Financial Statement Analysis (Hardcover)

by John J Wild (Author), K. R. Subramanyam (Author), Robert F. Halsey (Author)

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Product Description
Financial Statement Analysis, 9e, emphasizes effective business analysis and decision making by analysts, investors, managers, and other stakeholders of the company. It continues to set the standard (over 8 prior editions and hundreds of thousands in unit book sales) in showing students the keys to effective financial statement analysis. It begins with an overview (chapters 1-2), followed by accounting analysis (chapters 3-6) and then financial analysis (chapters 7-11). The book presents a balanced view of analysis, including both equity and credit analysis, and both cash-based and earnings-based valuation models. The book is aimed at accounting and finance classes, and the professional audience as it shows the relevance of financial statement analysis to all business decision makers. The authors:
1. Use numerous and timely “real world” examples and cases
2. Draw heavily on actual excerpts from financial reports and footnotes
3. Focus on analysis and interpretation of financial reports and their footnotes
4. Illustrate debt and equity valuation that uses results of financial statement analysis
5. Have a concise writing style to make the material accessible.

About the Author
John J. Wild is Professor of Business and Vilas Research Scholar at The University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he also received his Ph.D. He has received numerous teaching awards at Wisconsin as well as from Michigan State University. He is a frequent speaker at universities and national and international conferences.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 9 edition (November 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073100234
• ISBN-13: 978-0073100234
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #359,882 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible book, August 14, 2006

By	Michelle J. Ramirez - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an awful book. I took a class on accounting principles and this was the first semester that we used this particular book. Many of the check figures for this book were wrong. Even in the teacher's solution, many answers were wrong. It wasn't an easy read either.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Get a tutor..., October 19, 2006

By	Ryan A. Davies "Enthusiast" (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have class with an instructor that uses this book you better:

A. Hope the instructor is a good teacher and only uses it as a supplement
or
B. Take a different course

Unfortunately, I had/did neither. This book is, in a way, similar to many math textbooks in that it gives relatively mundane and simple analysis in the text, while asking complex hour-plus long financial analysis in the chapter review, leaving the reader to largely fend for his or her self.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not user friendly, November 12, 2006

By	Peter W. Vanderschans - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using this textbook for a few weeks now in a class at Regis University. It is not an easy read. Full of details without a good layman's explanation of concepts. It assumes a lot of prior accounting knowledge.