{"id":757,"date":"2022-09-05T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/?p=757"},"modified":"2024-02-23T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T16:18:30","slug":"understanding-your-companys-financial-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/understanding-your-companys-financial-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Your Company\u2019s Financial Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is important to know how to read your company\u2019s financial statements. This includes balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and explanatory notes, and it paints a picture of the company\u2019s financial state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Financial Statement Is a Scorecard for the Business<\/b><\/p>\n

There are many investors out there, and they have a lot of options for how to invest their money. When they look at companies, they are looking for those that have solid earnings and positive cash flows. No matter what kind of investor you are, it is important to be able to evaluate a company\u2019s potential from their financial statements. The financial statement lets you know how good of an investment the company is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What Financial Statements Should You Use?<\/b><\/p>\n

You want to consider the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow. In addition, look at the company\u2019s retained earnings and shareholder\u2019s equity. These documents all give you an accurate idea of how the company is doing and how good of an investment it can be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Understand What the Company Does<\/b><\/p>\n

The financial statements are important, but you need to understand what they mean. They mean more when you understand what the company does, what products or services it offers, and other important information. Knowing this will tell you what the numbers mean.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Expect Different Companies to Have Different Financial Statements<\/b><\/p>\n

Although most businesses have the same types of financial statements, each company might have slight variations. There are many different types of businesses, and the financial statements will reflect the type of business the company does. You need to be able to understand why the financial statements are what they are for each company.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn the Financial Terms<\/b><\/p>\n

The only way to understand financial statements is by learning the terminology that is used. You can take a course on it or attend a webinar. Either way, you should know what different terms mean so that you can understand the financial statements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Understand the Accounting<\/b><\/p>\n

Accounting is going to give you the estimates and judgments for a company, and it is important to be able to distinguish between the actual numbers and the perspective of the company presenting them. Be sure to learn how to sift through this information so that you can do a thorough analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is important to know how to read your company\u2019s financial statements. This includes balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and explanatory notes, and it paints a picture of the company\u2019s financial state.\u00a0 The Financial Statement Is a Scorecard for the Business There are many investors out there, and they have a lot of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1],"tags":[14,34,35,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanwinegard.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}