This well-structured and thoughtful text is ideal for undergraduate students in accounting and finance, graduate students and MBA students wishing to gain insight into financial statement analysis.

Focusing on three user-groups—equity, credit and compensation analysts—the authors present a variety of targeted tools and techniques for analysis and interpretation of financial statements. This text prompts students and professionals with a range of career goals to think critically when analysing financial data—and to make different decisions based on user-group objectives.