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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Division of Continuing Education
MGMT S-2600 S2010 Financial Statement Analysis (13385)
Location and times: Sever 103
Tuesday and Thursday 12 noon to 3 pm
This course is conducted between the dates of June 22 through August 5.
Course Description: Financial Statement Analysis is about financial information: how it is derived, how it is used, how it can be appropriately altered to get a better view of the current performance and future prospects of for - profit companies. Financial statement analysis is one important step in business analysis. Business analysis is the process of evaluating a company’s economic prospects and risks. This includes analyzing a company’s business environment, its strategies, and its financial position and performance. Business analysis is useful in a wide range of business decisions such as investing in equity or debt securities, extending credit through short or long term loans, valuing a business in an initial public offering (IPO), and evaluating restructurings including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Financial statement analysis is the application of analytical tools and techniques to general-purpose financial statements and related data to derive estimates and inferences useful in business analysis.
Text
Financial Statement Analysis, 10th edition. KR Subramanyam and John J. Wild. McGraw Hill (2009).
Plus articles and teaching notes as noted in the syllabus.
Faculty
Professor George Hachey, Associate Professor of Finance, Bentley University.
[email protected] Phone: 781.891.2514
Evaluation
Write-ups of problems and cases 33%
Late Mid term exam 33%
Term project 33%
Problem and Case Write ups
The write-ups are due at the beginning of the class in which the case/problem discussion is scheduled. Analytical rigor is more important than the elegance of the write-up. While some problems and cases are computation-intensive, some are more issues-oriented. The length of your write-up will vary depending upon the problem/case. I envision a typical write-up not to exceed 2-3 double-spaced pages. Please provide direct answers to the questions asked; you do not need to summarize facts of the case. Answers in handwritten form are acceptable. Should you prefer to have your answer available to you while the case is being discussed in class, make sure to have two copies; one for submission to me, the other one for your use.
Term Project
Each student group (consisting of not more than three members) will be required to complete a business analysis project using the corporate financial reports and analytical tools covered in the course. They will select a US company from a list provided by the instructor. Further project guidelines and submission deadlines will be announced later.
SCHEDULE
June 22 Session Number 1
Motivating the course: Why you need to understand how to adjust financial statements: How companies distort financial results and EVA.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 1: Overview of Financial Statement Analysis
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
“The Earnings Game: Everyone Plays, Nobody Wins,” Collingwood, Harris, Harvard Business Review, June 2001.
“Corporate Budgeting is Broken—Let’s Fix It, Jensen, M.” Harvard Business Review, November 2001.
Understanding Economic Value Added. Desai and Ferri.
A review of financial statement analysis
Reading Assignment: Chapter 2: Financial Reporting and Analysis
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
June 24 Session Number 2
Reading Assignment: Chapter 3: Analyzing Financial Activities
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Leases
Pensions
Special Purpose Entities
Shareholders Equity
Case Assignment Due: Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Statement Analysis A. Stanford Graduate School of Business.
June 29 Session Number 3
Reading Assignment: Chapter 4: Analyzing Investing Activities
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Current Assets
Inventory adjustments
Long Term Assets
Asset Write downs and Impairment
Intangible Assets (The Balanced Scorecard Approach)
July 1 Session Number 4
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5: Analyzing Investing Activities: Intercorporate Investments
Investment Securities
Business Combinations
Derivative Securities
Fair Value Options
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
July 6 Session Number 5
Reading Assignment: Chapter 6: Analyzing Operating Activities
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Income Concepts
Nonrecurring Items
Revenue Recognition
Deferred Charges
Employee Benefits
Interest and Taxes
July 8 Session Number 6
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7 Cash Flow Analysis
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Statement of Cash Flows
Cash from Operations
Cash Flow Analysis
July 13 Session Number 7
Catch up and/or review session
July 15 Mid Term Exam
July 20 Session Number 9
Reading Assignment: Chapter 8: Return on Invested Capital and Profitability Analysis
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Importance of ROIC
Components of ROIC
Analyzing RONA
Analyzing ROCE
July 22 Session Number 10
Reading Assignment: Chapter 9: Prospective Analysis
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Long term Forecasting
Forecasting and Equity Valuation
July 27 Session Number 11
Reading Assignment: Chapter 11: Equity Analysis and Valuation
Question/Problem Assignment: TBD
Earnings Persistence
Earnings Based Valuation
Earnings Power and Forecasting
July 29 Session Number 12
Paper Presentations are Scheduled
August 3 Session Number 13
Paper Presentations are Scheduled
August 5 Session Number 14
Paper Presentations are Scheduled