz 60 minutes
Statement of Cash Flows Quiz 60 minutes

In this module, we will learn how to calculate financial ratios that measure concepts such as liquidity, leverage, and profitability. We will work with accounting statements and financial data from real world companies and learn how to use this data to measure the financial health of companies and make comparisons with competitors.

What's included

7 videos2 readings3 assignments

7 videos Total 64 minutes

Module 3 Introduction 1 minute
Balance Sheet Ratios - Introduction 5 minutes
Balance Sheet Ratios - Liquidity 12 minutes
Balance Sheet Ratios - Solvency 12 minutes
Income Statement Ratios: Profitability 13 minutes
Cash Flow Statement Ratios 10 minutes
Valuation Ratios 11 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Module 3 Overview 10 minutes
Module 3 Readings 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 120 minutes

Lesson 3-1 Practice Quiz 30 minutes
Lesson 3-2 Practice Quiz 30 minutes
Financial Statement Ratios Quiz 60 minutes

In this module, we will learn models that allow us to forecast and manage a company's capital expenditures. We will forecast the future financial statements of a company and learn how to figure out how much external financing the company will need.

What's included

9 videos2 readings3 assignments

9 videos Total 77 minutes

Module 4 Introduction 1 minute
Long Term Financial Planning 6 minutes
Forecasting Income Statements 9 minutes
Forecasting Cash Flow Statements 9 minutes
Forecasting Balance Sheets 8 minutes
Raising Long-Term Financing 9 minutes
Short-Term Financial Planning - Inventory 11 minutes
Seasonality and Receivables 10 minutes
Accounts Payable and Liquidity Risks 14 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Module 4 Overview 10 minutes
Module 4 Readings 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 120 minutes

Lesson 4-1 Practice Quiz 30 minutes
Lesson 4-2 Practice Quiz 30 minutes
Forecasting for the Long-Term and the Short-Term Quiz 60 minutes

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Gies College of Business, University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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