How to analyze a:
▪️Balance Sheet
▪️Income Statement
▪️Cash Flow Statement
In less than 5 minutes:
▪️Balance Sheet
▪️Income Statement
▪️Cash Flow Statement
In less than 5 minutes:
Every company has 3 financial statements.
Each answers a unique question:
1. Balance Sheet: What’s your net worth?
2. Income Statement: Are you profitable?
3. Cash Flow Statement: Are you generating cash?
Each answers a unique question:
1. Balance Sheet: What’s your net worth?
2. Income Statement: Are you profitable?
3. Cash Flow Statement: Are you generating cash?
The financial statements are interrelated.
Each views a company’s financials from a different angle.
When combined, they provide a more complete view of a company’s true financial position.
Each views a company’s financials from a different angle.
When combined, they provide a more complete view of a company’s true financial position.
1A: Balance Sheet
This tells you a company’s net worth at a specific point in time.
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This tells you a company’s net worth at a specific point in time.
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1B: What I focus on first:
1️⃣ Cash & Equivalents: How much?
2️⃣ Debt: How much vs. cash?
3️⃣ Goodwill: How much?
4️⃣ Retained Earnings (+ T.S.): Positive?
5️⃣ Receivables & Inventory: How much?
1️⃣ Cash & Equivalents: How much?
2️⃣ Debt: How much vs. cash?
3️⃣ Goodwill: How much?
4️⃣ Retained Earnings (+ T.S.): Positive?
5️⃣ Receivables & Inventory: How much?
1C: Best Possible Answers
1️⃣ Cash & Equivalents: More than debt
2️⃣ Short & Long-Debt: None
3️⃣ Goodwill: Zero
4️⃣ Retained Earnings (+ T.S.): Positive
5️⃣ Receivables & Inventory: None
1️⃣ Cash & Equivalents: More than debt
2️⃣ Short & Long-Debt: None
3️⃣ Goodwill: Zero
4️⃣ Retained Earnings (+ T.S.): Positive
5️⃣ Receivables & Inventory: None
2A: The Income Statement
This tells you if a company is “profitable” or not during a period of time
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This tells you if a company is “profitable” or not during a period of time
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2B: I look at 2 income statements with comparable periods.
What I focus on first:
1️⃣ Revenue: Up or down?
2️⃣ Gross Profit: Up or down?
3️⃣ EPS (Diluted): Positive or negative?
4️⃣ Shares Outstanding: Up or down?
5️⃣ Operating Expenses: Up or down?
What I focus on first:
1️⃣ Revenue: Up or down?
2️⃣ Gross Profit: Up or down?
3️⃣ EPS (Diluted): Positive or negative?
4️⃣ Shares Outstanding: Up or down?
5️⃣ Operating Expenses: Up or down?
2C: Best Possible Answers
1️⃣ Revenue: Up 30%+
2️⃣ Gross Profit: Up 30%+
3️⃣ EPS: Up 30%+
4️⃣ Shares Outstanding: Down 4%+
5️⃣ Operating Expenses: Stable
1️⃣ Revenue: Up 30%+
2️⃣ Gross Profit: Up 30%+
3️⃣ EPS: Up 30%+
4️⃣ Shares Outstanding: Down 4%+
5️⃣ Operating Expenses: Stable
3A: The Cash Flow Statement
This tells you how cash moves in and out of a business over a period of time.
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This tells you how cash moves in and out of a business over a period of time.
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3B: What I focus on first:
1️⃣ OCF: Positive or negative?
2️⃣ CapEx: More or less than OCF?
3️⃣ NCC: Any big numbers? S.B.C.?
4️⃣ Stock: Issuance or buybacks?
5️⃣ Debt: Borrow or repay?
1️⃣ OCF: Positive or negative?
2️⃣ CapEx: More or less than OCF?
3️⃣ NCC: Any big numbers? S.B.C.?
4️⃣ Stock: Issuance or buybacks?
5️⃣ Debt: Borrow or repay?
3C: Best possible answers
1️⃣ OCF: Positive (+ Growing)
2️⃣ CapEx: Much less than OCF
3️⃣ NCC: Nothing noteworthy + Low SBC
4️⃣ Stock: Buybacks ✅
5️⃣ Debt: Repayment✅
1️⃣ OCF: Positive (+ Growing)
2️⃣ CapEx: Much less than OCF
3️⃣ NCC: Nothing noteworthy + Low SBC
4️⃣ Stock: Buybacks ✅
5️⃣ Debt: Repayment✅
I’d never make an investment decision without MUCH more analysis than this.
Accounting (and investing) is FILLED with nuance
Still, with <1 minute of analysis per financial statement, you can quickly identify a company's strengths + weaknesses
Accounting (and investing) is FILLED with nuance
Still, with <1 minute of analysis per financial statement, you can quickly identify a company's strengths + weaknesses
If you invest, you MUST learn accounting.
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That's why @Brian_Stoffel_ @BrianFeroldi and I are running a course that teaches accounting in plain English.
Registration just opened today.
Interested? DM me for a special coupon code.
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