Financial Statements Analysis CIFA

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Financial Statements Analysis

Financial Statements Analysis CIFA Section 3 is a KASNEB course. It seeks to impart knowledge and skills to students on matters Financial Statements Analysis.

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KASNEB CIFA Section 3 Financial Statements Analysis New Syllabus 2021 unit covers the following topics:

• Overview of financial statements analysis – Definition of financial statements analysis – Different reporting environment frameworks – Steps in analyzing financial statements – Importance and challenges of financial statements analysis – Sources of information for analysis (financial statements, auditors report, management commentary, filing with regulatory authorities and press reports) – Approaches to analyzing financial statements (macro, industry and firm – either top down or bottom up)
• Financial reporting on assets and liabilities – Investment properties; presentation and disclosure – Accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors (prior period errors) – Events after the reporting period – Non recurrent items and non-operating items; discontinued operations (exclude disposal of subsidiaries), extra ordinary items, unusual or infrequent items, changes in accounting policies – Financial instruments (presentation, recognition, measurement, de-recognition and disclosures and impairment) – Non-current assets held for sale – Intangible assets – Leases (finance and operating, presentation, disclosure, recognition), off balance sheet leverage from operating leases. – Income taxes: accounting profit and taxable income, deferred tax assets and liabilities, tax base of assets and liabilities, temporary and permanent differences, recognition and measurement of current and deferred tax, presentation and disclosure – Employee benefits (post-employment benefits): types of post-employment benefits; impact of the assumptions used such as discount rates, return on plan assets and salary growth on the defined benefit obligation and period expenses; pension plan footnote disclosure, effect on underlying economic liability (asset) of a company’s pension and other post-employment benefits; share based compensation – Multinational operations: foreign currency transactions; translation of foreign currency in the financial statements, effects of changing prices and inflation
• Quality of earnings and earnings management – Categories of earnings: earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), operating earnings, net income among others
• Measures of the accrual component of earnings and earning quality – Earnings per share (EPS); Basic EPS, diluted EPS, using EPS to value firms, criticism of EPS. – Segment reporting; disclosure requirements, geographical segments, segment ratios
• Other inter-corporate investments – Subsidiaries – Associate companies – Jointly controlled entities – Evaluating the effect of inter-corporate investments on financial statements given the different accounting treatment
• Analyzing the financial statements – Income statement: Components and format of the income statement, revenue recognition and expenses recognition; analysis of the income statement; common size analysis, ratio analysis – Statement of financial position; components and format of statement of financial position (assets, liabilities and equity), off balance sheet items; analysis of the statement of financial position; common size analysis, cross sectional analysis, ratio analysis – Statement of changes in equity; components of equity, equity valuation ratios – Cash flow statements; component and format of the cash flow statement, categories of cash flow items, direct and indirect methods for preparing cash flow statements; cash flow statement analysis; evaluation and uses of cash, common size analysis, free cash flow to the firm and free cash flow to equity, cash flow ratios, quality of earnings
• Financial statement analytical tools – Financial analysis techniques; financial analysis framework/process; computations and analysis – Value, purpose and limitation of ratio analysis – Interpretation in context – Profitability analysis: Desegregation and interpreting return on assets (ROA), return on capital employed (ROCE), relating ROA to ROCE, DuPont analysis – Analysis of growth and sustainable earning; growth analysis, analysis of changes in profitability and sustainable earnings, analysis of growth in shareholder’s equity, growth, sustainable earnings and the evaluation of price to book-P/B ratios and price earnings-P/E ratios. – Dividend ratios – Analysis of liquidity and efficiency – Analytical tools and techniques; ratio analysis, common size analysis, graphs – Model building and forecasting; sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, simulation – Application of ratio analysis – cross sectional analysis, trend analysis, forecast financial statements, credit analysis and rating
• Emerging issues and trends

Financial Statements Analysis is important for KASNEB students aspiring to become financial analysts, financial advisors etc. Upon completing CIFA Part 3, they can enroll with the Institute of Certified Investment and Financial Analysts (ICIFA).

We encourage the KASNEB students to prepare for Financial Statement Analysis CIFA Section 2 exams adequately.

With the resources we offer, students have resulted to self-teaching and have passed their exams while others have been given KASNEB awards.

Other units or courses in CIFA Section 3 include:

• Regulation of Financial Markets
• Corporate Finance

After completion of KASNEB CIFA Section 2, the student will advance to KASNEB CIFA Section 4 which has the following units:

• Equity Investments Analysis
• Portfolio Management
• Quantitative Analysis

Free KASNEB CIFA Section 3 PDF notes and past papers are available. Get free KASNEB CIFA Section 4 PDF notes and past papers now.