Text Book | 2007

Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements

by Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Abstract

Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course materials that provide a framework for using financial statement data in a variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. The fourth edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements allows you to undertake financial statement analysis using a four-part framework—(1) business strategy analysis for developing an understanding of a firm's competitive strategy; (2) accounting analysis for representing the firm's business economics and strategy in its financial statements and for developing adjusted accounting measures of performance; (3) financial analysis for ratio analysis and cash flow measures of operating; and (4) prospective analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and communication analysis.

Keywords: Valuation; Framework; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Statements;

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Citation:

Healy, Paul M., and Krishna G. Palepu. Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements. 4th ed. Mason, OH: Thomson South-Western, 2007.

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Paul M. Healy
James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration
Accounting and Management

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Krishna G. Palepu
Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration
Accounting and Management
General Management

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