This document discusses financial statement analysis and long-term planning. It covers calculating common-size financial statements to facilitate comparison, different types of ratio analysis including liquidity, leverage, asset management and profitability ratios, and using the Du Pont identity to examine a company's return on equity. Ratios need context and should be compared over time or to peer companies to be meaningful.

1. Financial Statements Analysis and Long-Term Planning

2. Accounting as an Information System