What is meant by financial analysis?

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Financial Analysis is totally one of the important financial a tools that are being used to fully test the financial, as well as management of a specif business unit over certain time, to get understanding about both  effectiveness and efficiency of that business . However, This performance test does`nt need just a very superficial judgement using one or tow ratios, it needs to use the whole tool and most of the tools before giving a conclusion .   Thank You

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Financial Analysis is an examination of financial performance and ability of a business unit to generate income. This analysis typically results in the reallocation of resources to or from a business or a specific internal operation.

Financial analysis applies particularly well to the following situations:

-      Investment decisions by external investor

-      Investment decisions by internal investor.

The key source of information for financial analysis is the financial statements of a business. The financial analyst uses these documents to derive ratios, create trend lines, and conduct comparisons against similar information for comparable firms.

The outcome of financial analysis may be any of these decisions:

-      Whether to invest in a business, and at what price per share.

-      Whether to lend money to a business, and if so, what terms to offer.

-      Whether to invest internally in an asset or working capital, and how to finance the acquisition.

Financial analysis is one of the key tools needed by the managers of a business to examine how their organization is performing. For this reason, they are constantly querying the financial analyst about the profitability, cash flows, and other financial aspects of their business.

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This is the process of identifying strength and weakness of a business by establishing the relationship between the elements of Balance sheet and Income Statements.  

Financial analysis means to analyze accounting documents produced by the company to improve efficiency and achieve the better rentabilité, to serve the objective sought by those who practice and objectives are not the same that it comes from leaders of the company or its donors or external partners, who are seeking to determine the level of risk they assume when dealing with each case.

Financial analysis means to measure and assess the past and future performance of the company

Financial analysis means to make a diagnosis and precise situation of a company, its strengths, its weaknesses, its peculiarities. This diagnosis should lead to concrete operational measures to improve efficiency and therefore greater profitability.

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Financial analysis ( financial statement analysis or analysis of finance) is an assessment  of the viability, stability and profitability of a business or a project. The reports are presented to senior management as one of their bases in making business decision eg continue or discontinue its main operations etc

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Financial analysis is an appraisal of the reason-ability, security and benefit of a business, sub-business or project.