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- Accounting, Business Management
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- Acc 290 · Week 1
This document discusses how financial statements are useful to managers, employees, investors and creditors. It explains how these statements help in decision-making and assessing the financial health of a company. It is for Week 1 of the Acc 290 module.
What's inside
- Financial statements for managers
- Financial statements for employees
- Financial statements for investors
- Financial statements for creditors
- Decision-making using financial statements
Who it is for: Students taking the Acc 290 module. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Financial statements are important to many people. They show how a company is doing and help different groups make decisions.
Financial statements for investors
Investors use financial statements to see the risks of investing. They check the expected return and decide whether to buy, hold or sell shares.
Financial statements for creditors
Creditors look at financial statements to check a company's stability. They want to know if the company can repay loans on time.
Financial statements for managers
Managers use financial statements to see which activities are profitable. They guide decisions about resources and operations.
Financial statements for employees
Employees check financial statements to see if their jobs are secure. They want to know if the company is stable and profitable.
Key terms
- Annual reports
- Documents that companies send to stockholders with financial information.
- Financial stability
- How well a company can pay its debts and stay in business.
- Investment return
- The money that investors get back from their investment.
- Loan payments
- Money that a company pays back to creditors for loans.
- Profitability
- How much money a company makes after paying all its costs.
- Risk
- The chance that something bad might happen to an investment.
Questions this document helps with
- How do investors use financial statements to decide what to do?
- What do creditors look for in a company's financial statements?
- How do managers use financial statements to run a company?
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