Financial statements tell a story, and a careful analysis of accounting ratios can reveal the plot. Understanding the desegregation of key ratios contributes to effective management of a company. This course is designed to provide participants with a compact, efficient approach to financial statement analysis. Participants will be introduced to a set of basic-to-intermediate analytic approaches and tools that provide insightful outputs to a wide spectrum of users with varied analytic objectives. During the course you also will learn how information in financial reports can be used to evaluate management performance.