In: Finance
Three types of Financial analysis are
1. Ratio analysis:
The Ratios like Profitability ratios, Liquidity ratios, activity
ratios, Debt Ratios,P/E ratio etc can help in identifying the
performance of nay company. However these ratios are meaningful
only when compared with the industry benchmark. It also pinpoints
the area of concern for a company.
2. Horizontal and Vertical Analysis: Horizontal Analysis is
comparing the financial statements over a period of time and
analyzing whether a company is improving or performing poorly with
respect to previous years.
Vertical analysis is converting all items in balance sheet in
proportion to total assets and all items in income statement to
sales.This helps in identifying the assets as proportion to total
assets.
3. Technical Analysis : It focuses on the trend line or historical
data to forecast or predict the future performance of company
without any qualitative inputs.It is based on historical trends