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Analyzing Financial Reports

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Analyzing Financial Reports

  •   23 Lessons
  •   2h 25m
  •   106,862 Students

Filled with exercises and tips on how to read financial filings with efficiency, this course demystifies the most commonly used financial statements/reports in an easy-to-follow step-by-step process.

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Learn the 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-4 & S-1

  • Investment professionals live and breathe these seemingly daunting documents, and the more documents you see, the more manageable they begin to feel.
  • Using real reports, we will review the structure and composition of some of the most commonly used financial filings, and will specifically pay attention to sections and disclosures that are most relevant for typical financial analyses.
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What You Will Learn

  • Learn the layout and composition of financial reports such as the 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-4, S-1, and many others.
  • Read and understand financial footnotes.
  • Filled with exercises that test and reinforce covered concepts.
  • Learn to recognize patterns in the structure of the various financial reports to improve efficiency on the job.
  • Taught using clear, easy-to-follow materials that bridge academic concepts with how they are presented in financial reports.

Course Samples

Course TOC

1. Welcome to Reading & Analyzing Financial Reports Video, 0:41
2. Course Downloads Files
3. Introduction to Financial Filings Video, 9:23
4. The Annual Filing: 10-K Structure Overview Video, 4:21
5. Annual Report vs. The 10-K Video, 1:32
6. Introduction to the 10K Review Quiz
7. Business Overview & Risk Factors Video, 6:26
8. Selecting Financial Data & Management Discussion & Analysis Video, 11:21
9. The Financial Statements, Part 1 Video, 6:55
10. The Financial Statements, Part 2 Video, 18:02
11. Important Footnotes: Accounting Policies & Expense Breakouts Video, 9:45
12. Important Footnotes: Taxes, EPS & Restructuring Video, 10:38
13. Important Footnotes: Discontinued Ops, PP&E, Intangibles & Other Video, 11:38
14. Important Footnotes: Debt, Equity, Stock Options & Converts Video, 14:24
15. Important Footnotes: Leases Video, 6:17
16. Critical Disclosures in the Annual Filing Review Quiz
17. The Quarterly Filing (10-Q) Video, 9:24
18. 8-K Video, 6:34
19. S-1 Video, 5:47
20. S-3 & S-4 Video, 5:24
21. Proxy & 20-F Video, 6:15
22. The End Video, 0:22
23. Other Important Filings Review Quiz

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