Financial Ratio Analysis for Business Insights
About This Course
This course equips learners with critical skills to perform comprehensive financial ratio analyses to assess and monitor an organization's financial health. Participants will learn to calculate and interpret key ratios—liquidity, solvency, profitability, and valuation—to evaluate a company's performance and make informed decisions. Emphasis is placed on applying ratio analysis in both equity and credit evaluations, and on forecasting future performance through income and cash flow projections. Learners will also gain proficiency in adjusting financial statements to enhance the accuracy of their analysis, ensuring robust financial decision-making.
Understanding and applying financial ratio analysis is essential for professionals in finance, investment, and corporate strategy. This course is particularly relevant in today's data-driven and performance-focused business environment, where accurate financial insights support strategic planning, risk management, and investment evaluations. Completing this course can support career advancement by preparing learners for roles that demand strong analytical capabilities, and it offers a competitive edge in roles tied to corporate finance and investment analysis.
This course is designed for intermediate learners with foundational knowledge of financial statements seeking to deepen their skills in financial analysis.
What You'll Learn
LO1: Calculate profitability ratios to assess an organization's financial health.
LO2: Calculate performance ratios to evaluate an organization's overall financial performance.
LU1: Assessing Organization’s Profitability (K1, A1)
T1: Introduction to financial ratio analysis (K1)
T2: Review of the Financial Statements (K1)
T3: Calculating and Interpreting Liquidity Ratios (A1)
T4: Calculating and Interpreting Solvency Ratios (A1)
T5: Calculating and Interpreting Profitability Ratios (A1)
T6: Calculating and Interpreting Valuation Ratios (A1)
LU2: Evaluating an Organization’s Performance Using Ratio Analysis (K2, A2)
T1: Ratios Used in Equity Analysis (K2)
T2: Ratios Used in Credit Analysis (K2)
T3: Forecasting a Company's Performance (A2)
T4: Forecasting a Company's Net Income and Cash Flows (A2)
T5: Ratio Analysis & Assessing the Credit Quality of Debt Investments (A2)
T6: Ratio Analysis & Equity Investments (A2)
T7: Financial Analysis – Adjustments to the Financial Statements (K2)
Entry Requirements
Knowledge and Skills
• Able to operate computer functions with minimum Computer Literacy Level 2 based on ICAS Computer Skills Assessment Framework
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
• Minimum 18 years old