Accounting Analytics

Wharton connects accounting information with analytical questions. Ratios and forecasting lead into earnings-management issues, prediction and nonfinancial measures. The mixed-level course is useful for learners who want to interpret the information behind reported performance rather than only record transactions.

What you will learn

• Use accounting ratios in an analytical question.
• Recognize how reporting choices can affect earnings.
• Connect operational measures with financial performance.

Who this suits

Learners interested in analyzing accounting information. Detailed prerequisites are not listed.

Before you enroll

Review the accounting and numerical expectations first. A predictive relationship between measures does not establish that changing one will cause the other to improve.

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Put it into practice

Compare two fictional businesses with the same reported profit. Use additional operational and cash-flow information to explain why the headline number may conceal different conditions.

Source and review

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