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Financial Statement Analysis
Communication, Journalism & Media Studies Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: mid Jan 2026 - early Jun 2026
Financial Statement Analysis
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Finance
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 13183/13759
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300, 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Intermediate knowledge of Financial Accounting is recommended.
DESCRIPTION
Session 1: Financial Statements (1): Statement of Financial Position and Profit and Loss Account
1. International standards reporting regulation
2. Statement of Financial Position
3. Profit and Loss Account
4. Common size and trend analysis
Session 2: Creative accounting
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Methods
2.3. Detection
2.4. Consequences
Session 3: Strategy analysis
3.1. Environment analysis
3.2. Industry analysis
3.3. Corporate strategy analysis
Session 4: Analysing Profitability
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Financial and Economic performance
4.3. Analysing margins
Session 5: Analysing Solvency and market performance
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Solvency ratios
5.3. Market ratios
Session 6: Analysing Efficiency and liquidity ratios
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Efficiency ratios
6.3. Liquidity ratios and Cash flow statement
Session 7: Firm Valuation
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Prospective analysis: forecasting
7.3. Valuation using multiples
7.4. Discounted cash flows model
Session 8: Sector Analysis
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Cluster analysis
8.3. Cases
Session 9: Bankruptcy Prediction
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Discriminant analysis
9.3. Multi-discriminant analysis
9.4. Logit Analysis
1. International standards reporting regulation
2. Statement of Financial Position
3. Profit and Loss Account
4. Common size and trend analysis
Session 2: Creative accounting
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Methods
2.3. Detection
2.4. Consequences
Session 3: Strategy analysis
3.1. Environment analysis
3.2. Industry analysis
3.3. Corporate strategy analysis
Session 4: Analysing Profitability
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Financial and Economic performance
4.3. Analysing margins
Session 5: Analysing Solvency and market performance
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Solvency ratios
5.3. Market ratios
Session 6: Analysing Efficiency and liquidity ratios
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Efficiency ratios
6.3. Liquidity ratios and Cash flow statement
Session 7: Firm Valuation
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Prospective analysis: forecasting
7.3. Valuation using multiples
7.4. Discounted cash flows model
Session 8: Sector Analysis
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Cluster analysis
8.3. Cases
Session 9: Bankruptcy Prediction
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Discriminant analysis
9.3. Multi-discriminant analysis
9.4. Logit Analysis