Gain the knowledge and tools needed to effectively analyze and interpret financial statements.
Explore how different business structures—such as partnerships, corporations, and LLCs—affect ownership, risk, taxes, and financing decisions.
Beginner • 1 hour
Learn how ownership, voting rights, and boards shape control inside modern corporations.
Discover the first major financial statement—the income statement—and its core equation: revenues – expenses = net profit.
Beginner • 1.5 hours
Learn how common and preferred stock differ in voting rights, dividends, and investor priority.
Expand your knowledge of the income statement with two important subtotals: operating profit and gross profit.
Beginner • 2 hours
Learn how corporate profits influence dividends, retained earnings, and stock prices.
Learn to differentiate between fixed and variable costs and how to calculate when a company will hit its break-even point.
Learn how companies use debt and leverage, and how borrowing impacts risk, returns, and cash flow.
Learn about the accrual basis and why it does a better job of reflecting economic reality than the cash basis.
Beginner • 2.5 hours
Learn about the second major financial statement, the balance sheet, as well as what defines an asset and how they're accounted for.
Learn the roles banks, investors, and funds play in moving capital through financial markets.
Learn how boards, shareholders, and incentives guide corporate oversight and decision-making.
Learn the key concepts and classifications of noncurrent assets, including their role in financial reporting and long-term business value.
Learn why a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow through discounting and compounding.
Learn about the second half of the balance sheet—liabilities and equity—and how these accounts are used to finance a company's assets.
Learn how to value multi-year streams of cash flows using present value techniques.
Learn about the fundamental building blocks of a company's financial accounting system: debits and credits.
Learn two important concepts that will allow you to assess a company's financial health: leverage and liquidity.
Learn how firms evaluate projects using tools like NPV and IRR to allocate capital.
Add more ratios to your toolkit that will allow you to measure performance and drive results.
Learn how investors estimate stock value using discounted future cash flows.
Learn about the third major financial statement, the statement of cash flows, and how it connects the income statement to the balance sheet.
