This course will be an overview of:

• Looking beyond the financial statements reported in SEC filings to analysis provided by horizontal, vertical, and ratio analysis
• Comparing company performance to appropriate competitors in similar classifications
• Using benchmarks to evaluate trends indicated in financial results and compare to management's discussion of this information in the MD&A
• Calculating key liquidity, leverage, profitability, and efficiency ratios and conducting cash flow analysis
• A case study of fundamental and technical analysis using Starbucks's FY2022 annual report as an example