Financial Statement Analyst Discussions
Discussion 2
How can two companies with identical P & L statements (identical profitability) at year end provide different annual returns to each of their investors? Which company is the riskier investment? Discuss some different scenarios that result in different levels of risk in each of the cases. Cite outside articles/material.
Discussion 1
What does profitability analysis mean to you? Why do companies analyze profits? What is Analysis? Do you believe that it is necessary to analyze profits? Answer these questions and provide an article link that supports your answers. Discuss and expand the conversation around each others’ articles. Cite outside material properly.
Ask questions of each other. Expand the conversation. Provoke and explore new thoughts.
The strongest posts (and replies) thoroughly answer all the questions and demonstrate a student’s understanding of the material. Further, stronger posts include real world references to outside material/articles (properly APA/MLA cited), are submitted on time, are grammatically correct, and are free from typos and errors.