Know the company's accounts like the back of your hand -- Comprehensively understand the income statement: Know the company's accounts like the back of your hand

Author: Pleva
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Publish Date: 1999-09-01
Features: This book is a highly distinctive bestseller in the business category, offering a fresh perspective from the "mass understanding" angle. Using plain language and simple calculations, it delves deeply into the main content of the income statement:
1. Conventional financial statements related to the income statement and their working principles;
2. The various components of the income statement—data sources and how they are organized;
3. Earnings per share and the relationship between the income statement and the statement of retained earnings;
4. Consolidated financial statements, annual reports, and footnotes;
5. Quality of earnings;
6. Comparisons and ratio analysis;
7. Income statements of companies in different countries.
This book is suitable for financial and accounting personnel in various enterprises, plant managers, executives, as well as investors, creditors, and stockholders. It can also serve as a reference book for students and educators in finance and economics at universities, colleges, and vocational schools.